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The peak sugarcane growers’ group CANEGROWERS welcomes today’s announcement of funding as the Australian sugar industry works to develop a strategy and roadmap to secure its future. “Almost a year ago industry leaders came together – growers, millers and researchers – and agreed on the need to work together on a…

Two years on from the decision to lower the wall of the Paradise Dam, CANEGROWERS says a lack of direction for the future of the water storage is adding insult to the injury of the region’s drought and pushing the impact into 2022 and beyond. CANEGROWERS Isis Chairman Mark Mammino is calling for the 50% water price…

Queensland’s sugarcane growers have welcome today’s start of a ban on some single-use plastic items in the state. Representing the majority of the state’s growers, CANEGROWERS believes the ban will help build the business case for local products that are biodegradable, compostable and based on a renewable resource,…

New analysis has calculated a $1 billion cost to the Queensland sugar industry from Indian Government price and export subsidies currently under investigation by the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The finding has alarmed but not surprised peak industry organisations the Australian Sugar Milling Council (ASMC) and…

Australia’s sugarcane growers have welcomed the opportunity to grow sugar exports to the United Kingdom under an in-principle trade deal between the two countries. “The proposed UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement will deliver a positive economic benefit for us through immediate and substantial up-front tariff-free…