The Australian sugarcane industry’s peak grower and research bodies have joined forces in a bid to prevent a critical weed-control tool disappearing from cane farms before practical alternatives are ready.
CANEGROWERS is calling on the Federal Government to introduce a national E10 fuel mandate and expand domestic ethanol production as soaring oil prices and fears of supply disruptions take hold.
Fifty years ago, around half of Australian workers belonged to a union or representative organisation. Today that figure is closer to one in eight.
We talk a lot about agriculture in terms of tonnes, prices, government policy and trade agreements – all vital to our economy.
Queensland’s sugarcane growers have delivered the final word at the State Government’s Inquiry into Sugarcane Biofuels Opportunities in Queensland, with CANEGROWERS closing the inquiry’s final public hearing in Brisbane today.
There’s a slow shift happening in the global sugar market – and Queensland cane growers are right in the thick of it.