CANEGROWERS has welcomed the election of industry stalwart Paul Schembri as grower-director to the Sugar Terminals Limited (STL) board.
Australian agriculture enjoyed a win recently, with the Federal Government’s proposed biosecurity levy stalling in the Senate after several senators pulled their support for the idea.
The race is on to get Mossman’s cane crush underway, following confirmation the State Government would chip in up to $6 million towards the cost of transporting the cane 100kms south to MSF’s Mulgrave Mill.
CANEGROWERS has welcomed a temporary suspension of strike action by Wilmar mill workers that has allowed crushing to begin at three Burdekin sugar mills.
As I busily prepare my farm for harvest, and look out over a great crop of sugarcane, it’s hard to imagine better conditions for harvesting Queensland’s crop.
CANEGROWERS is calling on the State Government to give primary producers impacted by ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper more time to apply for and conduct works under disaster recovery grants.