Time to bring the cane back to Queensland classrooms
There’s something truly special and iconic about sugarcane. Grown along 2000km of Australian coastline, from Grafton in northern New South Wales to the fringes of the Daintree in the tropical far north, it’s been a cornerstone of Queensland’s…
Time to mend fences in the sugarcane industry
The simmering frustrations in Queensland's sugarcane industry boiled over recently, as growers and millers locked horns over an issue that’s been dragging on for years – the difficulty of getting the crop crushed on time.
Bright spots in a frustrating season
Once again, Queensland’s sugarcane growers are battling through a challenging season, marked by harvesting delays and frustrations with mill performance.
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Please lend us your support
This week I’d like to make a personal appeal to readers to take a small step in support of Queensland’s sugarcane industry.
Ekka proves an eye-opening experience
As farmers, we’re very passionate about what we do. We put food on Aussie tables and clothes on Aussie backs.
No, farmers aren’t to blame for feral pigs
Recently, CANEGROWERS published a new episode of our Shed Talk podcast, exploring the problems growers face from feral pigs.
Teaching kids the truth about ag is vital to our future
The agricultural industry is worth around $80 billion to the Australian economy every year, and the National Farmers Federation has a strategy to build that to $100 billion by 2030.
Pricing regional communities out of existence
There’s no escaping the fact we’re caught in a cost-of-living crisis, with the price of essentials like food, fuel, and housing going through the roof.