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.
Once again, Queensland’s sugarcane growers are battling through a challenging season, marked by harvesting delays and frustrations with mill performance.
What a rollercoaster few weeks it’s been!
As farmers, we’re very passionate about what we do. We put food on Aussie tables and clothes on Aussie backs.
Recently, CANEGROWERS published a new episode of our Shed Talk podcast, exploring the problems growers face from feral pigs.
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.
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.
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.