Christmas Crushed: Delays take heavy toll on farming families
Queensland's sugarcane farming families will spend this Christmas counting the cost of yet another delayed harvest, with updated industry analysis finding that poor milling performance throughout the year which caused crushing to continue into the…
Cyclone Jasper recovery grants extended
CANEGROWERS has welcomed the Queensland Government’s decision to extend disaster recovery grant applications for primary producers impacted by Cyclone Jasper.
CANEGROWERS calls for urgent action on disaster funding
CANEGROWERS is urging the Queensland Government to extend the application deadline for disaster recovery grants for primary producers impacted by Cyclone Jasper.
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WTO panel puts Indian sugar subsidies in the spotlight
The Australian sugar industry has united behind the government’s escalation of action against illegal Indian sugar subsidies. Australia, Brazil and Guatemala have lodged a joint request with the World Trade Organisation’s Dispute Settlement Body to establish a WTO Panel to investigate and rule on whether India’s high…
Senators should head north to hear Reef regs concerns
Queensland’s peak sugarcane growers’ organisation, CANEGROWERS, will tell a Senate inquiry this month it is time for a thorough review of the way scientific research on Great Barrier Reef water quality is managed and scrutinised. “We welcome the announcement that the pandemic-delayed public hearings of the Senate…
Questions around Maryborough mill future
Sugarcane growers in southern Queensland say MSF Sugar needs to come clean about its plans for the Maryborough Mill following the news the company is selling farmland. CANEGROWERS Maryborough Chairman Jeff Atkinson said the mill-owned farms account for 30% of the cane processed at the mill along with cane from…
Dam demolition starts but questions remain
CANEGROWERS Isis Chairman Mark Mammino says he is in a state of shock seeing demolition work underway at Paradise Dam on the Burnett River. “As a third-generation farmer near Childers, working some of the farmland that my grandfather established 100 years ago, it is a very sad sight,” Mr Mammino said. “As a child I…
Sad day for regional communities
CANEGROWERS is seeking a commitment that resources to cover regional and rural news and issues will be maintained by News Corp when it ceases printing many of its newspapers. “Across the sugarcane regions of Queensland, cane growers are deeply saddened by today’s announcement that many of their local newspapers are…