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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Positive sign but permanent fix required in sugar dispute
CANEGROWERS has welcomed a temporary suspension of strike action by Wilmar mill workers that has allowed crushing to begin at three Burdekin sugar mills.
Give cyclone-struck growers more time to make repairs
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.
Sugar Cubed – Building a brighter future for Qld cane growers
Building a brighter future for Queensland’s sugarcane industry will be top of the agenda when more than 100 growers and industry leaders gather in Mackay this week for the inaugural Sugar Cubed conference.
Enough talk – just do it
The time for talking is over! Immediate, large-scale, effective action is what’s required if we’re to have any hope of halting the march of Red Imported Fire Ants, CANEGROWERS Chairman Owen Menkens has said.
Burdekin growers prepare for presidential visit
National Farmers’ Federation President David Jochinke will get a taste of the sweet life when he visits the heart of Queensland sugarcane country this week.