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Australian Canegrower - Nov 2023
Australian Canegrower is the trusted source of the latest innovations and ideas from the sugarcane industry. We have got the inside scoop on two families who made the daring leap from their old farming lives to embrace the sweet world of sugarcane - or explore smarter irrigation practices benefiting growers - and a…
Stepping away from EU deal, the right call
CANEGROWERS has congratulated Federal Trade Minister Don Farrell on taking the courageous decision to step away from free trade negotiations with the European Union rather than sign a bad deal for Australia’s farmers. Minister Farrell was in Japan over the weekend for the G7 summit in Osaka, where it was expected a…
A good deal, or no deal for Aussie farmers in Europe
CANEGROWERS, the peak representative body for Australia’s sugarcane farmers, has joined the National Farmers’ Federation in urging the Federal Government to step away from free trade negotiations with the European Union rather than sign a bad deal for Australian farmers. Federal Trade Minister Don Farrell will meet…
NFF farewells tireless advocate – Fiona Simson
CANEGROWERS has welcomed the election of David Jochinke as President of the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) at the organisation’s AGM in Canberra today. Mr Jochinke, a grain and livestock producer from Victoria, succeeds Fiona Simson who stepped down after seven years in the role. “As a foundation member of…
Fire ant funding could help turn the tide
CANEGROWERS has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of an additional $268 million for the control and eradication of Imported Red Fire Ants, with Chairman Owen Menkens calling the funding essential to halting the spread of one of the world’s most devastating pests. “We have repeatedly called on the…