Sugarcane growers and industry stakeholders from across Queensland and beyond will converge on Brisbane early next week for Sugar Cubed 2025 – a dynamic, future-focused event set to spark fresh ideas and foster new connections across the cane supply…
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…
As I write this column, Australia’s trade minister is preparing to meet with his European counterpart to discuss, and possibly even agree, a free trade agreement with the EU. Unfortunately, I don’t have a crystal ball, so I can’t foresee the outcome of those discussions. However, if the whispers filtering out from…
Disunity is death - it’s a phrase you often hear bandied about, especially in politics. And it’s true, of course, in all aspects of life. Since humans first started battling each other with clubs and stones, the importance of presenting a unified front has been clear. Whether it’s warfare, politics, disaster…
Queensland’s 2023 sugarcane harvest has finally hit the halfway mark with over 50% of the estimated 30.1 million tonne crop now cut and crushed at the state’s 19 sugar mills. Rain early in the season, combined with below par mill performance, had delayed the crush in some districts, but the long expected El Nino has…
Check out the latest in this month's copy of Australian Canegrower Inside this issue - read about the beneficial biological warfare potentially replacing chemicals in the control of pests and how an enquiring mind drives a Tully grower to never stop learning.