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Time to bring the cane back to Queensland classrooms
CANEGROWERS, the peak body for Queensland's sugarcane industry, has launched a new suite of curriculum-aligned educational resources designed to inspire and educate the next generation about one of Australia’s most enduring and forward-thinking…
Disaster funding boost reflects increasing cost of recovery
CANEGROWERS welcomes food security plan but calls for action on biofuels
Immediate increase to disaster grants needed
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Australian Canegrower - Mar 2022
Welcome debate on problematic farm regulations
CANEGROWERS has welcomed the opportunity for the significant issues and concerns that surround the reef regulations imposed on farmers to be aired in the Queensland Parliament. “Through a bill introduced by Nick Dametto MP, the Queensland Government’s bureaucratic treatment of the state’s sugarcane growers has been…
Relief greets Queensland dam funding decision
In great news for Wide Bay region sugarcane growers, the final piece of the puzzle to restore Paradise Dam to its original water storage capacity has fallen into place. “Confirmation this week that the Queensland and Federal governments will jointly fund the $1.2 billion needed to restore the dam has taken a huge…
Election time in grower-led CANEGROWERS
CANEGROWERS is calling for members to step forward and nominate for one of the 81 representative positions in the peak sugarcane farming organisation. “As a truly grower-led and grower-driven organisation, these triennial elections are a very important time for CANEGROWERS,” CEO Dan Galligan said. “In this process,…
