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CANEGROWERS Mackay
Mackay Canegrowers Limited (MCL) trading as CANEGROWERS Mackay is an integral part of the CANEGROWERS organisation, the peak body representing Australia's sugarcane growers in Queensland and New South Wales. MCL provides services, representation and support to the majority of cane growers across the Mackay and Plane Creek regions on a wide range of issues including advocacy, marketing, water and electricity, workplace health & safety, transport, environment and best management practice, training and business management.
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Latest News
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Rain delays harvest
Untimely rain over the past few days has cast a grey pall over this year’s sugarcane harvest in the Mackay/Plane Creek regions. More
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Government's extension of time does not address the problem
The State Government is patting itself on the back for giving farmers and businesses an extra year to move to standard electricity tariffs. However, CANEGROWERS Mackay Chairman Kevin Borg argues in this week's Rural Weekly that this is just "kicking the can down the road" without a reduction in electricity prices for irrigators. More
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Cane Burning Notification now available
The latest Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Information Sheet - Cane Burning Notification is now available. More -
More disappointment for Mackay/Plane Creek irrigators
CANEGROWERS Mackay CEO Kerry Latter has expressed disappointment at the fact that prices for power for irrigation remain high and unchanged under the Queensland Competition Authority's determination for electricity prices released today. More
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Call for implementation of ACCC's blueprint to fix electricity prices
In a letter published in the Daily Mercury today, CANEGROWERS Mackay CEO Kerry Latter has called for the implementation of the blueprint laid out by Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to fix electricity prices and restore Australia’s competitive advantage. More
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CANEGROWERS MAC welcomes government undertaking
CANEGROWERS Mackay Area Committee Chairman Paul Schembri has thanked the Queensland Government for its promise to support Mackay Sugar Limited with an investment of up to $14 million towards securing Nordzucker’s proposal for Mackay Sugar. More
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CANEGROWERS Mackay congratulates Productivity Awards winners
CANEGROWERS Mackay today congratulated growers in the Plane Creek district for their success in the Productivity Awards presented last night at a friendly family gather of 160 people at Carmila Hall. More
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Safety alert with the start of the 2019 crushing season
Chairman Kevin Borg has told the Daily Mercury that with only a week away from the beginning of the 2019 crushing season in the central region comes the need for the public to become more aware of safety hazards including an increased amount of traffic on local roads with activity in rural and some residential areas. More
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Scientist vindicated for stance against poor Reef research
Chairman Kevin Borg writes in the Rural Weekly this week that a Federal Court decision determining that marine scientist, Prof. Peter Ridd, had been unlawfully dismissed by James Cook University (JCU) in north Queensland for speaking out against his colleagues comes at an interesting time in the debate about how to sustain the health of the Great Barrier Reef. More -
Please sign the petition and #rejecttheregs
In the Rural Weekly this week, Chairman Kevin Borg urges every cane grower and farmer in Queensland to sign the Reef Bill petition (farmers.org.au/campaign/rejecttheregs/). More
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High priced water/power undermining advanced farming practices
CANEGROWERS Mackay today warned that high power and water prices were undermining advances in cane farm management practices, which would negatively affect not only the economy but also the environment. More...
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Ergon Online Safety Inductions
Look up and Live!
Working in close proximity to powerlines, above or below the ground, has its hazards. Unfortunately each year, workers in the sugar cane industry come in contact with Ergon Energy assets. This includes contact with poles, wires and pillar boxes by vehicles and the loads they are carrying. Contact can also occur during harvesting and haulout operations, when moving machinery and plant from one location to another or when irrigating. CANEGROWERS Mackay offers an online Safe Working Near Electrical Assets in the Rural Industry induction that will enable you to be fully informed on all aspects of electricity. Please contact CANEGROWERS Mackay office on 4944 2600 for further information. -
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The Billet
The Billet is CANEGROWERS Mackay's premium cane growers magazine delivered monthly to members of CANEGROWERS Mackay. The Billet consists of news and information specifically for cane growers and farming businesses. For advertising or subscription information, call (07) 4944 2600.