Ready to roll on Sugarcane Crush 2026

The first bin of cane of the 2026 Crush for the Mackay-Isaac region is planned to be tipped at Plane Creek Mill tomorrow [2 June], marking the start to a challenging harvest season that the industry is approaching with determination and care. Mackay Sugar has...

Biofuels make sense – so stop kicking decisions down the road

CANEGROWERS has welcomed the release of a parliamentary report on a sugarcane-based bioenergy industry in Queensland, thanking the committee for listening to growers and recognising the role the industry can play in strengthening Australia’s fuel and energy security....

Raw Deal – Sugar shortchanged in EU agreement

CANEGROWERS has slammed the outcome for sugar in the long-awaited Australia–EU Free Trade Agreement as a complete failure, saying it fails cane farming families and Australia’s sugar manufacturers and falls well short of what producers had been seeking. “This is...

Disaster Assistance Available for Cyclone Koji Damage

CANEGROWERS Mackay has welcomed the announcement of joint Commonwealth-State disaster assistance for primary producers in the Mackay and Isaac regions following the devastation caused by the North Queensland Monsoon Trough and Tropical Cyclone Koji. The severe weather...

CANEGROWERS Mackay hails the End of Crush for 2025

It will be the first time in five years that all growers in Mackay and Plane Creek milling areas will have all been finished harvesting at Christmas time, Mackay Canegrowers Chairman Joseph Borg is pleased to say. “It will be a great relief to growers that we will be...