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...
IT STARTED HERE: Mackay Canegrowers celebrates 100 seasons of the Queensland Cane Growers Organisation: “I often say, Mackay is the centre of the sugar industry, and our Centenary, which begins today, really drives that point home. Our State organisation put...
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...
CANEGROWERS Mackay Chairman Joseph Borg said it is pleasing news that the halfway mark for the 2025 crush has now been crossed in both Mackay and Plane Creek Milling areas. “We have crossed the 50 per cent mark and moving towards 60%. We are not where we would like to...
The Sweetest School competition is coming to Mackay, a collaboration between CANEGROWERS Mackay, MAPS, SRA Central Region and Mackay Show Association Cane Sub-Committee. It is an engaging competition where schools showcase their skills in growing the best sugarcane!...
Queensland’s sugarcane farming families will spend this Christmas counting the cost of yet another delayed harvest, with updated industry analysis finding that poor milling performance throughout the year that has caused crushing to continue into the wet season...
