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Archived Stories
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11 June, 2019If you've got great cane, then please show it at the Mackay Show next week! AND BENEFIT YOUR CHILD'S SCHOOL. More
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CANEGROWERS Mackay invites growers to visit the organisation's marquee at the Ag Trade Expo at Wests on 10-11 May to discuss an irrigation efficiency audit for their farm. MORE
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CANEGROWERS Mackay welcomes Queensland Youth Week this week (3-14 April) and celebrates the positive contribution made by young people on cane farms in the Mackay/Plane Creek community. More
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25 March, 2019
CANEGROWERS has told a Queensland Parliamentary committee that the State Government’s proposed laws on farming in Great Barrier Reef catchments include a massive power grab. More....
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14 March, 2019In this week's Rural Weekly column, CANEGROWERS Mackay Chairman, Kevin Borg, points out the progress the district's growers have made over recent decades in preventing the movement of sediment from farms into surrounding waterways through trash blanketing and stool splitting. However, the Queensland Government does not acknowledge this but seeks to increase the regulatory regime on farmers through the current Bill before the Parliament. More
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CANEGROWERS Mackay has been successful for the fourth year in a row in securing funding from the Queensland Government to offer training to interested job seekers to help them obtain positions in the sugar industry. More
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On International Women’s Day, CANEGROWERS Mackay is celebrating the diverse and important roles played by women on cane farms in the district. More
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20 February, 2019
CANEGROWERS Mackay has described how Queensland regulations tied the hands of Mackay and Plane Creek cane farmers in trying to defend their properties and wildlife habitat in the recent bushfire disaster.
In a submission to the current enquiry by the federal Standing Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources, CANEGROWERS Mackay said that during the bushfires in November 2018, 1016 hectares of productive cane land at an estimated direct cost of nearly $1.4 million to the industry, was devastated by fire. More...
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In response to the bushfires, assistance has been activated for the area formally defined as:
“Communities within Central Queensland affected by bushfires, 22-30 November 2018”
Financial assistance is now available to residents affected by the Central Queensland Bushfires in Eungella, Dalrymple Heights, Finch Hatton, Campwin Beach, Sarina Beach, Netherdale and Crediton. If you are experiencing personal hardship, please contact the Community Recovery Hotline on 1800 173 349 or apply through the online portal at www.communityrecovery.qld.gov.au. More......
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12 October, 2018Click here to register your attendance at the Canegrowers Network 25th Anniversary Dinner being held on Saturday 24 November 2018 at the Mackay City Bowls Club.
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4 October, 2018CANEGROWERS has welcomed the commitment of the Queensland Government to the future of the sugarcane industry and the Great Barrier Reef through its support of the best management practice program, Smartcane BMP. More....
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27 September, 2018
An Indian government decision to help its sugar industry dump 5-million tonnes of subsidised sugar onto the world market is devastating for Australia’s sugarcane farmers. More....
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20 September, 2018Cane growers attending Mackay Canegrowers Limited’s (MCL) annual general meeting on Friday, November 30, will have the opportunity to hear from key speaker Tom McNeill, Director, Green Pool Commodities. More .....
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3 July, 2018ALL valued sponsors, winners and place getters in the Mackay Show Sugarcane Section 2018 competition are invited to attend the Mackay Show Cane Awards on Saturday, July 21 at the 500 Pavilion at 6pm at the Mackay Showgrounds. Come along to receive your prizes and enjoy a bite to eat and complimentary drinks thanks to our terrific sponsors: CANEGROWERS Mackay, Wilmar Bio-Ethanol, Carlisle Tractors, Mackay Sugar and Dowdens Pumping and Water Treatment! Also on the night, you can personally thank our individual Class sponsors. We hope to see you there. Please RSVP to Mackay Show Association at office@mackayshow.com.au or call 4957 3916.
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29 June, 2018
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14 June, 2018Members - You are invited to come along to the Mackay Show Sugar Pavilion (P4 - just inside the main gate). Along with the annual sugar cane competition and our very popular sugar juicer there will be an Industrial Drones Australia technology exhibition, a continuation of Australia South Sea Islanders exhibition of 150 years, a rest area with complimentary tea, coffee and biscuits, Sarina Sugar Shed products, Pioneer Valley machinery display, Pioneer Valley art group sugar-themed art competition and exhibition and much more. Bring the kids along to see the hay minions (farmers) and there will be a colouring in table and free fairy floss at different timeslots. A reminder to enter your cane into the sugar cane competition to win some excellent prizes. Click here to view the schedule.
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Ten trainees graduated from the 15th CANEGROWERS Mackay's haulout course, a small but positive step towards filling a shortfall in haulout operators in the region again this year. More....
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As Mackay Sugar’s three mills and Wilmar’s Sarina mill prepare for the crushing, CANEGROWERS Mackay would like to remind residents and travellers to be aware and safe as activity on our roads ramp up with the start of the annual cane harvest season. More.......
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Past students, locals and friends are invited to attend celebrations of the 125th anniversary of Chelona State School. There is a Dinner Dance on 30 June and the Family Fun Day on Sunday 1 July 2018. More.......
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1 May, 2018Queensland's sugarcane growers are ramping up preparations for the 2018 harvest, proud of the natural product they supply to the world. More......
