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Dear Growers
Into the third week of 2021
season and it has been an interrupted week with more heavy rain
over night around the district. There was some early morning cane
cut this morning but the mill made the call to stop all
harvesters as only a small amount of cane was expected. Victoria
Mill stopped crushing at 6.45am this morning and will liquidate
and shut down. Boilers are expected to be off line by 2pm today.
The mill has reported that they now need to manage bagasse stocks
and will review the possibility of a restart over the weekend but
at this stage is unlikely until next week.
In regards to maintenance, the mill has reported that both sets
of evaporators have been cleaned and all maintenance activities
completed. They will use the total steam off the stop to perform
repairs to steam and product leaks. The mill advised that they have
now settled down issues with the locos and factory commissioning.
As of Friday the mill has crushed
61,000 tonnes at Victoria mill with a CCS of 11.64 and 25,135
tonnes at Macknade with a CCS of 11.45. The mill also reported
that there has been some very poor rakes of cane processed this
week causing chokes in the shredder. An example of this included
one particular rake that went 6 CCS and was full of weeds and
vines.
Frank Scardamaglia
Manager
CANEGROWERS Herbert River
Email: frank_scardamaglia@canegrowers.com.au
Phone: 0475 818 800
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CANEGROWERS Herbert River Podcasts
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Sugarcane growers in the Herbert
River district have a history of working together, for the
benefit of businesses, grower families and the Hinchinbrook Shire
community. Listen to our podcasts by clicking on the
button below and learn more about their stories and
experiences.
In this week's
podcast Carol Sweatman, Green Collar's General Manager
Water, talks about the Reef Credit project which is part of the
Lower Herbert Water Quality Program.
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Decision support tool to help the industry find
the harvesting sweet spot
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Recent research into sugarcane harvesting has
demonstrated that there is significant potential for the industry
to ensure more sugar makes its way from the paddock and into the
supply chain.
Through a range of research projects in recent
years, it has been demonstrated that adjusting the way the
industry operates its harvesters can put more valuable sugar into
the supply chain – and not leave it in the paddock.
However, changing these practices costs money.
Practice change involves a negotiation between the harvesting
contractor and the farmer to make sure both sides of the equation
are receiving a benefit.
Click on the button below to read more.
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SRA Variety Guides now available
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The 2021/22 Variety Guides for the Herbert are now
available at the link below.
Copies have been posted to
growers. If you don't receive your copy within the next
fortnight, contact SRA to arrange a copy communications@sugarresearch.com.au
Herbert Region Variety
Guide
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Working together across agriculture
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CANEGROWERS recently met with Growcom, Qld
Dairyfarmers Organisation, Cotton Australia and other
members of the Queensland Farmers' Federation (QFF) Council
meeting alongside other industry leaders at the Qld
Department of Agriculture and Forestry's Redlands research
station.
On this site, the Qld University of Technology is
establishing a H2Xport pilot plant that is being built to help
establish a hydrogen export industry for Queensland. Other
discussions on the day focused on water pricing policies, in
particular the State Government policy of applying differential
water pricing discounts depending on the crop being grown,
workplace health and safety programs promoted by the government
and involvement with the State Government agricultural ministerial
advisory council where QFF represents our interests.
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New era of research, development and adoption
(RD&A) begins for the Australian sugarcane industry
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Thursday 1 July marked ‘day one’ of an
exciting era of sugarcane research, development and adoption
(RD&A) investment for the Australian sugarcane industry, with
Sugar Research Australia (SRA) officially commencing a new
five-year Strategic Plan.
SRA CEO Roslyn Baker said that the Strategic Plan
2021-2026 had been developed with extensive consultation and
feedback over the last 18 months and had culminated in a new plan
built on five specific pillars of value.
Click on the button below to read the full story.
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QSL Update
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QSL Advance increase: The 2020-Season June Advance payment was made last
week and paid at 98% of indicative returns as of 28 May 2021. The
final Advance payment of the 2020 Season will be made next month.
2021-Season Advance payments are currently being paid at 65% of
indicative returns. Click here for details of the current 2021-Season
Advances schedule.
Improved Payment Process: QSL is rolling out an improved payment process for
our growers in Wilmar milling districts from 1 July 2021. This
includes new concise and easy-read statements, and simplified GST
arrangements. For more information about this, please click here.
Payment info now available in QSL App: QSL Direct growers can now access their QSL payment
information via the QSL App. The new Payments feature lists the
payments made by QSL for each ABN and can be found under the
'MORE' button at the top of the page for each Season. In addition
to this, QSL Direct growers who also have notifications enabled
will now receive a notification when QSL processes a payment for
their ABNs. To access these new features and to address a
notification bug affecting some devices, please update your QSL
App today.
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