Dear Growers 

Into the ninth week and Victoria Mill crushed 123,000 tonnes for the week at CCS of 12.90 with a total of 840,000 tonnes for the year. Macknade Mill crushed 60,000 tonnes for the week at a CCS of 13.01, with a total of 408,000 tonnes for the year.
Wet weather again interrupted crushing and both sites undertook maintenance and chemical cleans of evaporators. Victoria Mill used the down time to make some repairs to the coupling on the mill roller and repair some steam leaks.

Frank Scardamaglia

Manager

CANEGROWERS Herbert River

Email: frank_scardamaglia@canegrowers.com.au

Phone: 0475 818 800

Wilmar Clarifies process for Grower to Re-Estimate

Wilmar has clarified and forwarded the process for re-estimates or adjusting your estimate.

The process outlined by Wilmar is as follows;

1. Grower to email the Transport Operations Manager chris.winship@au.wilmar-intl.com requesting a re-estimate and validation for request. Wilmar will also require a permission statement to enter the property. Include the farm number and total expected tonnage (copy of farm map with estimates is acceptable)
2. Mill logistics staff to complete a re-estimate and confirm with CST management
3. Mill logistics staff to advise grower of completion and outcomes

CANEGROWERS Herbert River Podcasts

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.

New Statutory Funding Contract for SRA

The new SRA Statutory Funding Contract has been signed by the Hon. David Littleproud, MP for Maranoa, Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management, pursuant to the Sugar Research and Development Services Act 2013, and has been tabled in the Senate and the House of Representatives.

This new ten-year agreement sets out how SRA receives levy payments from its members and Commonwealth co-investment payments to invest in research and development for the benefit of the Australian sugar industry.

Click on the button below to read the full story.

Kirks Bridge Replacement

Council is pleased to announce that local contractor Keita Services Pty Ltd has been awarded the tender HSC 20/26 Kirks Bridge Replacement – Design and Construct, for the tendered price of $1,648,313 (excl. GST).

Kirks Bridge is located on Liborios Road, Upper Stone and the replacement bridge will increase the trafficable width from 4.42m to 6.8m and in height by 1m. The upgrade is an InQuik Bridging System, which is an innovative semi-modular construction method to build reinforced concrete bridges. The replacement bridge will be positioned just upstream of the current bridge. The current bridge will remain open to the public whilst these works are undertaken.

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Register your Property as a No Slash Zone Today

The No Slash Zone Register allows residents to nominate the road frontages of their property to not be slashed by Council.

The Register applies to local Council roads and some State Government Roads. No Slash Zones support responsible landowners who are working to manage pest and weed species along the boundary of properties fronting road reserves throughout the district. For further information on identifying and managing pest and weed species visit Council’s website, Land and Pest Management page.

QSL Update

2020-Season wrap up
QSL has now made its final Advance payments for the 2020 Season, incorporating a record +$31/tonne QSL Shared Pool result. The February 2020 Guaranteed Floor Pool emerged as QSL’s best-performing ICE 11 pool for the season, returning $493/t IPS net, while the US Quota Pool, priced on the ICE 16 and automatically allocated to all QSL growers, returned $702/t IPS net. Click here to see our full 2020-Season pool results.

The highest grower-managed pricing achieved for the 2020 Season was $497/t gross actual in the Target Price Contract, with $456/t gross actual the weighted average price achieved for the season in this popular pricing option. QSL General Manager Marketing Mark Hampson said the 2020 Shared Pool result was a record for QSL and reflected the high physical sales premiums available for Australian raw sugar last year, following a significant drop in production out of Thailand, one of our nation’s largest sugar competitors. Click here to read more

Transaction summaries
QSL Direct growers are reminded that they can find a handy summary of all their QSL transactions for the last financial year within the Financial Reports section of their QSL Direct accounts. Quarterly and Annual Grower Account Statements are provided for each season you have marketed with QSL.

QSL video market update
Didn't catch our latest video market update last Wednesday? This 4-minute overview from QSL Senior Manager of Marketing and Logistics Andrew Phipps provides a great snapshot of what's been happening on the global sugar market. Watch it now by clicking here.

Manage account viewers via our App
Need to remove, add or update Authorised Viewer details for your QSL Direct account? Pricing Managers can now do this via their QSL App. Just open your QSL Direct account and click on the More... tab to access the Change Requests section. Don't have the app? It's free to download from the App Store (Apple devices) and Google Play Store (Android devices). Click here to watch our quick guide to getting you started.

Tax time reminder
QSL growers in Wilmar milling districts are reminded that our new GST arrangments came into effect from 1 July 2021. As a result, our previous tax treatment applies for any 2020 and 2021-Season QSL payment made in the last financial year. Remember, the simple rule of thumb is:

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• Old Statement Format = Old GST Treatment
• New Statement Format = New GST Treatment

For further information, click here to read our handy statement guide, or contact your local QSL team.

CANEGROWERS Herbert River Directors

Chris Bosworth    0418 983 507      ca_ltbosworth1@bigpond.com

Jeff Cantamessa  0418 182 067      jeff@jefcan.com

Paul Marbelli        0408 180 552      Marbie08@bigpond.com

Steven Marbelli    0417 621 970      marbi.70@bigpond.com

Michael Pisano    0429 113 465       Pisanom220@gmail.com

Terry Motti            0417 636 863      tezmot71@gmail.com

Sam Torrisi           0408 779 598      Torrisi5@itnq.com.au

Zenan Reinaudo   0400 762 103     mzreinaudo@bigpond.com