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Dear Growers
In the eighteenth week of the 2021 season Macknade has
crushed 44,000 tonnes for the week and is on track for a 65,000
tonnes for the week at a CCS of 12.9. Macknade mill undertook the
planned maintenance day during the week. Victoria mill has only
crushed 85,000 for the week at a CCS of 13.1 and is looking at a
107,000 tonnes for the week. The district has crushed 2,785,000
tonnes for the year at 12.7CCS
As you may now be aware the mill
has sustained a major break down to B1 Mill at Victoria mill when
the trash bar nose plate fell off. This required the stripping,
repair and reassembly of the mill which will take up to 3 to 4
days around the clock. The mill has advised that they are well
advanced with repairs with the strip completed ahead of the
planned schedule and the weld out of the trash bar
commenced. As it is the number 1 Mill there is no option to
bypass the mill so full repair was required.
The mill made the call to continue with the planned
maintenance day at Macknade to ensure preventative tasks were
completed to prevent a break down.
Frank Scardamaglia
Manager
CANEGROWERS Herbert River
Email: frank_scardamaglia@canegrowers.com.au
Phone: 0475 818 800
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CANEGROWERS Herbert River Radio
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For local news, weather and a great mix of
music listen to CANEGROWERS Herbert River Radio while you're at
home, work or in the tractor!
To listen click on the play
button on the home page of our website. Click below to get
there!
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Working for you every day
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Every day CANEGROWERS staff represent and put
forward grower members' interests at briefings and in meetings. A
snapshot of some of this activity from past weeks include:
- Pushing to
get clarity on load restraint guidelines with the
National Heavy Vehicle Regulator.
- Attending a
session hosted by the National Farmers Federation (NFF)
on Climate Change priorities ahead of the United
Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow in
November.
- Participating in
three NFF Committees: Economic Policy, Trade and Water.
These worked on NFF’s election and budget priority
settings.
- Holding a regular
operational meeting with the Sugar Terminals Limited CEO.
- Discussions with
Sugar Australia on Smartcane BMP engagement across all cane
districts and the program's the links to the Bonsucro
Sustainable Sugar platform.
- Briefing Reserve
Bank of Australia (RBA) officials on the economic conditions
in the sugar industry.
- Progressing discussions
with energy companies in relation to a possible retail
tariff offer for CANEGROWERS members
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Safe Work Month
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October is National Safe Work Month. It's perfect
timing for CANEGROWERS to launch a tailor-made WHS Guide for
Cane Farms. This resource is being finalised. It will be an
interactive document available to members on the CANEGROWERS
website. Keep an eye out for it!
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SRA AGM invitation and proxies
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Sugar Research Australia’s Annual General Meeting
will be held on Thursday 21 October, at 2pm (AEST).
This year’s meeting is a hybrid event, conducted
both online and from SRA’s Indooroopilly office.
Members who are entitled to vote and are unable to
attend, are encouraged to appoint a proxy to vote on their
behalf.
Further information about the AGM and proxies is
available in the Notice of 2021 Annual General Meeting which was mailed or emailed to members, and is
available online.
Proxies need to be received by SRA no later than 2pm
(AEST) on Tuesday 19 October 2021.
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Weekly Crushing Stats
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CANEGROWERS Herbert River provide the Hebert River
weekly production figures in the members section of the
CANEGROWERS Herbert River website at www.herbertrivercanegrowers.com.au
You can also view the Mill average CCS for 2021 and
how it is tracking against 2019 and 2020 seasons. One more
additional graph has been added to demonstrate the top 5
varieties in the district and how they are tracking week by
week.
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QFF Survey on Electricity Tariffs for Agricultural
Activities
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QFF are carrying out a survey about your electricity
tariffs and they will give you a $40 gift voucher! Queensland and
New South Wales farmers are encouraged to participate in a QFF, University of Queensland and Energy Consumers Australia research project aiming to better understand how
you consider and choose electricity tariffs for your agricultural
operations.
Get involved by clicking on the button below.
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Dial Before you Dig Digital Transformation
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Dial Before You Dig has finished its digital
transformation, launching a new delivery platform ‘DBYD NextGen
referral service’, which includes real-time dig and enquiry
activity dashboards.
For more details click on the button below.
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HCPSL AGM
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When: Tuesday 26 October, commencing at 7am
Where: HCPSL Offices, 181
Fairford Road Ingham 4850
Guest Speaker: Dr. Alex Olsen – “AutoWeed
technology – the future in weed control”
A copy of the financials will be available at the
HCPSL front office before and after the AGM, for members to
collect.
Breakfast will be provided
RSVP – For catering purposes, please phone 47761808
if you will be attending.
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CANEGROWERS Herbert River Board Meeting
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As a member you are invited to be an observer at the
next CANEGROWERS Herbert River Board Meeting Monday
1 November at 8.30am.
The board will discuss current local and industry
issues and how CANEGROWERS is working towards solutions to
address these issues.
If you would like to attend please contact Frank
Scardamaglia on 0475 818 800.
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Partnership to develop sugarcane industry roadmap
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Sugarcane industry peak bodies and the Cooperative
Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) are
partnering to develop the first whole-of-industry shared vision
and roadmap to 2040.
The Sugarcane
Industry Roadmap will adopt a best-for-industry
view to identify significant opportunities to drive
sustainability, growth and prosperity of the industry and
regional communities into the future.
The read the full story click on the button below.
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QSL Update
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Annual Report now available: QSL has released its Annual Report for the
2020/2021 financial year. Click here to read the full QSL Annual Report.
Advance rate increase: QSL's Standard 2021-Season Advance Rate will
increase by 5% to 70% from 13 October. Click here to see the full 2021-Season Indicative
Advances schedule.
Changes to farm arrangements: Planning to buy, sell or lease a farm, or changing
your existing business arrangements? QSL Direct growers
undertaking such changes need to submit our “Farm Sale/Lease
Information Form” to capture any associated changes to payments
or their QSL account.
This form is not a contract – it simply initiates the
documentation process by gathering basic information about the
transaction to enable QSL to prepare the relevant Deed of
Acknowledgement and/or Deed of Novation, to implement associated
pricing transfers. This can be done before, during or after the
transaction occurs, but ideally, before the transaction
occurs.
For further information or to commence the process, please
contact the QSL Direct team on 1800 870 756. Click here for the Farm Transfer Information Form
Video Sugar Market Update: Don't miss our next video market update, scheduled
for Wednesday 13 October from 4pm with QSL Senior Manager
Treasury & Risk Matt Page. These 5-minute snapshots provide a
great overview of the key themes affecting sugar prices for
Australian producers, and are available to watch any time via our
Facebook page.
Actively Managed Pools: Nominations are currently being accepted in the
following QSL-managed pools:
>2022 Early -Start Actively Managed Pool
>2023 2-Season Actively Managed Pool
>2024 3-Season Actively Managed Pool
Nominations close 31 October 2021. For details
regarding these pools, please read our full Pricing Pool Terms,
available form your local QSL team or by clicking here.
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