Dear Growers

In the nineteenth week of the 2021 season Victoria Mill restarted up last Sunday afternoon after repairing B1 Mill trash bar and have crushed 88,000 tonnes for the week until Friday morning at a CCS of 13.04 and the mills expects to crush 130,000 tonnes for the week.

Macknade mill has had another good week crushing 45,000 tonnes to Friday morning and looking at a 67,000 tonnes for the week at a CCS of 12.46.

The mill has advised that they have reviewed the databank during the week and the expected finishing date for the season at this stage is on the 24th November with 10 hours wet weather each week still built into budget.

CANEGROWERS Herbert River met with Wilmar senior management during the week. Some of the topics we discussed included the finish date, late bins and how the mill is going to rectify this issue this season and next season. CANEGROWERS expressed its disappointment to Wilmar senior management in regards to the delayed adjustment of the interim CCS and reporting to marketers to reflect this in their October payments.

CANEGROWERS had advised Wilmar to adjust the interim CCS for Rel A and Rel B pools late September and Wilmar also acknowledged this change late September, but Wilmar neglected to pass this onto the marketers to include this adjustment in the October payment.

Frank Scardamaglia

Manager

CANEGROWERS Herbert River

Email: frank_scardamaglia@canegrowers.com.au

Phone: 0475 818 800

CANEGROWERS Herbert River Podcasts

In our latest episode of CANEGROWERS Herbert River podcasts, Chairman Michael Pisano provides an update to the season thus far.

To listen to this podcast and others click on the button below.

High fertiliser prices...what's driving it?

CANEGROWERS have had some questions come through on the price of fertiliser.
 

It’s a case of supply and demand driven by good crops, strong commodity prices, a good weather outlook and increased freight rates, fuel prices and input costs compounded by port congestion, limited vessels and a COVID-19 pandemic!
 

Click on the button below for some information from Incitec Pivot regarding fertiliser prices that may give some context around the drivers.

CANEGROWERS Annual Report

The CANEGROWERS Annual Report for 2020-21 is available online and in all district offices. It's a comprehensive summary of how CANEGROWERS has served members through activities, projects and programs throughout the year.

Ahead of the AGM, the CANEGROWERS Financial Report is available to members via the webiste. You will need to log in with your member number and district name to read it.

The CANEGROWERS Annual General Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday 9 November 2021. A proxy form for the AGM is with your October Australian Canegrower magazine.

Incident alert - Worker killed and six injured when powerline arced to harvester

In July 2021, one worker died and six others received electric shocks when a harvester came close enough to an overhead powerline to cause an electric fault current path. Initial investigations found the powerline had dropped approximately 3.6m from its original height because the stay wire on one of the poles had broken, potentially due to corrosion.

Read the full story here

HCPSL AGM

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.

CANEGROWERS Herbert River Board Meeting

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.

QSL Update

QSL’s 2021 Annual General Meeting: Queensland Sugar Limited will hold its 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) at 10am on Friday 22 October 2021 at the Christie Conference Centre, 320 Adelaide Street, Brisbane. QSL Chairman Guy Cowan and QSL Managing Director and CEO Greg Beashel will both address the meeting. Please click below to access key meeting documents:

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• 2020/2021 Annual Report
• 2020 QSL AGM Minutes

Market Update Podcast: Catch up on all the latest sugar market and currency news by listening to our latest Market Update podcast by clicking here.

Quarterly ledgers now available: Preparing your Business Activity Statement? QSL Direct growers can find a summary of all their QSL transactions for July to September in the latest Quarterly Ledger, now available in their accounts.

Advance rate increase:  QSL's Standard 2021-Season Advance Rate increased 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

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 from your local QSL team or by clicking here.

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