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Dear Growers
CANEGROWERS Herbert River held
its first meeting at the Abergowrie Branch on Wednesday night. A
number of members attended. Adam Douglas and Lawrence Di Bella
were guest speakers at the branch meeting. Issues discussed
included Mill operations and transport, clean seed, mill mud, N
& P Budget and major grants project.
In early February Dr Jason
Eglinton and Phil Patane from SRA are planning to attend all
CANEGROWER branch meetings to discuss varieties.
The CANEGROWERS Bambaroo Branch
meeting will be held on Monday 13 December commencing at 6pm
with a BBQ. Adam Douglas and Chris Winship will be guest
speakers at the branch meeting which will be held at the
Bambaroo Rural Fire Brigade Shed and we look forward to seeing
you there!
The CANEGROWERS Four Mile and
Lower Herbert Branch meeting will also be on Tuesday
14 December commencing at 7.30pm at the CANEGROWERS ground
floor meeting room.
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 a mix of music and
information listen to CANEGROWERS Herbert River Radio on our
website. Listen in the office or through bluetooth in your car or
tractor!
Click on the button below to listen.
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Vale Peter Costanzo
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CANEGROWERS Herbert River express our condolences
to the family of Peter Costanzo who recently passed away.
Peter was an active, constructive and loyal CANEGROWERS Herbert
River member who also served on the Victoria Mill Suppliers
Committee from 1989 to 1992 and as a Councillor with Hinchinbrook
Shire Council from 1991 to 1994.
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Member benefits with QFF
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As a member of CANEGROWERS, growers are also linked
to Queensland Farmers Federation (QFF). This gives them
access to a number of member benefits that they can access
through the QFF member portal. See below on how to access
the benefits.
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QFF Autotender partnership
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QFF has partnered with AutoTender to give CANEGOWERS
members access to Wholesale Pricing & their Automatic
Tendering platform for FREE. Simply, sit back with your computer
or your phone, click the AutoTender link, click the NEW CARS
button, choose the car you want, follow the prompts and let the
power of their FLEET DEALER NETWORK & UNIQUE NEGOTIATING
SYSTEM go-to work for you in your area.
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Global meeting urges India to end sugar subsidies
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CANEGROWERS participated in the Global Sugar
Alliance at which members urged all countries to defend the multilateral
trade system and reaffirmed their full support of the case
Australia, Brazil and Guatemala have taken in the World Trade
Organization (WTO) against India’s sugar subsidies. Calling on
India to permanently end its sugar subsidies, the Global Sugar Alliance
noted that the case against India is strong and looked forward to
its swift resolution. Read the Global Sugar Alliance media
release on the CANEGROWERS website https://bit.ly/3E8xeoS
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The ACCC publishes agricultural machinery
purchaser guidance material
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Purchasing agricultural machinery can be an
expensive and significant investment, and therefore it is
important that purchasers have considered the key issues that
might affect their purchasing decision and are aware of their
rights when a fault occurs. However,
our Agricultural machinery market study found that access to remedies
when faults occur was a major concern for purchasers. Due to the
expense and purpose of machinery purchases, consumer guarantees
generally do not apply. This means that most purchasers will have
to rely on the warranties from their machinery manufacturer or
dealer for access to remedies when faults occur. However, many
warranties have significant limitations. Our market study found
that these limitations were not widely understood by purchasers.
You can find the guidance
material on the ACCC website
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Message from the President Women in Sugar (WISH)
Caroline Pace
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Thank you to everyone who attended our Break Up
Dinner on Tuesday night, QSL for donating the 2 lovely prizes for
the night and the RSL for opening their doors and catering a
wonderful dinner. To our members who couldn’t attend, we
hope to see you again next year.
This year we had a very eventful year with the
Mackay WISA Conference (a great time was had by all that
attended), we visited Daryl and Colleen Ways beautiful nursery,
attended a very informative Morning Tea hosted by HCPSL (Thank
you Lawrence and Staff) and also toured the AIMS
Research Labs and Aquarium (amazing to see live coral and marine
life up close).
Our meetings were well attended with a Guest Speaker
at most meetings and a BIG THANK YOU to CANEGROWERS Herbert
River, QSL and HCPSL for keeping us all updated throughout the
year and for their ongoing support to WISH.
The Committee would like to wish everyone a very
Merry Christmas and a prosperous sugar cane growing and
harvesting year. See you all next year and feel free
to invite a friend or five!
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Christmas shirt order deadline
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Thinking about a CANEGROWERS work shirt as a
Christmas gift?
There are Hi-Vis shirts for men, women and kids
available but you'll need to place your order soon via
the the Member Resources page on the CANEGROWERS website or
here www.canegrowersshirts.com
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Register for CANEGROWERS Business Essentials in
2022
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CANEGROWERS, with funding from the government Farm
Business Resilience Program, is developing a suite of
professional development opportunities for growers. These will
focus on assessing and managing business risks and
challenges such as volatile sugar prices. The objective will
be to provide tools that growers can use to deliver greater
profitability and therefore business resilience. Initially
the program will be delivered face to face over two days, with
some online presentations at regional locations.
To register your interest in these workshops in
2022, fill in this form https://bit.ly/3pa9BpG
You can also read more about the program and
register on the CANEGROWERS website.
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Understanding the latest reef regs changes
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All of the December 2019 updates to the Queensland
Government's suarcane farming reef regulations have now taken
effect. What they mean for you depends on where you farm and if
you are Smartcane BMP accredited (because of exemptions secured
by CANEGROWERS). There is a summary of the legal obligations on
the CANEGROWERS website but growers are also encouraged to
be familiar with the guidelines provided by the Queensland
Government. Read more here
www.canegrowers.com.au/page/media/latest-news/unravelling-the-new-reef-regulations
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QSL Update
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Advances increase: The Standard QSL Advances rate will increase to
77.5% from 15 December 2021. This represents a 5% increase on the
current rate. From 15 December, those growers who have nominated
to receive Accelerated Advances in the 2021 Season will also move
to an Advances rate of 90% for their filled grower-managed
pricing and/or Guaranteed Floor tonnage. For further details regarding the 2021-Season
Advances rate, please click here.
On a roll in the QSL App: Growers using QSL’s Individual Futures Contract and
Self-Managed Harvest Contract pricing options can now roll any
eligible tonnage on demand by using the QSL App. Rolling extends
the time available to achieve pricing in these products to as
late as mid-April in the year after the harvest, providing
unmatched flexibility for up to 98% of your QSL tonnage.
You can elect to roll unpriced tonnage in the prompt
contract on any working day prior to the Pricing Completion Date
for that contract. To do so, just log on to your QSL Direct
account via the QSL App, open the relevant order, and then hit
the ‘ROLL TONNES’ button. There is no fee to roll tonnage,
however you will incur an adjustment representing the cost
associated with re-establishing your positions in the new
contract. You can find an estimate of this roll adjustment on the
QSL website and our Daily Price email, or by contacting your
local QSL team.
Non-delivery options: QSL offers its growers a number of options to help
address over-commitment, including washing out positions or
rolling pricing forward into the next season. QSL growers who
have failed to deliver their committed sugar should contact their
local QSL team as soon as possible to help find the lowest-cost
option available within the current market for their particular
pricing position. Click here to read more about QSL's non-delivery
options
India must pass its sugar test: Meeting in London, the Global Sugar Alliance has
urged all countries to defend the multilateral trade system,
reaffirmed its full support of the case Australia, Brazil and
Guatemala have taken in the World Trade Organization against
India’s sugar subsidies, and called on India to comply with its
international obligations. Click here to read the full story
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