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Dear
Growers
We
understand that the Sugar industry in Australia including Herbert
River district are facing a skill/ labour shortage in particular
haul out drivers for the coming 2022 season. I have spoken to a
couple of Herbert River Harvester Contractors who have shared
this with me also. As we all know this directly and indirectly
affects our members.
CANEGROWERS
are currently exploring opportunities to assist with this
shortage either locally in Australia or overseas.
We
would like to gauge how many contractors / harvesting groups are
having difficulty filling their haul out positions for the 2022
season. If you believe your contractor / group is finding it
difficult filling their haul out positions can you please email
your group name and contractor name to frank_scardamaglia@canegrowers.com.au
Frank
Scardamaglia
Manager
CANEGROWERS
Herbert River
Email: frank_scardamaglia@canegrowers.com.au
Phone: 0475 818 800
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Dates set for Herbert grower course
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Two
days in March have been set aside for a professional development
course for Herbert River growers focused on assessing and
managing business risks (like volatile sugar prices).
CANEGROWERS
Business Essentials, builds on the successful Pricing Essentials
workshops run in 2021, and includes assistance to calculate costs
of production and explore pricing options aimed at improving
profitability. No previous pricing experience is needed. New
elements in the two-day program include risk management, business
management and Workplace Health and Safety. Tools and information
presented will be tailored-made for the district and growers will
learn to apply them to their individual farm businesses.
The
course will be run in Ingham on Tuesday 22 March and Wednesday 23
March. It is being delivered with support from the federal and
Queensland governments' Farm Business Resilience Program and the
work done in the course can be used by participants to access
farm funding through QRIDA. There is more information on the CANEGROWERS website and growers
can use the online form or call the CANEGROWERS Herbert River
office to register their interest in attending.
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CANEGROWERS Herbert River vacancies
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CANEGROWERS
Herbert River is seeking expressions of interest from full
time administration or administration trainee's.
To find out more and to apply click on the positions below.
Administrative
Person
Administrative
Trainee
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Working for your future
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CANEGROWERS
representatives have attended a series of meetings over the past
week all aimed at securing a profitable future for growers:
- The Australian
Sugar Industry Alliance, which brings together
directors from other grower organisations plus the
Australian Sugar Milling Council, Sugar Research Australia
and Queensland Sugar Limited, discussed areas of common
concern such as trade policy and strategy and the
industry's community or social licence.
- The 7th
Industry Roadmap Steering Committee meeting of industry
leaders dsiscussed the next steps in this strategy project
as well as how its progress towards the objectives
around building profitability will be monitored.
- The Reef Advisory
Committee heard from both the Federal and Queensland
environment ministers on their funding plans for projects
starting this year.
- The
CEO participated in Extraordinary Queensland
Ministerial Freight Council teleconference, hosted by the
Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Mark Bailey MP
which discussed ongoing freight and logistics issues
associated with omicron outbreaks.
- The National
Farmers’ Federation Economic Policy and Farm Business
Committee meeting discussed tax, workforce projects, drought
proposals and sustainable supply chain work from across a
broad range of industries.
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Election - call for growers to fill district
positions
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CANEGROWERS
members in most regions have until 25 February to nominate for a
local board position in the organisation's triennial elections.
There are 81 positions to fill in the 13 CANEGROWERS districts
and growers of all ages, male and female, are urged to consider
getting involved. District offices have nomination forms and can
answer questions about membership and eligibility. Watch
CANEGROWERS Chairman Paul Schembri talk about the election on 7
News recently on the CANEGROWERS Facebook
page or read the media release on the CANEGROWERS website.
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Video visits to Queensland cane farms
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For
many years, the CANEGROWERS Virtual Bus Tour video series has
documented sugarcane farm visits in all Queensland regions.
Growers share their experiences and projects in areas including
soil health, technology, machinery and drainage. The series is
now available on the CANEGROWERS website with an index that lets
you filter by topic or search for key words to quickly find what
you're most interested in. The videos are around
12 minutes long. Take a look! http://www.canegrowers.com.au/page/videos
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Seasonal worker program
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A
Temporary Work (International Relations) visa (subclass 403) issued by the Australian
Government Department of Home Affairs allows a citizen of and resident in
Timor-Leste, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa,
Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu or Vanuatu to work as a seasonal
worker in the agricultural industry. You need to be an
approved temporary activities sponsor to sponsor an applicant.
Follow the links to find our more.
Temporary Work (International Relations)
visa (subclass 403) Seasonal Worker Program stream
(homeaffairs.gov.au)
Become a sponsor Temporary activities
sponsor (homeaffairs.gov.au)
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QSL Update
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Harvest Pool Opt
Out
Leave
the QSL Harvest Pool at any time during the season and price more
yourself using QSL's new Harvest Pool Opt Out. Just choose to
'Opt Out' and any of your Harvest Pool tonnage which has not
already been priced by QSL will be transferred to the
Self-Managed Harvest Contract so you can price it yourself.
Available to QSL Direct growers from 1 May 2022.
For more information please click here,
or contact your local QSL team.
Upcoming expiry:
March 2022 contract
15
February is the March 2022 ICE 11 Contract Pricing Completion
Date for growers using the 2021-Season Individual Futures
Contract and Self-Managed Harvest Contract. This is the final day
to achieve pricing allocated to this contract. Any tonnage that
has not been priced or rolled by this date will be priced by QSL
at the next market opportunity.
You can elect to roll unpriced tonnage on any working day prior
to the Pricing Completion Date. To do so, just log on to your QSL
Direct account via the QSL App, cancel any open orders against
the March 2022 contract, 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.
2022-Season
Pre-Crush Advance Payment
The
QSL Pre-Crush Advance Payment Scheme opened for nomination on 1
February 2022. The scheme gives growers a payment for their
2022-Season QSL GEI Sugar in March 2022 — before the crush
begins. Growers who have been accepted by QSL to participate in
the scheme (at QSL's discretion), will receive $50/tonne of sugar
IPS on 25 March for up to half of their 2022-Season QSL GEI
Sugar. Nominations close 11 March 2022 and can be made via your
QSL Direct account. Please note, a cost of $0.50/tonne IPS sugar
applies.
Find
out more by reading the Pre-Crush Advance Fact Sheet by clicking here.
Key dates:
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- 15 February 2022:
March 2022 ICE 11 Contract Pricing Completion Date for
growers using the Individual Futures Contract and
Self-Managed Harvest Contract. This is the final day to
achieve or roll pricing allocated to this contract. Any
tonnage that has not been priced by this date will be
priced by QSL at the next market opportunity.
- 21 February 2022:
Final day to achieve 2021-Season Target Price Contract
targets before the pricing window is automatically extended
and roll adjustments apply.
- 1 March 2022:
Nominations open for the QSL 2022-Season Actively Managed
Pool.
Market Update
Podcast
Catch
up on all the latest sugar market news and currency activity in
this week’s Market Update Podcast by clicking here.
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