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Dear Growers
As you will see below,
CANEGROWERS have a course titled Business Essentials running for
members in the Herbert River District on the 22nd and
23rd of March. This is a great opportunity for
our members to build your skills and knowledge around
pricing, profitability and cost of production to name a few
topics covered.
There is still an
opportunity for you to sign up but spots are filling quite
quickly. So please contact the office on 4776 5350 to book your
spot.
Frank
Scardamaglia
Manager
CANEGROWERS
Herbert River
Email: frank_scardamaglia@canegrowers.com.au
Phone: 0475 818 800
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CANEGROWERS Business Essentials Course for Herbert
River Growers
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Canegrowers
has two days in March 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
Please
call the CANEGROWERS Herbert River office on 4776 5350 to
register your interest in attending.
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The best thing – a competition for CANEGROWERS
Members
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CANEGROWERS
has launched a new competition. Finish this sentence, 'The best
thing about growing sugarcane is....' with a photo, video or poem
to go into the running for one of three $100 gift cards.
What
inspires you? What gets you out of bed an onto the farm each day?
Unleash your creativity and submit your entry at www.canegrowers.com.au
or by emailing info@canegrowers.com.au
Entries
are open 25 February to 25 March.
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Canegrowers Herbert River Nominations for Board
elections
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If
you are still interested in nominating for the Canegrowers
Herbert River Board elections please complete the Herbert River
Nomination form attached or collect from the
CANEGROWERS Herbert River office.
Please Note:
Nominations close Today at 5.00pm Friday, 25 February 2022.
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Welcome debate on problematic farm regulations
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CANEGROWERS has welcomed the
opportunity for the significant issues and concerns that surround
the reef regulations imposed on farmers to be aired in the
Queensland Parliament.
“Through a bill introduced
by Nick Dametto MP, the Queensland Government’s bureaucratic
treatment of the state’s sugarcane growers has been put in the
spotlight,” CANEGROWERS Chairman Paul Schembri said.
Read the full story here
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Road access for harvesters
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Ahead
of the 2022 season, CANEGROWERS is working to facilitate the
movement of steel-tracked harvesters across the industry.
Representatives have met with the National Heavy Vehicle
Regulator and the Department of Transport and Main Roads to
discuss the options to facilitate the necessary permits for the
crossing of roads by these harvesters at recognised crossing
points. A single permit through a district office or a Notice
were options discussed instead of individual owner permits.
Crossings by steel-tracked harvesters at points not currently
recognised needs individual permits which in general, the
Department has not approved because of the potential for road
damage.
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Working to find workers
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Finding
enough workers for the harvest is emerging as a challenge for the
2022 season in the sugar industry. CANEGROWERS is developing
a campaign to attract farm workers from southern
states to Queensland for winter and has met with the Department
of Home Affairs and the Pacific Labour Facility to discuss
options for using labour hire organisations.
You can help build the case and the campaign by
asnwering four quick questions in this CANEGROWERS quick
poll https://web.canegrowers.com.au/cn/a7wtu/laboursurvey
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Wet Tropics Water Quality Science Forum
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The forum presents an
opportunity to better understand the science behind the Wet
Tropics Waterway Health Report Card and what it means for water
quality and for growers. Meet the scientists and ask your
questions!
RSVPs essential by Monday
21st March: renee.young@terrain.org.au
| 0417 609 681
More details here
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Dumping grant deadline extended
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The
Queensland Government has extended the application date for a
grant program which assists farmers deal with illegally dumped
rubbish. Up to $500,000 is available to go towards removing
hazardous waste or dumped material that is difficult to access or
needs specialist equipment. Visit this government website
for details.
CANEGROWERS
has been raising the issue at a district level with some
councils and with a public plea in weekly newspapers for
Queenslanders to stop using farms as dump sites with the
Chairman's column Please don't dump on
the food chain
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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.
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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- 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.
- 11 March 2022:
Nominations close for the QSL Pre-Crush Advance payment
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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