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Dear
Growers
We are into the third week of the 2022 season and as of Friday
Victoria mill have crushed 93,000 tonnes with CCS of 11.3. As of
today, loading is restricted to one side with only 15 harvesters
cutting today and the expectation is that only 10,000 tonnes will
be cut. The mill have undertaken maintenance day on both sides at
Victoria mill during the wet weather interruption and will make a
call on Victoria operations tomorrow depending on rain and number
of harvesters available.
The
mill advised that they will be shutting down Macknade mill and
liquidate clarifiers as it is not expected it will be started in
the next few days. As of Friday morning Macknade Mill had crushed
44,000 tonnes at a CCS of 11.3. The mill ran out of cane on Friday
morning at 8.30am and started emptying juice and shutting down.
Macknade Mill also had a blown large 750KW motor on injection
water that took the factory down for an extended stop while it
was changed out.
Herbert River has crushed 401,000 tonnes as of Friday morning in
June.
Frank
Scardamaglia
Manager
CANEGROWERS
Herbert River
Email: frank_scardamaglia@canegrowers.com.au
Phone: 0475 818 800
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CANEGROWERS Herbert River Office opening hours
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The
CANEGROWERS Herbert River Office opening hours will change
slightly to 8.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Thursday and 8.30am to 4pm
on Friday.
If
you have any questions please do not hesitate to the contact the
manager Frank Scardamaglia.
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Use of H Boards
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Please
ensure your Harvester contractors are using H boards when
required to enhance the safety and communication between the
harvesting sector and the Wilmar transport department.
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Statistics including the CCS for the varieties cut
for Week 2 of the 2022 Season on the CANEGROWERS
Herbert River website
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The Crushing statistics
including the CCS for the varieties cut
for Week
2 of the 2022 Season are now on the
CANEGROWERS Herbert River website in the members log in area.
Click the link www.herbertrivercanegrowers.com.au
To access
the members area you will need to click on the Members Log in
button and type your surname with the first letter been a capital
and the last 4 numbers of your CANEGROWERS membership number, for
e.g. Scardamaglia0305
Let
me know if you are having any troubles with this and I will
assist.
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Do you have any Machinery or Equipment you Want to
Sell – Free Advertising for Members
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If
you have any machinery or equipment for sale, please email me the
item and description, price or POA, photo, and your phone number
and I will add this to the Herbert River CANEGROWERS Website – FREE FOR MEMBERS
There is
currently a number of items up on this page and there have been a
number of items sold from the page also.
If you would like
to purchase equipment click on EQUIPMENT FOR SALE | Canegrowers Herbert
River (herbertrivercanegrowers.com.au) and you can
browse through what Herbert growers have for sale now.
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Lower Herbert Major Grants Project – Round 1
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Grower
Incentive Grant Projects are now underway for 31 Herbert growers
who have received a Grower Grant from the Major Grants Project,
managed by CANEGROWERS Herbert River and funded through the Reef
Trust Partnership.
Grants
to a total value of $530,500 will help these growers improve
their nutrient management practices by purchasing equipment such
as GPS rate control systems, stool splitter fertiliser boxes and
bed renovators. All Round 1 growers’ have collectively committed
a cash contribution of approximately $600,000 towards their
projects and most projects will purchase their equipment in
Ingham.
All
Round 1 growers’ will become Smartcane BMP Accredited, or
Reaccredited as required, prior to completion of their project
which will be by 31 December 2023. The Application Process for
Round 2, the last Round of the Major Grants Project, will be open
from 15 August to 30 September 2022.
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The CANEGROWERS Marketing Information Service
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The Weekly Notes from the CANEGROWERS
Marketing Information Service are available to all CANEGROWERS
members online at www.canegrowers.com.au/marketing-information-service
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New variety guides now available online for the
Herbert and Southern regions
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These
regional guides are designed to help growers across the industry
with their agronomic considerations when selecting new varieties
to plant and trial on their farms. The information comes from the
best available data of regional variety performance and disease
ratings.
To
view the variety guides click here
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Have you planned for the future of your
agribusiness?
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Queensland
Farmers' Federation and Jobs
Queensland
have launched Workforce Planning Connect, a
set of workforce planning tools designed to support small to
medium-sized agribusinesses with building a sustainable
future.
The tools are free
and cover topics like understanding the benefits of workforce
planning, building knowledge, and tools to grow capability in
this area.
Find
out more here
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CANEGROWERS at State Parliament
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CANEGROWERS
Chairman Owen Menkens and CEO Dan Galligan have met with several
government and opposition MPs at the Queensland Parliament.
Discussions about current industry issues and how CANEGROWERS
works with government were held with the Minister for
Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries Mark Furner
and his departmental Director-General and Senior Policy advisors.
They also met with Sam O’Connor, Shadow Minister for
Environment and the Great Barrier Reef, and Tony Perrett,
Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
The
CANEGROWERS pair also met with the Board of the Australian Sugar
Milling Council to discuss how the organisations could be working
together on implementing the sugar industry roadmap which is
under development and its associated initiatives. It was an
opportunity for Owen, being new to the Chairman role, to
establish some early principles regarding what priorities
CANEGROWERS will continue to pursue in his term. This included in
relation to trade and market access issues, environmental sustainability
and the profitability of growers.
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Chocolate in our sights
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As
part of its push to ensure the sustainable sugar grown by
Smartcane BMP accredited growers is recognised in the
marketplace, CANEGROWERS has met with one of the world's biggest
chocolatiers. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, the
Barry Callebaut Group is the world's leading manufacturer of
high-quality chocolate and cocoa products used by brands and
products in more than 40 countries. By 2025 it is aiming to
have 100% sustainable ingredients in its products. Discussions
with Barry Callebaut follow a successful partnership
with Coca-Cola Amatil which has has switched to 100%
sustainably accredited sugar across its non-alcoholic beverage
portfolio in Australia, recognising Smartcane BMP accreditation.
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