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CANEGROWERS Mackay
Mackay Canegrowers Limited (MCL) trading as CANEGROWERS Mackay is an integral part of the CANEGROWERS organisation, the peak body representing Australia's sugarcane growers in Queensland and New South Wales. MCL provides services, representation and support to the majority of cane growers across the Mackay and Plane Creek regions on a wide range of issues including advocacy, marketing, water and electricity, workplace health & safety, transport, environment and best management practice, training and business management.
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Latest News
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Mackay Area Committee Shed Meetings 19-27 April
Mackay grower members - please come for a chat, a beer and a sausage at one of our Shed Meetings over the next week. Each meeting starts at 4pm. Demonstrations on grease, additives, coolant and diesel fuel treatment and how to manage the diesel bug will be provided on farm by our sponsor, Wynns. "If it's Wynns it Works." Full details
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FEAT Online Training Workshop
FEAT Online is a free tool for Australian sugarcane growers from the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF). It is designed to calculate machinery and growers' costs, compare revenue, and make better decisions to improve farm profit. Users can test different farming options before making farming commitments. Click here for information on Mackay/Proserpine Workshops. Click here for Mackay dates. -
Learning and building farming friendships at Women in Sugar (WISA) event in May
Women from sugar growing regions around Queensland will travel to Mackay on 10-11 May for the annual Women in Sugar Australia (WISA) conference. The event is hosted in a different region each year, with the 2021 conference being organised by CANEGROWERS NETWORK Mackay. More... Click here for the Registration Form.
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Electricity Tariffs
Click here to view a powerpoint presentaton by CANEGROWERS Head - Economics Warren Males on Electricity Tariffs. -
Walkerston Bypass: unsafe traffic bottleneck can be corrected by constructing underpass
CANEGROWERS Mackay CEO Kerry Latter said today that the Transport Minister, Mark Bailey, should accept the Deputy Prime Minister’s request for more consideration of and a costing estimate for building an underpass on the Walkerston Bypass. More
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TAFE Course – Certificate 111 in Laboratory Skills
CQUniversity Australia is offering training in MSL30118 Certificate 111 in Laboratory Skills. This mid-level qualification laboratory course now has a sugar-specific stream, which will provide potential employment opportunities in the sugar industry at laboratory level. Click here to view further information.
Note: The subsidised cost is $1079 or $83 per unit, and there are ongoing efforts to reduce this further. (Unsubsidised fee is $4550) -
CANEGROWERS Marketing Information Service
CANEGROWERS Marketing Information Service offers support in the form of information and eductation to members. The service offers expert insight regarding sugar price and production forecasting. It is an independent service which will not favour one marketer over another. To access, members can go to CANEGROWERS website, www.canegrowers.com.au and click on the Resources tab to log in. -
Powerful new Cost of Production Tool helping growers manage costs
The Cost of Production Tool is primarily designed to allow growers to determine what sugar price they need to cover production costs. This is an important part of understanding what sugar prices you would like to lock in for your business.
The tool allows you to enter your own farm information, which will enable a break-even sugar price to be calculated based on your costs of production. Members can download the new Cost of Production Tool on the CANEGROWERS website at www.canegrowers.com.au/marketing-information-service.
A handy How to Guide on using the Tool can be found on pages 17-18 of the June edition of the Canegrower magazine.
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Reef Protection Regulations Information Packs
For more information:
1. Visit the Queensland Government website at www.qld.gov.au/ReefRegulations
2. Email officeofthegbr@des,qld.gov.au or call 13 QGOV (137468).
Click here to view further reef regulations information.
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The Billet
The Billet is CANEGROWERS Mackay's premium cane growers magazine delivered monthly to members of CANEGROWERS Mackay. The Billet consists of news and information specifically for cane growers and farming businesses. For advertising or subscription information, call (07) 4944 2600.