Coffs Coast Advocate

Growers take fight to Brisbane to protect $42 million

‘Growers don’t learn by being pulled from pillar to post’. Claims organic green reforms in farming being ignored.

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28th July 2020 4:07 PM

Mackay chairman Kevin Borg said farmers were already embracing reef protections, with a huge uptick in the voluntary Smartcane BMP program. Picture: Kirili Lamb

‘We’re doomed to failure’: Calls to relax reef rules

An inquiry into reef regulations is just two weeks away and a Prossie Canegrowers manager says the rules need to change

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14th July 2020 11:07 AM

A senate inquiry into controversial reef regulations for canegrowers will commence at the end of this month.

‘People will forget we were a cane farming town’

Daughter of iconic farming family remembers glory days

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28th June 2020 1:06 PM

An aerial photo shows where the Messer family farm once stood in Hervey Bay.

Canegrowers demand to know future of M’boro mill

‘If it is going to the highest bidder, who knows what its future will be?’

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24th June 2020 12:06 PM

Canegrowers Maryborough chairman Jeff Atkinson.

Fight against reef regulations rages on

LNP spokesman says Reef Regulations bill is a "crushing blow" and will villify Queensland's regional farmers.

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18th June 2020 4:06 PM

Dean Sgroi, a cane farmer, says the regulations should return to what they were before the amendments in 2019. Picture: Mikayla Mayoh

Young farmers get ready for crushing season

Growers Dylan Wedel and Sarah Coughlan hope things are about to change for their cane farm

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22nd May 2020 5:05 AM

Cane farmers Dylan Wedel and Sarah Coughlan on their farm at Victoria Plains.

How drones can map farmers’ path to success

Project Catalyst breaks down benefits of high-tech drones to boost farmers’ bottom lines.

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02nd March 2020 5:03 AM

Department of Agriculture and Fisheries cane extension officer Marcus Bulstrode explains the use of drones on cane farms to apply precision weed control and improve water quality on the Great Barrier Reef. Picture: Heidi Petith.

How the Conway rainforest is playing a role in farming

'It has higher production than any agricultural system in the world': Farm manager seeks to grow better crops with less...

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07th Nov. 2019 5:11 AM

Proserpine farm manager Paul Rogers has been experimenting with cover crops to reduce water and fertiliser needs in cane farming.

Crush report week 12

‘The weather conditions remain favourable for harvesting’

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10th Sept. 2019 4:09 PM

Wilmar Australia's Plane Creek Mill, Sarina

Crush report: Consistent progress at Plane Creek

More good news at Plane Creek Mill as eighth week of crushing closes

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12th Aug. 2019 12:08 PM

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