Coffs Coast Advocate

Walkerston design flaw ‘accident waiting to happen’

A potentially fatal flaw in the $150 million road design could put farmers and motorists at risk

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15th Dec. 2020 3:12 PM

The State Government handed out $12.2 million in the 2020-21 budget for the initial stages of the Walkerston bypass. Picture: Lee Constable

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

The sugar industry’s evolution traced through news

Canegrowers Queensland chairman Paul Schembri says the Daily Mercury has been there for the industry’s successes and...

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26th June 2020 5:06 AM

Canegrowers Queensland chairman Paul Schembri reminisces over the <i>Daily Mercury's</i> reporting on the sugar industry with Canegrowers Mackay chairman Kevin Borg. Picture: Heidi Petith

Mackay growers dominate Aussie sugarcane production

We’ve earned our Sugar City title, with a quarter of the nation’s sugarcane harvested here last season

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20th June 2020 5:06 AM

John Deguara was one of many Eton growers to push the region to become the nation's fourth largest cane producing area in the 2019-20 financial year. Photo: Zizi Averill

Australia one of world’s most food secure nations

‘Agriculture is an essential industry that needs to be supported’

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20th April 2020 5:04 AM

National Farmers' Federation president Fiona Simson and Canegrowers Mackay chairman Kevin Borg before the annual general meeting at Mackay Turf Club, Ooralea. Photo: Zizi Averill

Young growers fear the bank will take the farm

Young farmers worry about losing their farms to the bank as reef regulations sap away precious time

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10th March 2020 5:03 AM

Despite growers annoyance, Canegrowers Mackay chairman Kevin Borg said like keeping to the speed limit on the highway the reef regulations were the law that growers had to follow. Picture: Kirili Lamb

Why cane growers hope for a better year ahead

‘We’ve had everything coming at us from bad weather to State Government issues’.

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30th Nov. 2019 5:11 AM

Positive outlook can overcome sugar industry challenges

Cane growers pause to reflect on why they love farming.

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21st Nov. 2019 1:11 PM

Vanderfield's David Pace, winner of the Slice of Life photo competition Ellie Boyd and her daughter Ruby and Mackay Canegrowers chairman Kevin Borg. Picture: Tony Martin.

‘Gutted’: Canegrowers say reef laws fight not over

Politicians and cane growers react to controversial State Government reef bill outcome

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19th Sept. 2019 7:09 PM

GUTTED: Canegrowers Mackay chairman Kevin Borg is not happy with the reef laws bill outcome.

Industry leader re-elected

Mackay farmer confirmed as organisation's chairman for a third term

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25th May 2019 6:05 AM

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