Coffs Coast Advocate

JOBS! JOBS! JOBS! Coffs/Clarence is spoiled for choice

From smashing fragile items to wielding machetes, there’s something for every jobseeker

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05th Dec. 2020 9:12 AM

Jonathan Thurston loves his new cane knife. Pics Adam Head

Sugar mill crushes less than expected because of wet weather

Wilmar Sugar’s Plane Creek Mill crushed less cane because of disruptions by rain and thunderstorms

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03rd Nov. 2020 12:11 PM

Weekly crush report for Plane Creek Mill and Proserpine Mill. Picture: Rae Wilson

Sugar mill passes one million tonne milestone

The mill has processed 84 per cent of the revised total crop of 1.22 million tonnes

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27th Oct. 2020 12:10 PM

Weekly crush report on Plane Creek Mill and Proserpine Mill. Picture: Liana Turner

Good crush figures despite unscheduled mill stop

‘Weather conditions remain favourable for harvesting with no rain forecast for the near future’

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20th Oct. 2020 11:10 AM

Weekly crush report on Proserpine and Plane Creek sugar mills. Picture: Rae Wilson

Tackling an ageing workforce through drones

The future of agricultural jobs looks very different, but a change could add value back into the industry.

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19th Oct. 2020 4:10 PM

Bowen Gumlu Growers Association president Carl Walker says technology could increase the value of farming and help tackle the ageing workforce. Picture: Drone Agriculture

Sugar industry mourns the loss of pioneer

FROM a family of innovators, Wayne Rodgers played a major part in making the industry what it is today.

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07th Oct. 2020 6:10 AM

The late Wayne Rodgers at his cane farm in Pimlico. Photo Jay Cronan

Proserpine reaches million tonne crush milestone

Wilmar’s Proserpine Mill has reached the million tonne milestone for the crush season.

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06th Oct. 2020 5:10 AM

An aerial shot of Wilmar's Proserpine Mill.

Looming mill closure a heavy blow for Coast’s last growers

Uncertainty surrounds the futures of the region’s last cane growers who will have increased costs if the Maryborough mill...

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20th Aug. 2020 3:08 PM

MSF has entered into a contract to sell its entire 5,400ha of cane land, plant, equipment and water entitlements in Maryborough, raising questions about the viability of the Maryborough Mill. Picture: File.

Flashback: Homebush citizen an agriculture pioneer

Mill manager Johannes Brünnich was a well-respected leading Queensland scientist, researcher

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18th Aug. 2020 5:08 AM

Johannes Christian Brunnich (1861-1933). Picture: State Library of Queensland Archives.

Farmers turn to science to battle impacts of climate change

A NORTHERN NSW farmer says weather “anomalies” are becoming far more regular.

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05th Aug. 2020 12:08 PM

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