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Sugar cane profitability declines
5/09/2008 | The combined effects of a 25pc fall in sugar cane prices and higher costs for farm inputs, such as fertilisers, fuel and contractors' services, have led to a decline in profitability of sugar cane in 2007-08, according to new figures from ABARE.  | $50 million for new water ... | Now AWB has to deliver: NSW ...
Sugar bosses join for sweet deal
5/09/2008 | Executives of Maryborough Sugar Factory and Tully Sugar have met to discuss merger plans, with a joint working party agreeing to invite three Tully representatives to the combined board if the deal goes ahead.
Research targets high-energy cane
27/08/2008 | A special breed of high-energy sugar cane varieties are being developed by Queensland-based scientists in a bid to meet the world's increasing demands for renewable energy.
Raw sugar outlook improves at last
25/08/2008 | The outlook for raw sugar is on the up after a slow start to the season, according to Canegrowers.  | $50,000 high for Palgrove ... | $50,000 high for Palgrove ...
13/08/2008 | Northern NSW cane growers have been forced to burn again to keep the crushing seaosn moving.  | Europe food tour | WTO has "never been so close to ...
US growers blast rise in US sugar import quotas
8/08/2008 | The US Department of Agriculture has announced an increase in the fiscal year 2008 refined sugar tariff-rate quota of 300,000 short tons raw value.
Mackay mill to bite the dust in 2009
4/08/2008 | The Mackay Sugar Cooperative will restructure, resulting in the closure of one of its four mills from 2009.
Rice makes mark in Mackay
1/08/2008 | A Mackay cane grower has turned his hand to growing rice as an alternative crop.  | CommentsComments (1)
30/07/2008 | An external review into the Sugar Research and Development Corporation's grower group innovation projects initiative has shown that the program is hitting its mark.  | Sugar research looks overseas ... | Sugar research looks overseas ...
Sugar research looks overseas for ideas
29/07/2008 | The Sugar Research and Development Corporation has called for new research and development activities in 2009-10, and for the first time is seeking proposals from national and international researchers.  | Relaxed water trading rules ... | Controlled traffic has low-cost ...
Peter cuts his way by hand to cane title
22/07/2008 | One of the biggest crowds in recent years has turned out to support the Australian Hand Cane Cutting Championships held at Dalbeg, North Queensland.  | Zero-till farming costs are a ... | El Questro goes on the block | VIDEO: Peter cuts his way by hand to ...
Green paper puts cane at further risk of forestry
17/07/2008 | The Federal Government's climate change green paper could further expose the cane industry to a loss of land to forestry expansion, lobby group Canegrowers has warned.  | CommentsComments (3) | Rudd duds farmers on climate ... | What food price backlash? US ...
16/07/2008 | A new plant DNA mapping tool has been released specifically for the sugar cane industry.  | CommentsComments (1) | How the green paper stacks up ... | Hendra virus victim in good ...
Mackay Sugar to merge with Proserpine
10/07/2008 | Mackay Sugar is seeking to merger with the Proserpine Cooperative Mill, just days after Mackay shareholders endorsed the board's proposal to move from a cooperative structure to that of an unlisted public company.  | US House Agri Committee sets ... | US House Agri Committee sets ...
8/07/2008 | The US House Agriculture Committee will hold three key hearings this week to review legislation that addresses the regulation of US futures markets.  | CommentsComments (1) | US farmers expand use of ... | US immigrants fuel use of goats ...
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Future for young farmers not what it used to be

3/09/2008 | They say those who can do and those who can't teach, but in the current economic climate for agriculture, it could well be a future of young people who 'can' having to settle for providing services to agribusiness corporations rather than doing it themselves.
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