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Great turn out on Wednesday from Herbert growers and industry representatives for the first Herbert Variety Management Group meeting. Thank you to everyone for attending and Tully Sugar's Greg Shannon for sharing insights from Tully Variety Management Group's successes. Looking forward to next variety catch up.

Herbert Cane Productivity Services Ltd Ingham Queensland Cane Agriculture & Renewables Canegrowers Herbert River Wilmar Sugar and Renewables CANEGROWERS Herbert River Tully Sugar Limited WISH - Women In Sugar Herbert

Sugar Research Australia is seeking to appoint three Non-Executive Directors to join its Board at the 2026 AGM. The SRA Director Selection Committee is seeking candidates with expertise and knowledge in sugarcane farming; plant breeding and variety development; and biosecurity and integrated pest and disease crop management. Applications close midnight Sunday 28 June 2026. For more information about these roles and application details, visit: https://directorsaustralia.com.au/vacancies/

🌱 𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐒
𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤 – 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟐 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏𝟑 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔,
Total Week ........................ 41,108 tonnes ⬆️️
Season to-date ................ 67,096 tonnes
Percent of estimated 1.45Mt total: 4.6️%
CCS Week ......................... 13.54 ⬆️️
CCS (Season to date) ... 13.50 ⬆️️

🌐 mackaycanegrowers.com.au/weekly-crushing-statistics

The first meeting of the Herbert Variety Management Group took place yesterday. The group shares knowledge and experiences from across the region, recognising the influence that factors such as soil type, farming practices and harvest timing can have on variety performance. Tully Sugar’s Cane Productivity and Development Manager, Greg Shannon shared insights from the successful Tully Variety Management Group. You can read more about the variety group here:
https://sugarresearch.com.au/herbert-variety-management-group-will-drive-variety-adoption-and-productivity-outcomes/

Herbert Cane Productivity Services Ltd Ingham Canegrowers Herbert River WISH - Women In Sugar Herbert Queensland Cane Agriculture & Renewables

Herbert Variety Management Group will drive variety adoption and productivity outcomes - Sugar Research Australia In a positive step for growers across the Herbert sugarcane district, the Herbert Variety Management Group (HVMG) will hold its inaugural meeting at 3pm on

QCAR Central: 📣Mackay Sugar has issued a notice to growers this afternoon providing an update on the serious cyber incident on June 10 that resulted in the shutdown of two of its three mills. In summary, based on Mackay Sugar’s current recovery progress outlook:
🚜Farleigh Mill - subject to final validation of cane supply systems, harvesting is anticipated to restart later this week and crushing operations expected to follow soon after.
🚜Marian Mill – subject to validation of weighbridge and operational systems, harvesting is expected to start later this week and crushing soon after.
🚜Racecourse Mill – Recovery activities are continuing across critical cane supply, laboratory and operational systems with restart planning estimated to be early next week.
❗Mackay Sugar is requesting all growers and harvesting contractors to NOT recommence harvesting operations until formal advice is issued by Mackay Sugar.

As seen in Cane Matters Monthly today! Two field trials have begun in the Burdekin to assess whether organic amendments can improve sugarcane yields. Griffith University’s Dr Mehran Rezaei Rashti is leading the project, which is testing whether organic amendments can improve subsoil conditions and therefore increase the productive capacity of the soil. The project is fully funded by the Department of Primary Industries and managed by Sugar Research Australia. SRA Burdekin District Manager Terry Granshaw and Burdekin Productivity Services (BPS) Manager Rob Milla are close collaborators on this project. Read the full story here:

https://sugarresearch.com.au/can-organics-do-a-good-job-of-improving-sugarcane-yields/

Queensland Agriculture Griffith University Burdekin Productivity Services Canegrowers Burdekin Limited

Can organics do a good job of improving cane yields? - Sugar Research Australia Two field trials have begun in the Burdekin to assess whether organic amendments can improve sugarcane yields.