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Queenslanders are proud of their iconic sugarcane crop according to the results of a recent survey run by the industry’s…
It’s not often that you will see all the stakeholder groups across an industry unite in support of a program,…
A third generation Mackay cane grower has become the first in Australia to receive accreditation in the new industry best…
A spell of wet weather prompted Michael Pisano to become the first cane grower to be accredited in the three…
When the industry-developed and managed Smartcane BMP (Best Management Practice) program first came into operation, I knew it would be…
A CANEGROWERS policy council member who wants to silence the cane industry’s critics and a relatively new grower are the…
Two recently accredited Mackay growers have shown that there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach in the sugarcane industry’s…
Herbert River district grower Frank Russo believes he’s defied industry critics who labelled cane farmers ‘dinosaurs’ by gaining best practice…
Damien and Jodie Borg are relatively new to the lifestyle and business of cane farming as independent adults and as…
Efficiency gains for improved productivity have come hand in hand with environmental sustainability for Innisfail farmers Morrie and Jeanette Spina.…
More than half of Queensland’s sugarcane production area is now benchmarked in the Smartcane BMP program with hundreds of farms…
In October 2015 Neil Kingston took up the challenge to gain Smartcane BMP accreditation for his farming operation at Cordalba…
Having completed the three core modules of Smartcane BMP, Cairns Region grower Stephen Calcagno wants the public to get a…
Rajinder Singh, Claude Santucci and John Dixon represent very different farming operations – a large family-owned farm business, a smaller…
Farm visits by Smartcane BMP’s team of industry auditors are streamlining the accreditation process for busy cane growers. An audit…
All five members of the CANEGROWERS Innisfail Board have achieved Smartcane BMP accreditation, the first CANEGROWERS district to achieve this.
Innisfail grower Adrian Darveniza has implemented a range of best management practices on his 240ha farm that have seen the…
It is a year since Tony and Margaret Bugeja, with their son Mark and brother John, achieved their accreditation in…
The Smartcane BMP modules have been modified to align with the on-farm criteria used by Bonsucro which provides international standards for…