Ticking Toward Crush Time

By Sonia Ball, QCAR Central District Manager

Forty-eight days to kick off to the much anticipated and discussed 2025 sugarcane crushing season. That’s according to the QCAR clock (as at Sunday on our website) and that’s geared to a generic 1 June 2025 start date.

The big question on everyone’s lips is, will your mill be ready?

According to the recent mill maintenance program updates, which should have been received by most farmers and contractors, all Central District mills - Mackay Sugar’s three mills and Wilmar’s Plane Creek and Proserpine mills – state their maintenance programs are ‘on track’, despite the late finish.

Relieved? Yes. Confident? We’ll see.

The QCAR Central District team has this week been hosting its annual QCAR Central District Roadshows in Proserpine, Mackay and Plane Creek. Lending support to the local team were QCAR CEO Stephen Ryan, QCAR Chairman Christian Lago and the reinstated QCAR Central District Committee consisting of Chairman (and QCAR Director) Steve McKeering, Deputy Chairman Steve Fordyce and committee members Blair Watt and Craig Keating.

A bonus for the local team was to also have the support of Herbert River District Manager Lawrence Di Bella and Anna at all three meetings.

Nominations have closed for the QCAR District Committee elections, with our existing committee members all renominating and therefore no election was required. Voting is underway however in the Burdekin and Herbert River districts until 24 April 2025.

QCAR has thanked all nominees for their support and confidence in QCAR.

Finally, as we head into the long Easter weekend, QCAR would like to wish everyone a dry, comfortable and safe weekend.

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Some of the QCAR Central District Committee out and about recently attended this week’s QCAR Central District Annual Roadshows in Proserpine, Mackay and at Plane Creek. From left, Craig Keating, Chairman Steve McKeering and Deputy Chairman Steve Fordyce. Photo supplied

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