Local growers, harvesters and industry stakeholders gathered last Friday night for the 2023 Mackay Sugar Productivity Awards.
More than 300 people attended the event at Mackay Turf Club to help recognise the key achievements and exceptional performance from the 2022 crushing season, across productivity areas such as crop yield, efficiency, innovation and sustainability.
The annual Productivity Awards highlight the importance of sugar cane farming on the local economy as well as the hard work, dedication and innovation of local growers in the sugar industry across eight categories, with the following people being named the 2023 winners:
• Brett Minchianski – Brown & Hurley Harvesting Group Award >40,000t
• Anthony Agius – RDO Equipment Harvesting Group Award <40,000t
• Andrew Vassallo – Canegrowers Sustainable Management Practices Award
• Ross Windsor – AgForce Research Excellence Awards
• Albert Deboni – Farmacist Innovation and Technology Award
• Paul Schembri Junior – NQ Farmshed Promising Contributor Award
• Maryann Nielsen – Mackay Sugar Lifetime Achievement Award
As well as the winners of the Highest Tonnes of Sugar per Hectare award:
• Steve Russell (Farleigh region)
• Adrian Zarb (Marian region)
• Shane Mau (Racecourse region)
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