Thursday, August 24, 2023

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Mackay and Whitsunday Life

Sugar Setbacks And School Holidays

In this year’s already extended sugarcane crushing season, the Proserpine Mill has reported a crush of over 34,000 tonnes for the week, a decrease -and another setback - in weekly throughput due to rainfall.

Up to 120-millimetres across the region has once again pushed back the season’s endpoint in Proserpine.

This week’s harvest brings the season-to-date total to just over 1.5M tonnes.

Average CCS levels have decreased to 12.80 units, 0.42 units less than the previous week. This was 0.10 units below forecast, which was expected as a result of the rainfall.

Average bin weights remained similar to the previous week at 9.33 and 9.35 tonnes respectively.

The highest CCS sample was 15.26 units from a rake of Q208 ratoon in the Elaroo Productivity District.

Wilmar Sugar is urging growers to access the 2023 forecast maps, which have been uploaded to GrowerWeb, and please update with any changes for the 2023 crushing season.

As well, the local sugarcane mill, with the crushing season extending into the school holiday period, are asking parents and caregivers to talk to children about the dangers of playing on or around our cane rail network.

“Do not linger near any part of the rail network, and only cross the line using designated crossings,” Wilmar write in their sugar mill report for the week.

“Remember our locos are towing heavy loads and can take up to 1km to come to a complete stop. Our cane trains are in operation around the clock, seven days a week during the crushing season, including over the holiday period.”

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