Thursday, September 12, 2024

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Mackay and Whitsunday Life

Weekly production figures Wilmar Sugar Plane Creek Mill Week 10, Week ending 7 September 2024

This week
Season to date
Cane crushed
59,200
486,007
Average bin weight
3.94
3.87
CCS
14.45
13.42
Cane variety performance for region
Variety
%
CCS
Variety
%
CCS
Q183
24.9
14.77
Q253
14.7
14.17
Q240
11.6
14.38
Q138
3.3
13.62
Q208
17.5
14.87
SRA9
11.9
14.18
KQ228
5.8
13.95
Q238
2.0
14.08

Comments:
Plane Creek Mill processed about 59,000 tonnes of cane for the week, bringing the season total to just over 486,000 tonnes.
Average CCS rose by 0.36 of a unit over the previous week, closing out at 14.45 units. The year-to-date average is now sitting at 13.42 units.
Standover cane made up 7 per cent of the week’s cane supply.
The highest CCS honour for the week was once again a rake of Q183 plant cane from the Dawlish productivity area with a CCS of 17.0 units.
With school holidays beginning this coming Friday (13 September), parents and carers are urged to warn children of the dangers of playing near cane railway lines.
Families and visitors who are doing road trips over the school holidays are reminded to use their train brain and always give way to cane trains.

Lindsay Wheeler
Cane Supply Manager
Plane Creek Region

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