Thursday, September 5, 2024

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Mackay and Whitsunday Life

Weekly production figures Wilmar Sugar Plane Creek Mill Week 9, Week ending 31 August 2024

This week
Season to date
Cane crushed
50,817
427,811
Average bin weight
3.92
3.86
CCS
14.09
13.27
Cane variety performance for region
Variety
%
CCS
Variety
%
CCS
Q183
31.9
13.85
Q253
16.2
14.22
Q240
10.4
14.72
SP80
4.8
13.78
Q208
13.2
14.30
SRA9
6.5
13.76
KQ228
6.6
14.72
Q252
3.9
13.67
Comments:
Plane Creek Mill processed just over 50,000 tonnes of cane for the week, bringing the season total to just under 428,000 tonnes.
The Plane Creek crop continues to cut above the original estimate. As a result, we have revised the Plane Creek crop estimate upwards by 130,000 tonnes to 1.45 million tonnes.
Average CCS rose by 0.13 of a unit over the previous week, closing out at 14.09 units. The year-to-date average is now sitting at 13.27 units.
Standover cane made up 12 per cent of the week’s cane supply.
The highest CCS honour for the week was a rake of Q183 Plant cane from the Dawlish productivity area with a CCS of 16.5 units.
Please keep your train brain switched on. Be alert, stay clear of our rail network and always give way to cane trains.

Lindsay Wheeler
Cane Supply Manager
Plane Creek Region

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