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Stephen Calcagno

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  • October 17, 2024

Farmer Diaries (Australia): Australian Cane Farmers Face Contractor Shortages

Insight Focus  Farmers in Far North Queensland are currently focu...

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  • September 12, 2024

Farmer Diaries Australia: Rain, Industrial Action Delay Crushing

Insight Focus  Wet weather is delaying planting and harvesting in...

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  • July 9, 2024

Farmer Diaries (Australia): Cold Snap Boosts Cane Sugar Content

Insight Focus The harvest is in full flow thanks to a run of good weat...

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  • June 12, 2024

Farmer Diaries (Australia): Drier Weather Signals Cane Planting Flurry

Insight Focus We are breathing a sigh of relief as the weather turns d...

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  • May 3, 2024

Farmer Diaries (Australia): Rains Reduce Cane Yields, Delay Planting

Insight Focus The rain continues to fall in Queensland, which is creat...

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  • April 3, 2024

Farmer Diaries (Australia): Wet Weather Jeopardises Sugar Tonnage

Insight Focus This year’s cyclone season has created chronically...

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  • March 7, 2024

Farmer Diaries (Australia): Wet Conditions Delay Spraying

Insight Focus Wet conditions in the wake of ex Tropical Cyclone Jasper...

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  • February 8, 2024

Farmer Diaries (Australia): Perfect Cane Growing Weather

Insight Focus This month has been spent inspecting and repairing the d...

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  • January 4, 2024

Farmer Diaries (Australia): Record Floods Follow Cyclone Jasper

Insight Focus Far north Queensland receives heavy rain following Cyclo...

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  • December 7, 2023

Farmer Diaries (Australia): Tropical Cyclone Jasper Approaches

Insight Focus This year’s cane harvest has just finished. It&rsq...

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  • November 2, 2023

Farmer Diaries (Australia): Land Preparation Phase Begins

Insight Focus Planting has now been completed thanks to recent drier w...

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  • October 5, 2023

Farmer Diaries (Australia): A Prosperous Harvest With Tech & Fertilisation

Insight Focus We use technology to propagate clean seed, ensuring our ...

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  • September 7, 2023

Farmer Diaries (Australia): Sunshine Welcomed After Months Of Rain

Insight Focus Sugar Research Australia provided varieties that are out...

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  • August 3, 2023

Farmer Diaries (Australia): Wet Start to The Queensland Cane Crush

Insight Focus This year’s winter rain has been higher than average. ...

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  • July 6, 2023

Farmer Diaries (Australia): Rain Delays Harvest

Insight Focus Wet weather interrupts cane harvesting. MSF mills close ...

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  • June 8, 2023

Farmer Diaries (Australia): Cane Crushing Gets Underway

Insight Focus New cane planting underway. Mills will start crushing ca...

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  • May 11, 2023

Farmer Diaries (Australia): Ready For the Start of Cane Harvesting

Insight Focus Cane crushing will start in mid-June. Yields expected to...

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  • April 14, 2023

Farmer Diaries (Australia): Cane Farmers Optimistic for Coming Season

Insight Focus Dry weather means we can prepare for the 2023 cane harve...

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  • March 16, 2023

Farmer Diaries (Australia): Using The Offcrop to Improve the Cane

Insight Focus Heavy rainfall in Australia will help cane growth. The c...

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  • February 16, 2023

Farmer Diaries (Australia): New Cane Varieties Looking Good

Insight Focus New cane crop varieties look very promising. Weed manage...

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  • January 12, 2023

Farmer Diaries (Australia): Rains Arrive in the North

Opinions Focus Monsoon rains have arrived in northern Queensland. The ...

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