Tuesday 29 April 2025
Events
Sunwater Annual Customer Survey is open until 30 April 2025.
AgForce Cane - 2025 Supplementary Elections
AgForce Queensland Farmers have approved the launch of the 2025 Supplementary Election process for the following vacant positions:
🔹 Cane – SEQ, CQ, NQ
🔹 SWAG – SEQ, SIQ, CQ, NQ
🔹 Regional President – North Queensland
🔹 Regional Councillors – South East, North Queensland, Central
🔹 Young Producers Council (YPC) – All members under 40
🗓 Nominations open: 15 April 2025
⏰ Nominations close: 29 April 2025 @ 5:00pm
🌐 View nomination details and download forms here.
SRA - Farm "Money Matters" Workshop
This event will be held in Burdekin on 6 May 2025: 8am to 11.30am. Find out more at https://sugarresearch.com.au/upcoming_events/farm-money-matters-workshop-burdekin/.
Other SRA events:
- 15-24 May Tully Mill 100th Centenary celebrations
- 20 May Industry Field Day (Tully)
- 24-25 May Ingham Careers Day
- 9-17 August Brisbane RNA Show (Ekka)
Cane Board meetings and activity
• The next meeting of cane board directors is set for June 2025.
• Members with concerns, please raise these directly with your District cane board director(s) – so they can formally lodge your request to attend to the matter.
AgForce important information links
- RATOON STUNTING DISEASE (RSD) TEST KIT – SELF TESTING KITS NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH AGFORCE.
- DISASTER ASSISTANCE GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR FLOODED NORTH QUEENSLAND: Disaster assistance grants available for flooded North
- AUSTRALIAN SUGAR MILLING COUNCIL – NOW AUSTRALIAN SUGAR MANUFACTURERS (ASM).
- ASM seeks expansion of renewable electricity cogeneration across sugar manufacturing sector, press release
- REGIONAL TECH HUB, SUPPORTING ON FARM CONNECTIVITY (FREE SERVICE)
- AGFORCE MEMBER BENEFITS: https://www.agforceqld.org.au/membership/member-benefits/
Cane Board policy areas of focus
Cane Policy Priorities 2025-2027: (Policy Champion)
1. Competition in Cane Markets
2. Electricity and Water Management
3. Burdekin Rising Ground Water
4. Farmer Data Privacy Protections and Safeguards
5. REEF – Quality assurance in science
6. Renewable Liquid Fuel Market(s)
7.Tax, Finance, Superannuation and Succession Planning
| Policy Director: | Sam Forzisi | ForzisiS@agforceqld.org.au | 0499 960 006 |
| President: | Christopher Punzell | CanePresident@agforceqld.org.au | |
| Directors: | |||
| NQ: | Michael Penna - Jason Quabba - Russell Hall | ||
| CQ: | Craig Emmerson | ||
