16 ON THE LAND
thursday 12 august 2021
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First 2021 season sugar shipped out of Mackay
Weekly production figures Burdekin region mills Week 9, ending 07 August 2021 Weekly production figures
Cane crushed This week Season to date Burdekin163,153 region mills Invicta 1,302,078 07 August 2021 Pioneer Week 9, ending89,274 698,328 Cane crushed This week Season to date Kalamia 84,527 643,676 Invicta 163,153 1,302,078 Inkerman 88,790 529,603 Pioneer 89,274 698,328 Burdekin 425,744 3,173,685 Kalamia 84,527 643,676 Inkerman 88,790 529,603 CCS Burdekin 425,744 3,173,685 Invicta
15.13 Pioneer 15.03 CCS Kalamia 14.55 Invicta 15.13 Inkerman 14.95 Pioneer 15.03 Burdekin 14.96 Kalamia 14.55 Inkerman Weekly variety performance 14.95 for region Burdekin 14.96 Variety % CCS Variety
14.22 14.21 13.82 14.22 13.70 14.21 14.05 13.82 13.70 14.05 CCS
% Q240 47 15.03 Q208 10 14.64 Weekly variety for region KQ228 22 performance 14.80 Q183 9 15.67 Variety % CCS Variety % CCS Q232 10 14.64 Q240 47 15.03 Q208 10 14.64 KQ228 22 14.80 Q183 9 15.67 Comments: Q232 10 14.64 The Burdekin mills crushed more than 425,000 tonnes of cane for the week – the highest weekly throughput so far Comments: this season. The Burdekin mills crushed more than 425,000 tonnes of All four crushed budget. Invicta, cane forBurdekin the weekmills – the highestabove weekly throughput so far Kalamia and Inkerman all posted the highest throughputs this season. for the year. Pioneer fell just shy of another 90,000 tonne week. All four Burdekin mills crushed above budget. Invicta, Kalamia and Inkerman all posted the highest throughputs Kalamia recorded thefell best weekly since tonne 2005. for the year. Pioneer just shy ofthroughput another 90,000 week. Cane continues to be transferred out of the Inkerman area to Pioneer and Invicta mills weekly for processing. Kalamia recorded the best throughput since 2005.
Total forbe the season toout date now just over 3 Canethroughput continues to transferred of isthe Inkerman area million tonnes. to Pioneer and Invicta mills for processing. Average weekly CCS was 14.96to which 0.53 Total throughput for the season date isis now now nearly just over units above budget. million tonnes. The highest CCSCCS sample 18.3 fromisanow rakenearly of Q240 Average weekly waswas 14.96 which 0.5 fourth ratoonbudget. in the Inkerman Mill area. units above The highest CCS sample was 18.3 from a rake of Q240 John fourthTait ratoon in the Inkerman Mill area. Cane Supply Manager Burdekin Region John Tait Cane Supply Manager Burdekin Region
Pictured at the Mackay Terminal are, from left, Kristy Thomsett, Ryan Thomsett, Ben Axiak, Vic Axiak, Sam Axiak, Peter Thompson, Desley Thompson, Daniel Thompson and Angus McKerrow.
Wilmar Sugar THE first raw sugar of the 2021 season has shipped out of the Port of Mackay. Local growers looked on as raw sugar produced at Wilmar’s Plane Creek and Proserpine mills was loaded into the MV Mareeba bulk carrier. It was destined for Sugar Australia’s Yarraville Refinery in Melbourne where it will be processed into a wide range of sugar products for the iconic CSR Sugar brand and for Australian food and beverage customers. The Mackay Port tour was organised by Wilmar’s Plane Creek Grower Marketing Consultant Angus McKerrow and Mackay Sugar Terminal Mechanical Supervisor Hamish Beveridge to give cane growers greater insight into the sugar supply chain that begins on their farms and ends on supermarket shelves in Australia and overseas. Mr McKerrow said nine growers from the Plane Creek region attended the port tour on 20 July. “The growers were excited to witness raw sugar that originated from their local mill and potentially, their farms, being loaded into a ship. “It was the first shipment for the 2021 season, so it was
The MV Mareeba took the first shipment of 2021 season sugar out of the Port of Mackay.
also about being present for that milestone: the first of the new season sugar to leave the region.” Mr McKerrow said the growers got an appreciation for the processes around storing and loading sugar, and the procedures around quality sampling. “The logistics of handling sugar – from delivery, through to storage and loading – are quite complex, and there are a lot of controls in place to maintain the quality of that sugar from port to port. “Many thanks goes to Mackay Terminal Manager Mike Panke and Hamish Beveridge for facilitating such a great tour.” Sugar produced at Wilmar’s Plane Creek and Proserpine mills is loaded into the MV Mareeba, destined for Sugar Australia’s Yarraville Refinery for processing.
