Cane harvest progress report

ground preparation is well underway.

Condong growers use lime and filter-press (a residual from the milling process), as soil conditioners prior to planting cane.

The lime helps to improve the pH level of the acidic soils and the filter-press, also known as mill mud, helps to make clay soils more friable, which allows water to permeate through the soil structure.

It is pleasing to see that the world sugar price is sustaining the high level that has been at around US $800 for several months.

This price is the benchmark for the sale of sugar around the world, including the sugar produced in NSW and sold into the domestic Australian market.

The NSW sugar industry has sustained some very severe hits in recent years with