Mackay Regional Financial Counselling Service Resource Directory for Sugar Industry Stakeholders – Sugar Industry

Australian and Queensland Caneharvesters

John Powell
Telephone: 49598894

Provides information on cane harvesting matters. Represents the caneharvester sector in industry and industrial matters.

Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries

Future Cane Industry Liaison Officer Mackay Region

Anne Hand
Telephone: 13 25 23 (DPI Call Centre - she will return call)

Provides liaison and networking for farmers with sugar agencies in Mackay region.

Future Cane Agronomist

John Hughes
Senior Farming Systems Agronomist
Telephone: 49670657 or (M) 0428104250

Delivery of integrated farming system based on sugar decline joint venture research. Incorporates legume fallow cropping system.

Future Cane Marketing and Trade

Stephen Sinclair
Senior Trade and Business Officer
Telephone: 49670656

Provides information and advice on marketing and trade of complementary sugar rotation crops.

Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations

Mackay - Robert Cocco
Area Development Manager
Telephone: 49545100

Sarina – Robert Slugget
Senior Extension Officer
Telephone: 49562576

Principal research, development and extension organisation for the sugar industry providing growing, harvesting and milling customers with information to improve their sugar business in terms of productivity, profitability and sustainability.

Mackay Area Productivity Services

Telephone: 49545300

Provides productivity services for the local sugar industry.

Plane Creek Productivity Services

Telephone: 49561488

Provides productivity services for the local sugar industry

Sugar Services Proserpine

Telephone: 49451844

Pest and disease control and extension services for the sugar industry.

Canegrowers Mackay

Mary Ann Neilsen
Senior Manager - Industry Management
Telephone: 4957 2381

Growers Services:

Cane Audit
Cane Supply Issues
Membership Issues
Crop Insurance
Leasing
Secretary of Committee
Transport Issues
Negotiations with Mills
Owner Queries

Canegrowers Network Mackay District

Ann Jansen
Telephone: 49588006
Email: aamjansen@mrbean.net.au

Barbara Walker
Telephone: 49591042
Email: bwalker@orion-online.com.au

The Network is a forum where issues relevant to the industry can be addressed, knowledge can be gained and shared, support can be extended to others and self-confidence can be developed.

Canegrowers Proserpine

Telephone: 49451844

Provides information, advice and referral services regarding sugar industry matters.

Sunwater

Telephone: 49542220

Sunwater provides services that include water delivery, operation and maintenance of infrastructure and engineering consultancy services and owns significance water supply infrastructure in the Mackay Region. It provides a water trading facility online with customers able to participate in the temporary transfer water market.

Department of Natural Resources and Mines

Customer Service Centre - Mackay

Telephone: 49670820

For all general enquiries and saleable products

Compliance Hotline

Telephone: 1800 440 340
Website: www.nrm.qld.gov.au

Land, Water, Land Protection, Cultural Heritage & Vegetation