Australia: Atherton Tablelands sugarcane crush officially underway

Queenslands 2023 sugarcane crush is officially underway, with harvesters roaring into life around the Atherton Tablelands district. Picture supplied by Canegrowers The 2023 sugarcane crush is officially underway, with harvesters roaring into life across the Atherton Tablelands this week as growers, harvesting crews and mill workers start the race to get Queensland's 30 million tonnes of cane cut and crushed by the end of November. Tully Mill is expected to be the next cab off the rank when it fires up later this week, with the remainder of Queensland's 19 sugar mills coming online over the coming weeks. Latest estimates put the crop at 30.55 million tonnes of cane, producing between 4 and 4.5 million tonnes of sugar, the majority of which will be exported to overseas markets in Japan, South Korea, and Indonesia. Canegrowers Tablelands chairman. Claude Santucci, said the weather had been ideal during the early harvest. "The weather is pretty spectacular at the minute. We have blue ...