We have revised our total crop estimate upwards, due to in-season growth in the Herbert and Proserpine regions.

The total estimate for the Wilmar group of mills is now 16.28M tonnes – an increase of 230,000 tonnes or 1.43 per cent on the previous forecast.

We have now processed a total of 10.80M tonnes of sugarcane, or 66.33 per cent of the total re-estimated crop.

Rain continues to have a major impact on harvesting and crushing operations, particularly in the Herbert and Plane Creek regions.

With more rain forecast, it is critical that all sectors of the industry continue to work together to get the remaining crop off.

HERBERT

• The Herbert crop has been revised upwards from 4.7M tonnes to 4.85M tonnes – an increase of 3.2 per cent.
• Four months of above-average rainfall has created significant cane supply challenges, and wet weather has been the major cause of lost time this season.
• We currently expect to finish the season in late December.

BURDEKIN

• Factory reliability has been good and the Burdekin mills have reached the 70 per cent milestone for the 2022 season.
• CCS continues its upward trend, with this week’s average the highest recorded so far this season.
• We currently expect all four mills to finish the season by the third week of December.

PROSERPINE

• The Proserpine crop has been revised upwards from 1.7M tonnes to 1.78M tonnes – an increase of 4.7 per cent on the previous estimate.
• With rain forecast in the coming days, the operations team is preparing a work plan to make good use of potential downtime.
• We currently expect to finish the season in late December.

 PLANE CREEK