The HCPSL Approved Seed plots are now open.
To collect your pre-purchased order, or to enquire about what
varieties are still available, please contact our plot officers.
Please contact the plot officer least 48hrs before wanting to
collect your allocation.
Download notice at: https://hcpsl.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Approved-Seed-Plots-Now-Open_2025.pdf
Ingham Line & Abergowrie: Richard – 0400544301
Central: Jarrod – 0499034968
Stone River: Al – 0417622129
Macknade: Adam – 0417610446
The are currently 79 farms that have not provided consent for Wilmar to pass on their farm data to HCPSL. Grower consent allows HCPSL to receive farm maps, which assists with seed inspections, RSD sampling, laser surveys, and other services to our member growers.
We ask all member growers to please check if they have opted to provide consent by visiting the Wilmar Grower Web portal and ticking the consent box.
How to Give Consent via the Wilmar Grower Web Portal
If you are unsure about whether you have provided consent, or need assistance in providing consent, please contact HCPSL on 47761808.
HCPSL reminds growers who are planning to use a whole stalk plant cutter at one of HCPSL’s Approved Seed plots to ensure they get their cutter and planting trailers inspected well in advance.
Inspections primarily look at whether the plant cutter and trailers have all the necessary guards and safety features in place. Plot officers will also be inspecting and sterilising all whole stalk plant cutters before working in the Approved Seed plots.
To make it easier to comply with the necessary requirements further information, including a pre-inspection checklist, is available on the HCPSL website at: https://hcpsl.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Whole-Stalk-Plant-Cutter-Safe-Work-Instructions.pdf.
The Herbert Sugar Industry Report for 2024 has been released.
You can read the report at: 2024-Herbert-Sugar-Industry-Report.pdf, or by going to the HCPSL website, clicking on the NEWS & REPORTS tab and selecting DISTRICT REPORTS from the dropdown menu. There you’ll find the District Reports going back to 2018.
Tayla takes on the new position of Junior Field Technician and has hit the ground running assisting with farm and approved seed plot work, machinery maintenance, and RSD sampling. Having grown up on a sugarcane farm in the Herbert Tayla will be a valued addition to HCPSL and the local sugar industry. Having graduated from high school in 2024, Tayla’s appointment is part of HCPSL’s commitment to developing and supporting youth in the sugarcane industry.
If you run into Tayla at the seed plots or while RSD sampling please be sure to say G’day.
Over the past 4 years, Project CaNE™ has provided growers with on-ground agronomic support and tailored
solutions to help them improve productivity, profitability and environmental outcomes on their farm.
See the Report Card.
Approved seed can now be pre-purchased for 2025 via the HCPSL office.
Information on the new pre-purchase ordering system is available under APPROVED SEED on the HCPSL website, and via the following link – Approved-Seed-Ordering-Plot-Information-2025.pdf
HCPSL recommends that growers wanting to pre-purchase Approved Seed in 2025 read the information thoroughly before placing an order. Pre-purchase orders close on 1st April 2025.
Grants of up to $25,000 are available for affected producers following the North and Far North Tropical Low, commencing 29 January 2025, to hire or purchase equipment and materials, clean up, remove debris, replace fencing and other costs associated with the recovery process. Click on the link below for more information on how to apply.
Exceptional Disaster Assistance Recovery Grants – North and Far North Tropical Low
The Queensland Government is connecting with primary producers who have been impacted by recent weather events.
Your feedback will help them understand what assistance Queensland farmers and their businesses need after the recent flooding.
Any information you provide is confidential.
Click on the link below, or, click anywhere on the image, or, scan the QR code on the image, to access the survey.
https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/a65512900348401a812e57d743e4c104
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