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HINCHINBROOK Cadets Shine At ESCAPE Week In Brisbane

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Compassion On Wheels

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Weekly production figures Wilmar Sugar Herbert region mills Week 21, ending 16 November 2024

November 25, 2024

This week
Season to date
Cane crushed
Victoria
122,172
2,231,106
Macknade
62,175
1,125,280
Total
184,347
3,356,386
Crop forecast
3.9M
This week
Season to date
District CCS
12.25
12.54
Cane variety performance for region
Variety
%
CCS
Variety
%
CCS
Q253
31.7
11.55
SRA26
1.8
11.83
Q208
20.8
12.97
SRA14
1.5
11.53
Q200
15.1
13.15
Q242
1.5
10.39
Q232
10.5
12.06
SRA5
1.4
11.85
Q240
5.0
12.43
Q250
1.3
12.93
Comments:
More than 184,300 tonnes of cane were crushed for the week, bringing the season-to-date total to about 3.36M tonnes.
The average weekly CCS was 12.25, which is below the season-to-date average of 12.54 units.
Rainfall is forecast for later in the week. Please stay in contact with the operations centre if there are any issues with cane supply.
Please continue to use your train brain and always take care around our cane rail network. Our cane trains operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Chris Winship
Cane Supply Manager
Herbert Region

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