Category: Wilmar

Smartcane BMP and Bonsurco accreditation

Kalagro

 

“Dear Grower

 

The recently executed Collective Cane Supply Agreement contains a provision within Schedule 4 Clause 11 (pages 77/78) for an incentive payment to encourage growers to become accredited for Smartcane BMP as well as Bonsucro. Extract from CSA is reproduced below:

11 Smartcane BMP adoption and Bonsucro accreditation

(a) The Parties recognise the increasing expectations of customers and society generally in relation to environmental stewardship and social responsibility. The Parties also acknowledge the Smartcane Best Management Practice (BMP) program and Bonsucro accreditation as the appropriate pathway for demonstrating sound environmental stewardship and social responsibility across the raw sugar value chain.

(b) To encourage the rapid uptake of Smartcane BMP and Bonsucro accreditation, the Mill Owner will make available the following one-off incentive payments to the Grower:

(i) A payment of 15 cents per tonne, subject to paragraph 11(b)(ii) of this schedule 4, for all Cane Delivery Tonnes in the Relevant Season in which the Grower first achieves Smartcane BMP accreditation for all three of the core Smartcane BMP modules:

(A) Module 1 – Soil Health and Nutrition Management;

(B) Module 2 – Irrigation and Drainage Management; and

(C) Module 3 – Weed, Pest and Disease management.

(ii) Regardless of the number of cane supply agreements to which the Grower is a party, a cap of 25,000 tonnes of cane per legal entity (ABN/ACN) will apply to Grower payments pursuant to paragraph 11(b)(i) of this schedule 4. (For clarity, and by way of example, if the Grower is a party to two or more cane supply agreements under the same ABN number, the maximum aggregate total of tonnes from the applicable farms to which an incentive payment under this schedule 4 can be made is 25,000 tonnes. The same limit applies if the Grower holds only one cane supply agreement under a single ABN).

(iii) A payment of 10 cents per tonne for all Bonsucro accredited Cane Delivery Tonnes in the Relevant Season in which the Grower is first awarded Bonsucro accreditation after: read more

QSL Media Release

Kalagro

QSL – largest marketer of QLD sugar

QSL remains largest marketer of QLD sugar

Tuesday, 04 July 2017

Queensland Sugar Limited (QSL) has retained its status as Australia’s largest marketer of raw sugar following the implementation of new Marketing Choice arrangements for Queensland cane growers.

QSL Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Greg Beashel said that more than 1000 Wilmar growers had allocated nearly 1 million tonnes to the industry-owned not-for-profit for the current season.

Mr Beashel said the forecast tonnage in the 2017 Season from Wilmar growers and that already contracted from the Bundaberg Sugar, Isis Central Mill, Mackay Sugar, MSF Sugar and Tully Sugar milling districts brought QSL’s total tonnage to around 1.9 million tonnes for 2017.

“We’ve been very heartened by the strong support we’ve received from Wilmar growers following the long-awaited implementation of Marketing Choice around six weeks ago,” Mr Beashel said. 

“They fought long and hard to be able to choose their marketer and so we are very keen to repay the faith that they have put in us.”

Mr Beashel said growers who had chosen QSL would not only benefit from an experienced, Queensland-based team working hard on their behalf, but also the risk mitigation and marketing flexibility that comes from QSL having a contracted supply in every major raw sugar export region in Queensland.

“In a state where we are often at the mercy of Mother Nature, there is incredible strength in producers throughout Queensland banding together and pooling their sugar in order to manage production risk, secure shipping flexibility  and maximise their pricing opportunities on the world market,” he said.

“Queensland growers have long been the envy of their international counterparts for just this reason and through QSL will continue to enjoy the many benefits of our unique model where all net value is returned to the growers and millers we serve, rather than a private owner or company shareholders.”

Mr Beashel said the 2017 Season marked a new chapter for both the Queensland sugar industry and QSL. read more