Hi all,
Storms across the region yesterday afternoon and overnight delivered falls of between 5-40mm. Harvesting has been significantly impacted.
Kalamia:
- 10-15mm of rain overnight
- 400 bins left unfilled yesterday.
- Out of cane 2:30am, expected restart 10am
- 3 groups not cutting today due to missed burns
- Slow progress due to wet conditions
Inkerman:
- 10-40mm of rain overnight
- Zero hour will be later this morning, currently stopped due to impact of very dirty rake of bins
- 9 harvesters cutting today expecting about 5000 tonnes
- Restart will depend on progress of harvesting
Pioneer
- Some showers overnight, probably faired better than other areas
- Zero hour will be about 8:30am
- Harvesting has been affected through inability to burn for some groups. Some cutting green
- Expected loading about 10,000 tonnes
- Mill will do a caustic clean today while waiting for enough cane supply and restart later this afternoon
Invicta
- Anywhere between 5-40mm of rain overnight mainly in the Clare/Millaroo area
- Zero hour will be about midday
- Loading about 20,400 tonnes
- Slow progress due to wet conditions
Cane quality is still a major concern. Hopefully the last of the storms for a bit
| Kind regards,
John Tait Cane Supply Manager |
| Wilmar Sugar Australia Limited
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