Agriculture

Despite the recent rain we have had in Bundaberg, plenty of areas around us are still doing it hard, missing out on much of the rain that others have been celebrating in. Northside Produce Agency has partnered with Rotary to lend a helping hand to our struggling graziers and their livestock.

While the commencement of the 2020 Isis Central Sugar Mill crushing season is still to be determined, work continues on the rail line expansion between Cordalba and Wallaville.

Having operated in the Bundaberg Region since 1997, the Dons Fort Packing team are experts at growing, picking and packing local produce.

Macadamias Australia’s multi-million-dollar new nut cracking and tourist facility is on schedule to be operational by November this year.

A consortium of Wide Bay Burnett Councils has been successful in receiving funding for its Fighting Back Project to manage pests in the Wide Bay Burnett.

Sugarcane growers and millers in the Wide Bay Region will have access to a new sugarcane variety developed by Sugar Research Australia (SRA) for next year’s planting.