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Grower information sessions 26–29 November 2018
With the 2018 crushing season completed, QCS is hosting a number of grower information sessions. The sessions will include a one-hour presentation fol...Read full article -
Watch closely when markets rally
If you’ve been watching the market recently, you will have noticed it has rallied over the past month or so. This rally is providing good pricing re...Read full article -
Forward pricing: is it part of your pricing strategy?
Mackay growers were the first in Australia to be able to individually forward price, and have had access to innovative and flexible forward pricing ar...Read full article -
Your marketing returns: what else is included?
Last week, we talked about the Sugar Price component of your cane payment*. While the Sugar Price makes up by far the largest part of your overall ma...Read full article -
Your marketing returns: the Sugar Price
The cane price you receive is determined by a formula in your cane supply agreement.* This cane price contains a ‘Sugar Price’ component. The Sug...Read full article -
Performance against benchmark: what does it mean?
As one of its key achievements for the 2017 Season, QSL reported that it ‘exceeded the performance benchmark’ by $29.95 per IPS tonne of sugar.1 B...Read full article -
Let’s talk about production risk and its management
Production risk is the possibility that you don’t produce the quantity of sugar you expected to, resulting in a production shortfall. This can occur...Read full article -
QCS: A focus on maximising returns
QCS focuses on maximising returns to growers and the mill because what goes in your back pocket is the most important contributor to the success of yo...Read full article -
Comparing 2017 Season performance: QCS and QSL
2017 Season weighted average net pool price for ICE 11 managed pools ($ per IPS tonne) QCS 457.85 QSL 414.56 In a recent Australian Canegrower magaz...Read full article -
QCS Brisbane office
QCS’ Brisbane office will be relocating to Level 5, 444 Queen Street from Monday 2 July. Earlier this year, QCS was asked to vacate its current offi...Read full article -
Farewell Harry Bonanno
The Australian sugar industry has farewelled one of its greats, with the death of Harry Bonnano last week, aged 88. Harry Rosario Bonanno was honoured...Read full article -
Mackay growers’ pricing in good hands
Mackay growers’ in-season pricing is in very good shape, with QCS’ pricing performance over the season being substantially better than other ...Read full article