Thursday, October 31, 2024

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Mackay and Whitsunday Life

Weekly Production Figures Burdekin region mills Week 20, ending 26 October 2024

Cane crushed
This week
Season to date
Invicta
144,445
2,226,449
Pioneer
80,135
1,042,503
Kalamia
68,968
1,196,209
Inkerman
74,931
1,327,863
Burdekin
368,479
5,793,024
CCS
Invicta
14.54
14.33
Pioneer
14.47
14.31
Kalamia
13.75
13.90
Inkerman
14.33
14.08
Burdekin
14.33
14.18
Weekly variety performance for region
Variety
%
CCS
Variety
%
CCS
Q240
56%
14.59
Q183
8%
14.69
KQ228
13%
13.75
Q208
7%
14.53
Q232
9%
13.50
WSRA17
5%
13.30


Comments:
The Burdekin mills processed just over 368,000 tonnes of cane for the week. Pioneer had its best weekly throughput for the season, exceeding 80,000 tonnes. Invicta also exceeded the budgeted throughput while Kalamia and Inkerman just met the weekly budget due to a number of unplanned stops.
The season-to-date total is now 5.79M tonnes, which represents 70% of the Burdekin region’s crop forecast of 8.20M tonnes.
The average weekly CCS was 14.33, which is still below budget due to the crop recovering from the wet weather event but CCS is improving as conditions dry up.
The highest CCS, of 17.3, was from a rake of Q240 4R in the Leichardt (Inkerman) productivity district.
Remember to always use your train brain and give way to trains at road crossings.

John Tait
Cane Supply Manager
Burdekin Region

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