Home Hill Chamber of Commerce held its November Social and Networking Event last Wednesday, November 15 at the Home Hill Community Sports Club, inviting special guests to address the business community.
The topic of discussion at this month’s meeting was sugar pricing, with cane grower Max Musumeci and Queensland Sugar Limited (QSL) Grower Relationship Manager Russell Campbell invited to discuss the industry.
“We just wanted to give growers in the Home Hill Chamber of Commerce a bit of an update on the role QSL plays in the industry and how we help growers with their forward pricing, trying to make it easier for growers to make sure they’re making sustainable pricing decisions in the long term,” Mr Campbell said.
“It was good to talk to the Chamber about how important it is for growers to be able to do forward pricing but also how complicated it is.
“QSL’s looking on track to pay $350 million to growers in the Burdekin region this year, so that money largely goes back to the families and the businesses in the community.
“There were some great questions and, at the end of the day, the more information we can get out into the community around this opportunity, the better.”
Home Hill Chamber of Commerce Secretary Robert Antoniazzi said it was a good opportunity for members of the Home Hill business community to understand the industry that keeps our region thriving.
“Some businesses have been involved in the sugar industry for years and years, but don’t realise that the farmers have to price their own sugar, that they’ve got a choice of marketing agents between QSL and Wilmar, so for that fact alone, I thought it was good to get Max and QSL,” he said.
Home Hill Chamber of Commerce will hold its last Social and Networking Event of the year on Wednesday, December 20 at the Home Hill Community Sports Club from 5:30pm where John and Lisa Furnell of Ayr Surf Lifesaving Club have been invited as guest speakers.
Councillor and cane grower Max Musumeci, QSL Grower Services Graduate Hugh Leeson-Smith, QSL Grower Relationship Manager Russell Campbell and Home Hill Chamber of Commerce Secretary Robert Antoniazzi
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