Proud To Back A New Venture

Simon Hood

Wilmar Manager Grower Marketing

We are very pleased to be a foundation member of the Burdekin Life newspaper. It is great to see a new venture in the Burdekin and we wish the business every success.

The launch of this local newspaper ties in well with our own business within the Wilmar Marketing team.

We recently appointed Fiona Villis as a full-time Grower Marketing Consultant, based at Inkerman Mill.

Fiona, with her husband Paul, have owned and operated cane farms in the Burdekin for nearly 20 years, so she is well versed in the day-to-day challenges of managing a busy farm business. Many growers may have spoken to Fiona through her previous role with Lower Burdekin Water where she worked part time for the past four years.

Fiona joins Meghan Wilson who is also launching into a new phase in her career as she completes her internship with Wilmar Grower Marketing.

Meg joined the business as a graduate a year ago and has made her mark in the Burdekin with her boundless enthusiasm and cheerful nature.

She has acquired a tremendous amount of knowledge over the past year and is looking forward to helping growers understand the vagaries of sugar pricing and how best to use Wilmar’s products and services to maximise income.

And what a year it has been for sugar prices and consequent cane returns. Many of you who attended our international trader roadshow at the beginning of the production season heard Senior Sugar Trader Peter Bingham talk about the risk the sugar world faced with a tight trade balance sheet and low stock levels. Add in the prospect of an El Nino, and the case for higher prices was made from a fundamental viewpoint.

Luckily for global trade, the Brazilian harvest has progressed with hardly a glitch and near-term demand can be met. It will be when the Indian and Thai crops are needed that will tell if we are in for an historic price rise or not.

Fortunately, Wilmar’s 2023 pools are well positioned to take advantage of any price spikes while being well protected from significant price falls. Additionally, our advanced physical sales schedule for the current crop has allowed us to confidently advance secured premiums to Target price growers through the Allocation Account, which is well ahead (A$16/T Net Actual) of our competitor’s offering in the Shared Pool.

For more information, please contact our Burdekin Grower Marketing consultants Meghan Wilson on 0437 669 118 or Fiona Villis on 0437 297 978.

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Meghan Wilson (left) and Fiona Villis are Wilmar’s Grower Marketing consultants in the Burdekin