Cane trucked over the border as Rocky Point growers seek assistance

By Jamie Brown
Updated December 9 2016 - 7:11am, first published December 8 2016 - 10:30am
Rocky Point cane grower Greg Zipf said only 34 per cent of the crop was cut this year due to mill failure culminating in a control room fire last week. But growers were 'resilient'.
Rocky Point cane grower Greg Zipf said only 34 per cent of the crop was cut this year due to mill failure culminating in a control room fire last week. But growers were 'resilient'.

Sugar cane farmers pinched between the burgeoning cities of Brisbane and the Gold Coast have had to endure record delays and breakdowns this season with only 34 per cent of the Rocky Point crop harvested. 

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