From global dominance to a shifting market

CANEGROWERS Around the Paddock

CANEGROWERS Around the Paddock
From global dominance to a shifting market
Apr 22, 2026
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Jonathan Williams and Stephen Geldart from Czarnikow join from London to reflect on when Australia led global raw sugar exports and the challenge was finding homes for massive crops.

They unpack how quality, logistics and relationships kept Queensland competitive – and why getting the last call from a refiner still matters.

Stephen brings it to today – a tougher market, Brazil’s rise, and where future demand could come from, from biofuels to new industrial uses for sugar.

Episode Artwork From global dominance to a shifting market 42:32 Episode Artwork Talking Trade: How Middle East Conflict and Oil Prices Hit Sugar 21:16 Episode Artwork Talking Trade: From Surplus to Strategy: Making Sense of a Softer Sugar Market 26:00 Episode Artwork Stay Ahead: Smart Sugar Pricing Strategies You Can Use Today 34:55 Episode Artwork A Rapid Rise, Relentless Damage & The Long Road To Recovery - Cairns grower recall shocking Spring flood 29:51 Episode Artwork Talking Trade - Exploring QSL's Future: Innovation and Industry Insights with Mark Hampson 41:26 Episode Artwork Talking Trade - Forward Pricing Strategies Are Reshaping How Growers Manage Risk 32:46 Episode Artwork Talking Trade - The Sweet Truth About Sustainable Sugar 43:05 Episode Artwork Unpacking the Mill Performance Puzzle - Part 2 29:55 Episode Artwork Deep dive into Cost of Production 21:46 Episode Artwork Unpacking the Mill Performance Puzzle - Part 1 43:47 Episode Artwork Talking Trade - Warren Males talks tariffs 25:34 Episode Artwork Chopping and Changing: Harvesting Sector Challenges Pt 1 24:01 Episode Artwork Trump's Tariff Turmoil 12:32 Episode Artwork Sugarcane for Jet Fuel: Visionary Future or Pipe Dream? 28:35 Episode Artwork Harvesting Resilience: Mossman's journey through mill closure 43:12 Episode Artwork Getting to grips with load restraints 18:38 Episode Artwork Feral Pig Failure! Has government put feral pigs in the too hard basket? 24:34 Episode Artwork Trade - Working behind the scenes to keep growers profitable 30:04 Episode Artwork Impacts of rural crime on growers 28:58 Episode Artwork 40 years fighting for growers 31:19 Episode Artwork Rampaging rats wreak havoc 13:41 Episode Artwork Growers ahead of the game on emissions reduction 14:44 Episode Artwork Budget, risk and price: CANEGROWERS essentials for a cane farm 20:12 Episode Artwork Four decades of change: CANEGROWERS Chairman Paul Schembri retires 24:48