Sugarcane farmers and their Chinese-owned mill in far-north Queensland are headed for arbitration under the Federal Government's sugar code of conduct.
ABC Rural: Tom MajorTully farmers are bracing for a battle with the Chinese owners of their local sugar mill, with the Federal Government set to announce it will appoint an arbitrator to settle a dispute over terms of a new cane-supply agreement.ABC understands the union representing Tully canegrowers rejected terms offered by Chinese-owned Tully Sugar for a 2020-22 supply agreement
The ABC understands the Tully Canegrowers Organisation, a union representing farmers in the mill supply zone, has rejected the terms offered by Tully Sugar, owned by food giant China Oil and Food Corporation , for a cane-supply agreement for the 2020-22 harvest seasons. "This has been going on since November [2018], so canegrowers have worked extremely hard to enter negotiations," he said.
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