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Monday, June 21, 2004

Cane growers consider hemp industry

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

WIDE BAY, Queensland, Australia — A group of cane growers in Maryborough is setting out to summon support for an investigation into the viability of a local hemp mill.

Eco-fibre Industries says it is considering Dalby as a site for a mill after its proposal for the Wide Bay Burnett was knocked back earlier this year, but there is still potential for this region.

A spokeswoman for Women in Sugar, Helen Puller, says a hemp mill could run alongside an existing sugar mill in the region.

She says hemp, as a secondary crop to cane, would provide another source of income for growers.

“We all were quite keen at the thought of having a factory built in the Wide Bay area and maybe attached to a mill,” she said.

Ms Puller says the proposal was discussed at a forum in Maryborough last week.

“There was a good return per acre that was being quoted at the time and it was such a positive talk that I think it got everyone excited just to hear the positives of another crop that we could grow maybe using our mills, using some of the staff, the infrastructure that we have already got in place,” she said.

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