SUGAR

Sugar cane is grown commercially in Australia along the east coast over a distance of about 2 100km in a number of areas from Maclean in northern NSW to Mossman in Queensland. More recently it has been grown in Western Australia.

About 990% of production occurs in Queensland with 75% of the crop grown north of the Tropic of Capricorn in areas where rainfall is reliable and the warm, moist and sunny conditions are ideal.