Larry dims the light at the end of the tunnel

摘要

As Far North Queensland sugarcane growers emerged from battered homes in the wake of Cyclone Larry this fortnight, many must have been asking themselves what the hell would go wrong next. After suffering the worst extremes that weather can throw at them for the past nine years, record low sugar prices, an explosion of production in Brazil and unfair competition from the European Union, things were looking pretty good.