The body representing forestry managed investments schemes says its industry can successfully co-exist with cane farming.
Concerns have been raised about the impact of tree farming on sugar communities, with millers worried if too much cane land is lost to tree farming, their operations will become non-viable.
A number of cane farms have already been purchased near Sarina.
Alan Cummine from Treefarm Investment Managers Australia says the idea the two industries cannot work together is simply scaremongering.