Sugar Beet News

Beet yields and sugar levels are lower than hoped for on Andrew Ward’s farm, but not as bad as expected given the late drilling in a very wet year.

Agriculture director at British Sugar, Dan Green, has shared the latest update on this year’s sugar beet campaign. 

Sugar beet breeder SESVanderHave has spoken about the importance of storability, as it is vital that the quality of the beets is maintained as they wait to be taken to the sugar plant. 

A planning application has been submitted to build a new beet drier at a Norfolk-based sugar factory.

The NFU has expressed its disappointment with the recent decision made by the government to maintain the autonomous tariff quota for raw cane sugar in 2025. 

Peterborough-based Garford Farm Machinery has announced the launch of the next generation, multi-modal vision guidance system.  

Unseasonably warm conditions have continued to allow sugar beet crops to remain green and productive, helping to further improve root yield and sugar content, the British Beet Research Organisation has reported. 

Sugar beet fell from a lorry, damaging a car in a Norfolk village. The incident happened on Tuesday morning, 22nd October, near Lingwood, located approximately eight miles east of Norwich. 

Nick Morris, of British Sugar, and Arthur Marshall, NFU Sugar, spoke on a recent BBRO podcast about changes to the UK seed account.

Following concerns that availability of sugar beet seed from British Sugar is extremely limited and all BCN varieties are sold out, SESVanderHave confirms that its stock is still available.

The sugar beet campaign is in “full swing” as all factories are now open and ready for beet intake, British Sugar confirmed.  

Farmers Guide paid a visit to the Bury St Edmunds British Sugar factory, to find out how the 2024 campaign is going.