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WABCG10 Final Statement

23 July 2010

Final Statement of the 10th WABCG Conference held in Cambridge, 19-22 July 2010.

Important - 2011 Contracting Information

26 June 2010

2011 Contracting Packs have now been posted to growers.

Sugar Beet trading gets underway

17 June 2010

As part of the new Outgoers scheme, growers are now able to trade beet.

2011 Sugar Beet Contract - The `new` deal

10 June 2010

Following the agreement between British Sugar and the NFU earlier this year and the new IPA, growers have received details of the changes for the 2010 contracting round (2011 sugar beet crop).

Sugar Beet Transport Efficiency Study findings

13 March 2010

Findings from the Sugar Beet Transport Efficiency Study, funded by the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) and the East Midlands Development Agency (EMDA).

Germains kick-starts a promising 2010/11 Sugar Beet season

16 February 2010

Germains has had a good start to the 2010/11 season. All seed for the 2010/11 has been enhanced shipped to Frontier ready for distribution, well ahead of schedule.

NFU and British Sugar reach agreement on forward-looking beet contract

13 February 2010

The NFU and British Sugar have today announced the successful conclusion to their intensive negotiations governing arrangements for the UK sugar beet permanent quota.

NFU grower meetings discuss compensation and the new IPA

15 August 2006

The first grower meeting after the agreement of the new IPA was held in Telford today, 15 August 2006. The meeting was well attended by sugar beet growers keen to air their views.

Negotiations conclude on new beet contract

15 August 2006

NFU Sugar has agreed a three year Inter-Professional Agreement for beet growers following several months of intensive negotiations with British Sugar.

Factory closures a kick in the teeth for sugar growers

4 July 2006

British Sugar has decided to close its York and Allscott factories at the end of the campaign 2006/07

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