Current Issues
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Waterlogged land issues
4 March 2010
Issues for growers to be aware of if still lifting beet on waterlogged land.
2010 NFU Sugar Board election results
26 February 2010
Results of the 2010 NFU Sugar Board elections, which closed on 19 February 2010.
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.
EU Commission to allow out-of-quota exports
1 February 2010
Following intensive lobbying by CIBE and NFU, the European Commission has confirmed that it will increase out-of-quota sugar exports in 2009/10 by 500,000 tonnes.
What does GM mean for British Farmers?
30 November 2009
There is an increasing recognition that we need every tool at our disposal in order to meet the challenge of producing more but impacting less. Will GM be part of the solution for British Farmers?
CIBE-CEFS Environmental Sustainability leaflet
13 November 2009
Joint leaflet summarising the efforts to assess and improve the environmental sustainability of the EU beet and sugar sector. A more comprehensive publication is currently in progress.
Tax implications for restructuring compensation
9 October 2008
Payments of sugar restructuring compensation are to be made in June 2009 and February 2010
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.
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