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Michael Sly, NFU Sugar board chair, said he was pleased they had come to a 'timely agreement'

The 2023/24 sugar beet campaign was completed on April 19

Heavy rainfall has disrupted seedbeds which could potentially stall sugar beet

Event launched to showcase possibilities of sugar beet production

Defra has given ‘clear direction’ negotiations should resume after British Sugar offers growers contract despite no agreement with NFU Sugar

The union has written to the Farming Minister asking him to exercise powers available to set the sugar supply price after negotiations broke down and British Sugar communicated its contract offer to growers without agreement

NFU Sugar and British Sugar have so far failed to reach agreement on the 2024/25 contract

NFU Sugar says the offer from British Sugar is inadequate

With most sugar beet generally looking good after recovering from late drilling and a slow start, BBRO’s Beetfield demo day highlighted ways to maximise crop potential. Martin Rickatson reports.

NFU crops board chairman Matt Culley is a fourth-generation farmer from Hampshire working in partnership with his parents and brother.