Unity key to sugar reform, says mayor
Opposition at various levels is growing to the sugar quota and price reduction proposals which beet growers predict would wipe out the industry, worth €140 million to the economy. Irish Sugar employs 450 people at the sugar factories in Mallow and Carlow and another 200 temporary workers who assist during the three-month round-the-clock processing of the beet crop, worth €75m to 3,800 beet growers.
Mr Sherlock, speaking at an IFA meeting in Mallow, said beet growers were being urged to lobby all politicians.
