Bio-fuel outlet for beet industry

A STRONGER case than ever now exists for exploring the option of bio-fuel, following the EU’s decision to radically reform the sugar industry.

This became clear yesterday as beet growers, workers at Mallow Sugar Factory and Greencore pondered the future of the industry.

The sweeping reforms decided by the EU Council of Agricultural Ministers have been broadly interpreted as spelling the end of the 80-year-old Irish sugar industry, worth a total of €140 million a year to the national economy.