Greencore begins beet processing

PROCESSING of this year’s sugar beet crop, worth €75 million to the country’s 3,800 growers, started at Mallow Sugar Factory yesterday.

Greencore Sugar confirmed that the first lorry loads of beet were delivered for the 120-day round the clock campaign.

It followed the successful conclusion of new equipment testing at the plant which has been upgraded to world-class standards at a cost of some €25m.