AGM to discuss bio-fuel option

THE possibility of sugar beet being used to produce bio-fuel is expected to be raised by shareholders at Greencore’s annual general meeting in Dublin today.

It follows a decision by the European Commission yesterday to adopt an ambitious strategy to boost production of fuels from agricultural raw materials.

EU Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel said there has never been a better moment to push the case for bio-fuels.