Beet growers to stage protest over cuts
The protest, organised by the Irish Farmers Association (IFA), will be held on November 20, in Mallow, Co Cork, the location of the country's sole remaining Greencore sugar processing plant.
Key elements of the proposals are a 39% price cut in the institutional price for sugar, a corresponding reduction in the minimum price for sugar beet and 60% compensation to farmers for the price cut. A voluntary restructuring scheme is proposed to encourage factory closures and the renunciation of quota.
