Sugar beet campaign to begin

IRISH Sugar confirmed yesterday that the 2004 sugar beet campaign, which marks a crossroads in the history of processing the crop in this country, will begin next week.

The company’s factory in Mallow will begin accepting beet deliveries from September 27 while Carlow will follow in October.

Over the course of the next three-and-a-half months up to 240 hauliers will transport 1.3 million tonnes of beet to the factories to manufacture the 199,208 tonnes of sugar - Ireland’s sugar quota.