Factories gear up for beet processing

THE annual beet processing campaign at the Irish Sugar factories in Carlow and Mallow will begin next week.

Beet deliveries from 3,800 growers are about to start and the campaign is expected to be concluded before the end of the year.

Up to 240 hauliers will transport 1.3 million tonnes of beet to the factories to manufacture Ireland’s quota of 195,000 tonnes of sugar.