Farmers urged to attend sugar beet protest rally

ALL farmers have been urged to support beet growers in their fight against European Union sugar reform proposals by turning out at a protest rally in Mallow on Sunday afternoon.

Jim O’Regan, chairman of the IFA Sugar Beet Section, organisers of the protest, said beet growers, their families and farmers from all over the country will take part.

The demonstration is being held in advance of the critical EU Agricultural Ministers’ meeting in Brussels next week, where the reform proposals will be the major issue on the agenda and are earmarked for decision, in advance of the WTO ministerial meeting in Hong Kong in December.