‘No future’ in sugar beet, IFA hears

AN emergency meeting of the Irish Farmers Association’s national sugar beet committee in Dublin yesterday unanimously concluded that beet production in Ireland has ended.

The view arose following this week’s Council of Ministers meeting in Brussels on sugar reform ended beet production in Ireland.

Chairman Jim O’Regan said there was no future in sugar beet after the 36% price cut. The decision has handed over the European sugar market to Brazil and other sugar cane planters, he said.