BIOFUEL production has forced global food prices up by a huge 75%, far more than previously estimated, according to a confidential World Bank report.

ONLY the EU and the Council of Agriculture Ministers could come up with a scheme to pay out €145.6 million to Greencore and sugar beet growers, on condition that the Mallow sugar plant is demolished.

SUGAR beet farmers in the south have been disappointed in their efforts to secure an alternative use for the Mallow sugar plant due to close on Friday.