Rural Life
National Archives exhibition highlights sugar beet industry
The development of the country’s sugar beet industry is recalled in a new exhibition presented by the National Archives, chronicling...
Sugar Beet
Agri-Business
French sugar beet farmers to receive aid following protest
French sugar beet farmers will be in line for aid following a tractor protest in Paris last week. The protest...
Rural Life
French farmers hold Paris tractor protest against pesticide ban
Farmers in the French sugar beet sector have taken to the streets of Paris in their tractors to protest against...
Rural Life
Artist stirs debate on closure of sugar beet factories
A Dutch-born artist who is based in Stradbally, Co. Laois, has been stirring up a debate on the closure of...
Tillage News
Big reduction in Ukrainian grain maize and soya output predicted
It has ben reported that farmers in Ukraine have cut back significantly on the acreage of grain maize and soya...
Tillage News
Sugar beet set to make a comeback in Scotland
The reintroduction of sugar beet production to Scotland has taken a significant step forward after the pilot project laying its...
Tillage
Sugar beet crops have a large potash requirement
The Potash Development Association (PDA) is reminding growers that sugar beet has a large requirement for potassium (K), with the...
Tillage
Beet Ireland expected to make announcement in coming weeks
Beet Ireland is expected to make an announcement regarding its plans for the future in the coming weeks. The organisation...
Agri-Business
Updated: What is the gross margin of a beet crop in the UK?
With sugar beet at the forefront of many tillage farmers’ minds at present, AgriLand looked across the water for some facts...
Tillage
Beet Ireland to supply information on new plant at grower meetings
Beet Ireland will meet potential growers in the coming weeks and months. AgriLand spoke to Brian Arnold – one of...
Tillage
BEET Ireland gets backing of Athy councillors
Councillors at a meeting of the Athy Municipal District in Co. Kildare have welcomed the development of the BEET Ireland...
Tillage
Sugar beet growers to be reimbursed following levy miscalculation
Sugar beet growers and the former sugar processor Greencore are set to be reimbursed following a miscalculation of levies. The...
Agri-Business
How the Irish sugar industry lives on in Ukraine
Used equipment from Ireland’s closed sugar factories in Mallow, Co. Cork and Carlow have aided the resurgence of the sugar...
Opinion
There is absolutely no need for a new sugar plant in Carlow
Why is there a need for a new sugar-processing plant in Co. Carlow when there are, literally, hundreds of customers...
Agri-Business
Tipperary farmers urged to bid for renewal of sugar beet industry
Farm bodies in Co. Tipperary, and all other interested stakeholders, must consider making submissions on plans to revive the sugar...
Tillage
UK sugar beet area and yields up
The area of land sown under sugar beet in the UK has increased and crop yields of 100t/ha have been...
Tillage
Fodder trade: How much is beet making in your area?
Beet, both sugar and fodder, is plentiful at the minute as farmers continue to pull crops from the ground. The...
Tillage
35% of tillage farmers 'fearful for the future' of their sector
A total of 35% of tillage farmers are ‘fearful for the future’ of the tillage sector, according to the results of a...