British Sugar’s parent company, Associated British Foods, has announced a “record” set of results for the last financial year
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Counting the cost of the “big freeze”
As an enthusiastic skier, the sight of snow seldom fails to excite me. But sitting in another two-hour traffic jam on the way to work this morning, even I was starting to feel I’d seen enough.
EU sugar beet policy is plainly bonkers!
If ever there was a contender for Private Eye’s “Muckspreader” column, this has to be it!
NFU and British Sugar need new “love-in”
Richard and Judy, Posh and Becks, Morecombe and Wise – when it comes to natural couplings, it has to be said that the NFU and British Sugar make unlikely bed-fellows.
British Sugar stuffs NFU over beet price
Both the NFU and British Sugar are, apparently, “pleased to inform you” that they have agreed a price of £26/t for 2010/11 beet.
British Sugar is hardly strapped for cash
In less than a fortnight, British Sugar will open its factory gates and start the job of processing the 2009 beet crop.
Sugar growers must unite to break stalemate
The annual last-minute “bun fight” between British Sugar and the NFU is hotting-up again, despite hopes that a repeat of last year’s protracted negotiations could be avoided
Sugar beet growers need positive price signals
When it comes to negotiating sugar beet prices, the NFU can hardly be accused of lacking ambition.