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Sugar beet campaign start dates announced for 2024/25

21 August 2024

As this year’s sugar beet harvest approaches, we are pleased to share details of the campaign start dates for each of British Sugar’s four factories. The factory beet intake opens on the following dates:

• Bury St Edmunds - 16 September
• Wissington - 16 September
• Newark - 23 September
• Cantley - 7 October

Sugar beet growers, hauliers and industry partners have been advised of beet intake times at the factories by email and via our online portal, My British Sugar.

Growers and industry partners can get in touch with their British Sugar Agriculture Manager or call British Sugar Services if they have any queries, at this stage or as campaign progresses.

Dan Green, British Sugar’s Agriculture Director said: “As we look ahead to this year’s campaign, we look forward to working together with growers, harvesters and hauliers. We’d like to wish everyone across the British beet sugar industry all the best for a safe and successful campaign.”

• British Sugar is the sole processor of the UK’s beet sugar crop. Working with around 2,300 growers in the East of England, East Midlands and Yorkshire, our four factories can produce up to 1.2 million tonnes of sugar annually.
• We create more than 27 different sugar and co-products and produce less than 200 grams of waste for every tonne of sugar beet processed.
• For more information please contact: Sarah Lewis, Public Affairs and PR Manager, sarah.lewis@britishsugar.com