The sugar tax introduced in April 2018 appears to have the intended effect of reducing the purchase of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) according to research by Cambridge University academics and published in the British Medical Journal.
UK – Neonics will not be applied to the 2021 sugar beet crop [Full subscriber]
The emergency derogation for the use of a neonicotinoid seed treatment to control virus yellows in sugar beet in the UK will not be triggered this season.
UK – Neonic derogation unlikely to be granted as cold spell hits aphid populations [Full subscriber]
Significant cold weather in January and February has increased the likelihood that the emergency derogation for the use of a neonicotinoid seed treatment to control virus yellows in sugar beet in the UK will not be triggered this season.
UK – Sugar beet growers secure the use of neonicotinoid-treated seed in 2021 [Full subscriber]
The government has approved an emergency application for sugar beet growers to use neonicotinoid-treated seed to combat virus yellows in 2021.
No tariffs nor quotas for sugar in the Brexit deal between EU and UK [Full subscriber]
European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom negotiators finally agreed on a deal on 24th December after Brexit. The Economic and Trade Partnership Agreement guarantees trade without tariffs or quotas for “all goods which comply with the appropriate rules of origin”. This includes sugar and several processed food products.
UK – Sugar beet pricing platform will help growers to fix prices [Full subscriber]
Sugar beet growers will be able to fix their own beet prices rather than accept a fixed amount, in a new pricing platform launched recently and developed by the National Farmers Union (NFU) with support from British Sugar.
UK to allow imports of 260,000 t raw sugar duty-free [Full subscriber]
The government announced on 16th December that it is to allow 260,000 tonnes of raw sugar to be imported tariff-free in 2021, as it develops an independent trade policy for the first time in nearly 50 years.
UK – 2020/21 sugar output down by over 24% from virus yellow-hit beet crop [Full subscriber]
With 2020/21 campaign in full swing, the sugar beet output is set to decline by 25%, mirroring similar fall in sugar production. The fall in output is largely due to the severe effect on yields from aphid-spread virus yellows disease, reported Farmers Weekly.
UK – 2020/21 campaign – Beet growers report massive yield drops due to virus yellows [Full subscriber]
With the 2020/21 campaign in full swing, beet growers in some regions have seen yields drop by 70% and some growers are considering switching to other crops according to Farmers Weekly.
UK – British Sugar deploys Rezatec’s remote sensing technology to optimise the supply of sugar beet
British Sugar recently announced that it will be exploiting Rezatec’s optical and radar satellite imagery to help plan the supply of sugar beet to its factories during harvest with greater efficiency.
Monthly Snapshot
Market Analysis Raw sugar fell back below 16 cents on the New York futures market, closing on 19th March at 15.89 cents per pound from 16.13 cents on 12th March. […]
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