Critical Moment for Beet in Spain? Farmers Charge Against the Changes in Azucarera

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The waters are going down among sugar beet producers. The agricultural organization COAG criticized this week that Azucarera, owned by the British Associated British Foods (ABF), which also owns Primark, has decided to concentrate its milling activity (trituation) in its Toro factory (Zamora) by removing it from its facilities in Miranda de Ebro and La Bañeza (León). In addition to devoting only to refining its factory in Jerez de la Frontera (C…

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At MERCA2 a few months ago we announced the problems that Primark’s matrix was carrying in its sugar business. Specifically, British Sugar, a subsidiary of Associated British Foods (ABF), has decided to close milling in the factories of Miranda de Ebro and La Bañeza, León; send beet to Toro and lower prices to illegal levels, well below production costs, specifically -40% compared to last year.