The NFU performs a crucial role in Westminster and Whitehall advising MPs and influencing legislation on the areas that matter most to sugar beet growers.
- Download the British Sugar grower handbook
- Find how to get in touch with NFU contacts at the factories
- How to raise a complaint about a delivered load
- Get the latest from @NFUSugar
If you need to get in touch with NFU Sugar, you can email: [email protected] or call 0370 066 1974.
Updates from Council
NFU Council met on 26 and 27 January where Council members heard from NFU Sugar Board Chair Kit Papworth where he gave an update on campaign progress, including the continued variability of yields and damage caused by beet moth. He noted that the forecast February factory closure dates would mark the shortest campaign since 2016. He also highlighted that the sugar beet frost insurance policy had triggered – with all growers informed and no action required on their behalf (all claims will be logged and processed automatically by NFU Sugar and British Sugar).
He went on to raise his disappointment regarding the government’s decision to expand and extend the ATQ for raw cane sugar, increasing tariff-free access for sugar produced in ways which would be illegal here in the UK.
Finally, he reminded Council of NFU Sugar’s ongoing campaign to secure urgent amendments to the CMO to ensure that British Sugar can’t again attempt to circumvent NFU Sugar and the legally mandated role it performs on behalf of growers in contract negotiations.
Central tarehouse visits
Both the NFU and British Sugar encourage growers to visit the central tarehouse at Wissington sugar factory to see how their beet samples are processed.
The Beet Reception Programme Manager will be holding tarehouse tours on the following evenings at 7:30pm:
- 21 January 2026
- 4 February 2026
If you would like to visit the tarehouse and cannot attend on any of the above dates, please email the Beet Reception Programme Manager on [email protected].
