Midlands Sugar Beet Meeting

28 May 2026, 09:30 – 13:30

Lodge Farm, Burton Pedwardine, NG34 0DF

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NFU Midlands members are invited to attend the next Sugar Beet meeting on 28 May at 9.30am, which will include sector updates as well as a field visit.

Our guest speakers will be:

  • Kit Papworth, NFU Sugar Board Chair
  • Professor Mark Stevens, Head of Scientific Endeavour BBRO
  • Sam Williamson, NFU Sugar Adviser

Agenda:

  • 9.30am: arrival to include refreshments
  • 10.00am - 11.00am: meeting will commence with discussions and updates from the board, EU alignment, implications for beets growers: plant protections products, glyphosate, precision breeding, MP lobbying, BBRO update on plant crop health, pests and disease.
  • 11.30am: field visit
  • 12.30pm: lunch

To register your attendance please use the button attached, please include any dietary requirements.

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Event details
Start Date
28 May 2026 at 09:30
End Date
28 May 2026 at 13:30
Location

Lodge Farm, Burton Pedwardine, NG34 0DF


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