Midlands Virtual Sugar Beet meeting

24 November 2025, 09:00 – 10:30

Virtual Event

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NFU Midlands | Member Event

The next Midlands Sugar Beet meeting will take place on 24 November via Teams at 9am.

Please join us for this online update to hear from our NFU Sugar advisers, British Sugar and BBRO representatives:

Agenda

  • Welcome Geoff Hotchkin, Sugar Forum Chair and Kit Papworth, NFU Sugar Board Chair
  • Dan Downs British Sugar – campaign update, Q & A
  • Professor Mark Stevens BBRO – review of this year’s pests and diseases, looking ahead at potential pressures for 2025/26 from emerging European pests and disease and Q & A 
    Kit Papworth, NFU Sugar Board Chair- update
  • Gareth Forber, NFU Sugar – overview of markets, futures, and contract options
  • Sarah Smith, NFU Sugar – campaign intake overview
  • Q&A with NFU Sugar – a chance to ask questions regarding anything covered in presentations or anything broader such as policy related matters etc. 
  • Meeting close

To register please use the green button below

Event details
Start Date
24 November 2025 at 09:00
End Date
24 November 2025 at 10:30
Location
Virtual Event

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