A GOOD SOIL STRUCTURE CAN BE OBTAINED BY DECREASING THE WEIGHT OF MACHINE AND / OR THE SURFACE OF THE TIRES

A GOOD SOIL pH CAN BE OBTAINED WITH LIMESTONE AMENDMENTS WITH SLOWER ACTION LIKE SCUM OR CRUSHED LIMESTONE

SUGAR BEET GROWERS ARE CHECKING THE SOIL pH OF THEIR FIELDS AND TAKING REMEDIAL ACTION (LIMING) IF NECESSARY

SUCCESSFUL EU SUGAR SECTOR SOCIAL DIALOGUE YESTERDAY. OPEN SOCIAL DIALOGUE CENTRAL TO SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY. FOLLOWTHEBEET!

MORE & MORE BEET SEED IS PRIMED/ ACTIVATED SO THAT SEEDLINGS EMERGE FASTER, DEVELOP A GOOD ROOT SYSTEM EARLY & GROW FASTER

WITH THE START OF 2017 SOWING LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY, BEET SEED IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING DELIVERED/COLLECTED BY GROWERS

THE MAJORITY OF SUGAR BEET IS SOWN INTO MULCH IN GERMANY, UP FROM UNDER 10% IN 1994

Evolution of sowing into mulch in Germany, 1994-2013 (%)

Source: Institute for Sugar Beet Research (IfZ), Göttingen (Germany)

WE ADVOCATE THE USE OF MULCH & GREEN MANURE TO PROMOTE SOIL BIODIVERSITY AND FERTILITY

Read more on our Issue Brief: Soil "How does the EU Beet Sugar Sector help secure the long-term viability of our precious soils?"

REDUCTION OF N-USE BY 44% AND INCREASE OF SUGAR YIELD BY MORE THAN 60% OVER 35 YEARS IN FRANCE

N-USE EFFICIENCY IS IMPROVED WITH ANALYSIS OF SOIL NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS, TECHNICAL ADVICE & NITROGEN-FIXING CROPS

Read more on our Issue Brief: Climate Change: How does the EU Beet Sugar sector adapt to climate change and help to reduce GHG emissions?

MOLASSES IS ALSO USED TO PRODUCE BIO-PHARMACEUTICALS, CITRIC ACID, YEAST, ETHANOL & BIO-CHEMICALS

Read more on our Issue Brief: Resource Efficiency - Circular Economy - How the Beet Sugar Sector uses resources responsibly.

MOLASSES EXTRACTED FROM SUGAR BEET IS USED IN BOTH ENERGY FEED AND MINERAL FEED SUPPLEMENTS FOR VIRTUALLY ALL LIVESTOCKS

SUGAR FACTORY LIME CONTAINS MG, P AND N; IT IS USED AS SOIL CONDITIONER/FERTILISER TO IMPROVE SOIL STRUCTURE & REDUCE ACIDITY

APART FROM TABLE SUGAR, THE EU BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY PRODUCES A WIDE RANGE OF PRODUCTS FROM SUGAR BEET

EU BEET SUGAR FACTORIES RUN 24/7 DURING THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD, INCLUDING ON CHRISTMAS, BOXING DAY AND NEW YEAR!

SUGAR FACTORIES ARE BIOREFINERIES OPERATING A CLOSED CIRCLE BETWEEN THE FIELD AND THE FACTORY

ISSUE BRIEF - RESOURCE EFFICIENCY-CIRCULAR ECONOMY

HOW THE BEET SUGAR SECTOR USES RESOURCES RESPONSIBLY

The EU beet sugar sector has a long tradition of valorising all products arising from the processing of sugar beet, while keeping the use of inputs to an optimum. The Beet Sugar sector thus already applies the principles of the circular economy and waste reduction, anticipating and leading the way towards higher resource efficiency and waste elimination.

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CENTRAL AND NORTHERN EUROPEAN SUGAR FACTORIES REALISED CO2 EMISSION REDUCTIONS OF AT LEAST 50% BETWEEN 1991 & 2013

Read more in our Issue Brief on Climate Change.

THE CHP POWER GENERATION SYSTEM PRODUCES BOTH STEAM AND ELECTRICITY. BOTH ARE USED IN THE SUGAR PRODUCTION PROCESS

ENERGY USE IN SUGAR FACTORIES IS MINIMISED BY THE USE OF COMBINED HEAT & POWER SYSTEMS (CHP) IN FACTORIES & BY HEAT RECOVERY