Target Areas

Key objectives for both processor and producers are to:

• Increase sugar yield per hectare.
• Reduce the costs of sugar beet production.
• Ensure crop and product safety.
• Improve crop quality.
• Reduce processing cost.
• Improve the environmental impact of the crop.

To these ends, projects investigate:

• The performance of new varieties.
• Crop physiology and nutrition.
• Control of pests, diseases and weeds.
• Beet harvesting, handling and storage.
• Soil management and crop establishment.
• Technology transfer.