I had the opportunity to meet with British Sugar and visit Whittome Farm up in the north of the constituency near Chatteris.
British Sugar is a homegrown industry, working with over 2,300 sugar beet growers across the East of England, East Midlands, and Yorkshire and we have 13 sugar beet farms in the constituency.
British Sugar produces over 50% of the sugar consumed in the UK and are the sole supplier of British-grown, Red Tractor assured sugar to the household brand Silver Spoon.
It was important to talk to them about the impact of the Government’s refusal to extend the derogation for neonicotinoids as well as the impact of the UK-US Free Trade Agreement on the homegrown sugar sector.
We desperately need to support British Farmers and ensure that farming remains viable, particularly in the wake of the family farms tax and removal of SFI.
