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Sugar factories steam into action as drought-affected beet harvest begins

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12.10.2026

The company said the 2026-27 processing campaign has "started well with good through-puts" after operations kicked off at its Wissington factory in west Norfolk on September 29, followed by Bury St Edmunds, in Suffolk, and Newark, in Nottinghamshire, on October 6.

Meanwhile, the Cantley sugar factory on the banks of the River Yare in Norfolk is due to begin what could be its final campaign next month - after British Sugar announced proposals to close the 114-year-old facility from the end of February.

Despite expecting "variable" beet........

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