German planters are furious with sugar factory, they have to participate in energy costs

Mandatory contribution to energy costs As reported by Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), farmers are being asked to cover part of the increased energy costs. And this is at the current lower prices for sugar beets in the eastern states. Dissatisfaction with growers in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania The State Farmers' Association and the Sugar Beet Growers' Association are also taking the farmers' side. According to NDR, all they have learned in writing is that the sugar factory in Anklam is demanding payment from its suppliers due to the increased energy costs. This is supposed to be 4.50 euros per tonne of delivered beets, which will be deducted from the revenue. In total, this amounts to around twelve percent of the growers' revenues. Sugar beet prices in the eastern states are the lowest This is currently particularly inconvenient for farmers. Because the price of sugar beets in eastern Germany is already the lowest in its entirety, as representatives of both associations urgently ...