UK: Pilot environmental scheme launched for sugar beet growers

Published 2024년 6월 24일

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A new pilot scheme has been launched by NFU Energy, NFU Sugar, and Nestle to incentivize sugar beet growers to adopt environmental services on their farms. The scheme allows manufacturers to invest directly in the environmental sustainability of their raw materials by purchasing environmental services from the growers. The initiative will start by offering an incentive payment of £28/ha to growers who use nitrogen placement in 2024, a practice that reduces the total nitrogen required by the crop and promotes faster growth. Growers must register with NFU Energy, provide evidence of the use of placement N-fertiliser, and submit contractor invoices or field records to verify completion.

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A new pilot scheme is being offered to sugar beet growers to help them access incentive payments for the roll out of environmental services on-farm. The scheme, launched by NFU Energy, NFU Sugar and Nestle, offers growers the opportunity to sell environmental services to downstream supply chain partners, It aims to allow manufacturers of goods containing homegrown sugar to invest directly in the environmental sustainability of their raw materials. The pilot's first step will offer growers who have drilled sugar beet with nitrogen placement (N-placement) in 2024 an incentive payment of £28/ha from Nestle, which wants to source 'lower carbon' sugar. Nitrogen placement (N-placement) involves using specialised equipment to place fertiliser in close proximity to the sugar beet seed, facilitating faster growth during the early stages of germination. Placing fertiliser with the seed encourages more effective uptake of the nutrients available and, therefore, generally reduces the total ...

Source: FarmingUK