Interview Dirk DeLugt

'52 euros will be the bottom for beet price 2022'

2 November 2022 - Redactie Boerenbusiness - 3 comments

The yield of sugar beet cultivation is under the magnifying glass for many growers, especially now that the cost price of cultivation is rising. Dirk de Lugt, chairman of the Royal Cosun cooperative, talks with Niels van der Boom about developments in the sugar market, European beet cultivation, yields and the beet price. 

De Lugt talks about the positive trends in the sugar price, a clearly higher beet price for the 2022 harvest and elaborates on the LLB market. The cultivation and yield of chicory in the Netherlands, which is processed by Cosun subsidiary Sensus, is also discussed. 

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Marius 2 November 2022
This is in response to it Boerenbusiness article:
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Happy with positive sound from the sugar corner. What continues to excite is that the sugar price still depends on the result of the (sugar) company. We are a mature sector and that includes a beet price based on the cost price of the beet. Growers should never hang on to the last teat again!

I was also surprised about the intention to burn diesel if there is no natural gas available. Firstly, the price of diesel is now very high and there is a risk of a shortage (also for beet transport?). Secondly, we can probably win subsidies if we declare that the burners are made suitable for processing ethanol that we can produce ourselves in an environmentally friendly way in the beet cycle. What does self-produced ethanol actually cost per megawatt?
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quite coarse 2 November 2022
On to the 60+?
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JP Bierema 9 November 2022
Perhaps it is worth reconsidering to reduce the delivery obligation to 75%, pay the surplus beets well and reward the surplus beets poorly. This encourages less overproduction, and that the asking prices for sugar can be set sufficiently high (after all, buyers in Western Europe want certified sugar, instead of the world sugar market).
In addition, we always have the fear of not reaching 85% due to bad weather calamities (drought damage which occurs more often) and often spreading too much.
Grain is expensive, so we have good alternatives at the moment.
That way, as an industry, you keep your growers more satisfied, I think.
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