Alberta Sugar Beet Growers and Rogers Sugar have reached a new 5-year agreement.
The new supply agreement was announced in a press release on Friday.
Roger's Taber location is the only sugar beet processing facility in Canada. Established almost 75 years ago, the Taber facility is supported by approximately 200 Southern Alberta farm families, which supply the refinery with sugar beets.
According to the ASBG website, those farms harvest about 900,000 tonnes of sugar beets annually, which are turned into 125,000 tonnes of sugar or nearly 2 million cups!
Alberta is the country’s largest sugar beet producer, accounting for 80% of domestic production. As a result, all sugar produced at the Taber location is 100% Canadian.
Mike Walton, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lantic Inc and Rogers Sugar Inc. says they are pleased to have reached an agreement that will help support the needs of our customers in Western Canada.
The new supply contract with the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers covers the 2025 to 2029 crops.
There was concern about the late start to seeding as growers awaited a contract. Now that an agreement has been reached producers will be busy putting in the crop. Sugar beets are generally the first crop to be planted in early spring and the last crop to be harvested.