What are the main uses of Sugarbeet?

Sugarbeet can be used as a raw material for sugar production, as a tasty addition to cattle feeding, and as an energy source for biogas production.

How does sugarbeet contribute to environmental protection?

Beets help protect the environment by conserving soil, water and resources.

How does sugarbeet help prevent nitrate leaching?

It absorbs nutrients from deep soil layers and uses late mineralized nitrogen during the growing season, counteracting nitrate leaching into water bodies or groundwater.

Is sugarbeet produced regionally?

Yes. Sugarbeet is described as a regional product, and sugar and other products reach the consumer without long transport distances.

What is notable about the sugarbeet’s growth period?

Sugarbeet has a long vegetation period; even after other crops have been harvested, the sugarbeet field still serves as a habitat.

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Sugarbeet: Environmental protection that really pays off

Sugarbeet is a true-allrounder – it serves as a raw material for sugar production, a tasty addition to cattle feeding or an energy supplier for biogas production. In addition, the cultivation of this multi-talent can provide a number of advantages for environmental protection. Beets conserve the soil, water and resources. By the way, the sugarbeet is strong today and will be even stronger tomorrow!

Why the sugarbeet is so great:

Sugar beet with green leaves above ground and roots extending into the soil, illustrating its growth and environmental role.

Sugarbeet contributes to environmental protection

by absorbing nutrients from very deep soil layers. Since it grows throughout the growing season, the beet also uses late mineralized nitrogen from organic matter and counteracts nitrate leaching into water bodies or groundwater.

Illustration of a sugar beet surrounded by icons representing its uses: fuel, animal feed, sugar production, and recycling.

Sugarbeet is a true all-rounder

as it can be used not only in nutrition, but also for fuels, biogas and - due to its high energy content - in the feeding of dairy cows. Additionally, sugar from beet can serve as the basis for alternative packaging material.

Graphical representation of sugar beet yield increase, showing a scale in kilograms and a gauge indicating sugar content from low to high.

The increase in sugarbeet yield

of ~ 2% per year exceeds almost any other crop – this leads to a more efficient use of a limited cultivation area.

A farmer in overalls holds a plant while standing on a field of crops. The background is black.

Sugar from domestic beet is a sustainable raw material

since it is produced on existing arable land under social conditions.

Illustration of two houses and a sugar beet, highlighting regional agriculture.

Sugarbeet is a regional product.

Sugar and other products like bioethanol and biogas reach the consumer without long transport distances.

Illustration comparing annual CO2 fixation: a sugar beet fixes 36 tons, while trees fix 20 tons per year.

A sugarbeet field serves as a “green lung”

because 1 ha sugarbeet produces much more oxygen than 1 ha of our native forest! In the same time it fixes almost twice as much CO2 and by using bioethanol or biogas, fossil fuels can be saved.

Illustration of sugar beet with various resistance and tolerance properties, displayed in a magnifying glass format.

Today`s sugarbeet increasingly combine several resistance and tolerance properties.

This makes sugarbeet defend itself against a wide range of diseases. There is great potential to reduce the use of plant protection products.

Illustration of a sugar beet, a factory, and a cow, showing the utilization process of sugar beets in agriculture and industry.

The sugarbeet is 100 % utilized.

Feeding animals with beet pulp and molasses.

Feeding fields with carbolime and remaining beet leaves.

Illustration of a root vegetable with green leaves on top, set against a black background.

Sugarbeet as a spring sown crop

offers ideal conditions for the cultivation of catch crops. Thus, it is possible to bind nutrients in crop rotation, improve the soil structure or carry out biological pest control.

Illustration of a turnip surrounded by wheat stalks on a black background.

Sugarbeet - the perfect fit for cereal rotations:

Sugarbeet as a spring crop and a “non-cereal” freshens up your cereal rotations.

Weeds typical for wintercereals don’t like timing and herbicides of sugarbeet.
Furthermore sugarbeet doesn’t host cereal pests and diseases and interrupts their development cycles.