Kayseri Şeker begins 72nd sugar beet campaign amid pricing calls

Kayseri Şeker has officially launched its 72nd sugar beet purchasing campaign for the 2026-2027 production season with a traditional lime kiln lighting ceremony. Executives from the Kayseri Pancar Ekicileri Kooperatifi and Kayseri Şeker attended the event, which marks a critical step in preparing the factory for the upcoming production cycle.

Amid the launch, political figures are calling for transparency regarding the 2026 sugar beet purchasing prices. Serdal Şimşek, Agriculture Policy Chair for the Anahtar Parti, urged the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to establish pricing that accounts for both the farmers' rising input costs—such as fuel, fertilizer, and labor—and the increasing operational expenses of cooperative-run factories like Kayseri Şeker and Konya Şeker. Şimşek warned that failing to balance sugar sales prices with beet purchasing costs could lead to financial instability for cooperative factories, ultimately impacting the producers.