British Sugar responsive to beet growers plight as freeze-thaw conditions ruin beet

摘要

Beet growers are facing losses of some £15 million following freeze-thaw conditions during December-January resulting in beet rotting in both fields and clamps.rnBritish Sugar has been in talks with the NFU (National Farmers Union) to find ways of helping growers mitigate losses.rnAccording to Farmers Weekly around 40% of the crop destined for the Newark factory is being written off after British Sugar admitted that it was a futile exercise to blend in low-quality within areas supplying the factory.