UK sugar beet yields have risen by 60% over the last three decades to over lit sugar/ha - the fastest increase of any UK arable crop. This is due to a combination of advances in breeding, seed technology, harvest and more crucially, the technical skills of the growers. But researchers point out that trial yields in sugar beet are rising twice as fast as on-farm yields, showing there is much potential to increase on-farm yields.
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