In your field: James Lacey - 'Once my contract has been completed my sugar beet days could be over'

What a month February turned out to be. Mother nature put on quite the show, kicking off with rain, then the cold with extremely sharp and hard frosts, then came some snow and to finish we had a mix of strong winds and sunshine.

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In your field: James Lacey - 'Once my contract has been completed my sugar beet days could be over'

What a month February turned out to be. Mother nature put on quite the show, kicking off with rain, then the cold with extremely sharp and hard frosts, then came some snow and to finish we had a mix of...

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