Could sugar beet make a resurgence in Scotland?

Sugar beet could yet make a comeback in Scotland more than fifty years after British Sugar closed its factory at Cupar.

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Sugar beet could have a new market in Scotland.
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Sugar beet could have a new market in Scotland.

Modest areas of energy beet and fodder beet have been grown successfully in Scotland, but an emerging demand could herald a large-scale resurgence of the crop. Fife farmer and former NFU Scotland chair...

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