Sugar sector shows where income is being invested

The 2024-25 sugar beet season may have got off to a shaky start, but behind the scenes Britain's beet buyer and processor is keen to underline its commitment to the country's crop

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Sugar sector shows where income is being invested

Sugar beet has recently made ag press headlines for more reasons than simply this year's harvest progress. But while negotiations between British Sugar and the NFU on next season's contract had reached...

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