British Sugar says it expects some 105,000ha of sugar beet to be drilled this spring – enough to meet production targets following protracted price talks with growers.

Longer-than-expected price negotiations over the value of sugar beet – and the additional risk of growing it following the ban on neonicotinoid seed treatments – had prompted speculation that some farmers would walk away from the crop.

British Sugar says it expects some 105,000ha of sugar beet to be drilled this spring – enough to meet production targets following protracted price talks with growers.

Longer-than-expected price negotiations over the value of sugar beet – and the additional risk of growing it following the ban on neonicotinoid seed treatments – had prompted speculation that some farmers would walk away from the crop.

British Sugar says it expects some 105,000ha of sugar beet to be drilled this spring – enough to meet production targets following protracted price talks with growers.

Longer-than-expected price negotiations over the value of sugar beet – and the additional risk of growing it following the ban on neonicotinoid seed treatments – had prompted speculation that some farmers would walk away from the crop.

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