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Yield and sugars 'well down' as beet harvest commences in Lincolnshire

It has been a disappointing start to sugar beet harvest for Lincolnshire grower, Tilly Ireland who began lifting the 280-hectare crop slightly early after the Newark British Sugar factory opened on September 22.

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Yield and sugars 'well down' as beet harvest commences in Lincolnshire

It has been a disappointing start to sugar beet harvest for Lincolnshire grower, Tilly Ireland who began lifting the 280-hectare crop slightly early after the Newark factory opened on September 22...

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