In the English county of Norfolk the sugar beet yield increased to 100 t/ha
Sugar beet yield is hitting 100 t/ha along the north Norfolk coast (Great Britain), with crops bolstered by a good level of rain and sun throughout the summer and autumn.
Farmers Weekly reports about it.
Tom Dye, managing director at Albanwise Farming, has lifted about one-third of his 300 ha of sugar beet. ²It’s been a good year, perhaps not a record one, with current yields of about 85-100 t/ha», — he told.
Closer to the coast, the Holkham Estate is seeing good yields of more than 80 t/ha, with nearly one-third of its 260 ha of sugar beet lifted. All the beet is delivered to British Sugar’s mill at Cantley, south-east of Norwich.
Beet processor British Sugar is forecasting a bumper crop this season “in excess of 1,4 million tonnes” of sugar helped by favourable beet growing weather. The sugar beet crop area this season is up by one-third to 107,000 ha, encouraged by higher beet prices. This compares with the 116,000 ha grown in 2014.