Go west to see sugar beet growth

摘要

Beet growing is on the rise in western England even though the last plant in the West Midlands closed nine years ago. David Jones travels towards the Welsh border to find out more.Nigel Roper is British Sugar's only grower west of the M5 motorway. When the last West Midlands sugar beet plant closed nearly a decade ago he stayed with the crop and this year his area is up nearly 20%.