Farming Today This Week: Sugar
Anna Hill visits the British Beet Research Organisation in Norfolk, to find out about growing sugar beet on UK farms.
Anna Hill finds out about British sugar growers. Around 100,000 hectares of sugar beet are grown in the UK, between them producing just over a million tonnes of sugar per year. But with an increased focus on sugar and public health, and the sugar tax still a topic for debate, what's the future for the industry?
Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Emma Campbell.
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- Sat 25 Jan 202006:30BBC Radio 4
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