He had planted 172 acres (70 hectares) of sugar beet on his 1,000 acre (404 hectare) arable farm. "There's a big area of the field that's gone so wet the crop's gone rotten and if we sent it into ...
the Government has granted sugar beet farms the right to use a banned bee-killing pesticide for a fourth year. “This decision flies in the face of ecological sense. These pesticides are banned ...
It estimates that almost 70% of the national sugar beet crop could be affected. Loss of British bees threatens food security Farm pesticides killing more bees - study 'Alarming' loss of insects ...