Chairman of NFU Sugar Board Outlines Priorities for Nation's Beet Growers.Editor's Note: As usual, there's a lot going on in the U.S. sugarbeet arena right now — from a production standpoint, a political one and in the marketplace. That's the case as well in the United Kingdom, though that country's production, marketing andpolitical systems are obviously quite different from those in the U.S.The following very interesting year-end commentary, addressed to British sugarbeet growers, was written by William Martin, board chairman of NFU (National Farmers Union) Sugar, the entity representing all UK sugarbeet producers. One of NFU Sugar's primary responsibilities is to negotiate on beet growers' collective behalf with the UK's sole sugarbeet processor, British Sugar pic.
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