A REVIVAL of interest in fertiliser placement for sugar beet is encouraging one Norfolk grower to try the technique with the aid of his Väderstad Rapid 800P drill. Poul Hoveson says his main ...

The beet drill was gobbling up the hectares on the large Euston Estate over the past few days sowing beet seed into blowaway sandland with a hoped-for finish date by the end of this week.

Milligen McLeod Contracting (MMC), in East Ruston has taken delivery of a sophisticated precision beet drill. The 12 row Monosem machine, which cost over £35,000, is now drilling the 2015-2016 crop.