French Sugar Beets Developing Faster Than Average on Warm April
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France’s sugar-beet crop, the world’s biggest, is developing at a faster-than-average pace after warm April temperatures boosted growth, crop researcher Institut Technique de la Betterave said.
Plant development is about 10 days ahead of the five-year average, allowing for a potential yield gain of 10 percent, the Paris-based ITB said on its website. The sugar-beet crop so far has suffered “little” from a lack of rain, the researcher said.