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The choice of
which crops to grow will depend upon:
1. Soil type
/ fertility and growing conditions
2. Supply and demand in the market place
3. Crop rotation considerations
4. Availability of the relevant farm machinery
5. The farmer's own business acumen
6. Labour requirements
7. Government controls and legislation
When Sugar Beet
was first grown in England (in the 1920's), there was a high labour input
required in order to 'single out' the seedlings and to weed the growing
crop.
 [Geoffrey
Goodson on Sugar Beet]
It would
take 20 man-hours / acre to maintain a sugar beet crop.
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Harvesting
the crop by hand was a back-breaking task before mechanisation…
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[Geoffrey
Goodson on harvesting Sugar Beet]
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Today,
the crop can be lifted, trimmed, cleaned and delivered by the elevator
directly into the trailer and ready to go to the sugar factory…
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[Geoffrey
Goodson on Sugar Beet]
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