Beets could give Tassie a sugar rush

Updated February 8 2017 - 12:52pm, first published February 6 2017 - 4:46pm
SUGAR ALTERNATIVE: North-West Tasmanian farmer Robert Arvier will investigate sugar beet as an alternative to sugar cane as part of his 2017 Nuffield scholarship.
SUGAR ALTERNATIVE: North-West Tasmanian farmer Robert Arvier will investigate sugar beet as an alternative to sugar cane as part of his 2017 Nuffield scholarship.

TASMANIAN farmer Robert Arvier will investigate restoring the dormant sugar beet industry to open up sugar production to southern states.

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