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Red Herring · 24-01-21, 04:17 PM

I listened to an interesting interview on the radio about this the other day. The basic facts presented were that a greenfly has decimated around 80% of the UK sugar production this year and this measure is necessary to halt this. Around 50% of the UK's sugar demand is home grown.

So the options were....

Reduce our sugar demand by around 40%.

Import more sugar to fill the gap.

Increase our sugar production five fold so we can carry an 80% loss of yield..........

Use the dreaded chemical......

I'm guessing you don't like the last option, so do you support one of the others or is there an alternative I've missed?

24-01-21, 04:17 PM	#4
Red Herring Member Mega Poster Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,708	Re: Neonicotinoids I listened to an interesting interview on the radio about this the other day. The basic facts presented were that a greenfly has decimated around 80% of the UK sugar production this year and this measure is necessary to halt this. Around 50% of the UK's sugar demand is home grown. So the options were.... Reduce our sugar demand by around 40%. Import more sugar to fill the gap. Increase our sugar production five fold so we can carry an 80% loss of yield.......... Use the dreaded chemical...... I'm guessing you don't like the last option, so do you support one of the others or is there an alternative I've missed?