§ Mr. Snowasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the national average cost per acre for sugar beet production in 1953 and 1963.
§ Mr. Scott-HopkinsNo estimates are made of the national average costs per acre for sugar beet production. However, a sample survey on 150 farms in Eastern England showed that the average net cost of producing the 1954 sugar beet crop was £53 10s. per acre. In a similar sample survey of the 1962 crop on 60 farms in Eastern England, the average net cost of production was £61 7s. per acre.