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The article focuses on the arable enterprise of Easton College in East Anglia, England which is composed of sugar beet and combinable crops covering the majority of the 100 hectare-land. It states that the farm operations are carried out by Morley Farms on a contract basis for the arable area while the further 100 hectares of forage crops are managed directly by the college. It mentions that the 70 ton/hectare target promoted by British Sugar is a challenge for farmers.

The author discusses his 1,500-hectare farm in England, where he grows cereals, turnips, mustard, forage rape for seed and sugar beet, and owns a flock of 2,500 ewes. Topics discussed include the author's plan to produce sugar beet crop for 2015-2016, the crop's potential throughout Europe, and his farm's participation in the industry haulage scheme.

The article discusses the farming operations at the Euston Estate, a 4,400-hectare farm managed by the author near Thetford in Norfolk, England as of August 30, 2013. The author describes the farm's main enterprises including root combinable and root crops, sugar beet, sheep, outdoor pigs and poultry. It highlights the quality of the winter barley crop, wheat, and oilseed rape. The author says he is concerned about the quality of the sugar beet crop.

Presents an update on the management of the Easton Lodge and Sacrewell Lodge farms in Lincolnshire, England. Pesticides applied in oilseed rape and barley; Yields of sugar beet harvest; Variable costs of seed, fertiliser and sprays for Easton Lodge and Sacrewell.