NFU outraged at British Sugar price offer
NFU Sugar chair Michael Sly told sugar growers the NFU is ‘outraged’ after British Sugar…
Browsing: Sugar Beet
New seed treatment to help ‘kickstart’ sugar beet germination
A new sugar beet seed treatment specifically developed UK conditions boosts germination claims Germains Seed…
Beware Cercospora risk in sugar beet
Darryl Shailes, root products technical manager with crop production specialist Hutchinsons, highlights why Cercospora is…
Beet the rust threat
Sugar beet crops are coming under intense disease pressure, with conditions for rust infection now…
High bolting season gives Sesvanderhave valuable information
This year’s sugar beet crop could see some of highest levels of bolters for many…
Second year of trials success for beet nematicide
Garlic-based nematicide NEMguard DE proved its worth in independent sugar beet trials for a second…
Power-up sugar beet weed control to protect investment in crops
With sugar beet prices up significantly compared to last year – by as much as…
Boosting beet yields by 10%
UK sugar production has remained around one tonne per hectare above the European average for…
Bayer receives regulatory authorisation for the use of Caligula in sugar beet crops
Bayer Crop Science’s foliar fungicide Caligula has been authorised by the Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD)…
Beet gets relief from Quantis as heat rises
As temperatures start to climb again and warnings of an August heatwave, interim results from…