6 March 2023 Second year of trials success for beet nematicide Garlic-based nematicide NEMguard DE proved its worth in independent sugar beet trials for a second…
3 February 2023 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…
23 January 2023 Boosting beet yields by 10% UK sugar production has remained around one tonne per hectare above the European average for…
15 August 2022 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)…
2 August 2022 Beet gets relief from Quantis as heat rises As temperatures start to climb again and warnings of an August heatwave, interim results from…
27 July 2022 Green leaf protection to boost late season sugar This season’s sugar beet crops are under pressure from prolonged drought conditions across large parts…
12 July 2022 Sencrop works with BBRO to develop agronomic indicator for Cercospora Sencrop has worked with the British Beet Research Organisation (BBRO) to develop an agronomic indicator…
28 June 2022 Beet price of £40/t agreed for 2023/24 sugar beet contract NFU Sugar and British Sugar have today announced a beet price of £40 per tonne…
13 June 2022 Sugar beet benefits from Quantis heat stress relief New research to evaluate the effects of heat stress on sugar beet crops could pioneer…
25 April 2022 Sugar beet growers advised to check crops for aphids The Rothamsted Insect Survey has recorded the first peach–potato aphid (Myzus persicae) catches of 2022…