27 May 2021 Vigilance still required as cold weather slows both sugar beet growth and aphid migration Despite the unseasonably cold weather continuing across much of the UK, sugar beet growers must…
20 May 2021 The importance of controlling tall weeds and potato volunteers in sugar beet According to Dr Simon Bowen of the BBRO, most of the sugar beet this year…
6 April 2021 Wren – latest addition to Sesvanderhave recommended sugar beet varieties Wren is the latest innovation from global sugar beet breeder Sesvanderhave – a variety that…
1 April 2021 KWS launches first virus yellows tolerant beet Sugar beet growers will be able to choose virus yellows tolerant beet in 2022 after…
1 April 2021 Limagrain expands sugar beet portfolio Limagrain has added two new sugar beet varieties to the BBRO 2022 Recommended List, whilst…
18 February 2021 NFU: British Sugar package will do nothing to retain growers Responding to the launch of British Sugar’s ‘Beet Package Plus’, NFU Sugar board chairman Michael…
10 February 2021 Pre-em herbicide treatments boost sugar beet yields With sugar beet growers facing their first full season without desmedipham, 2021 could be the…
16 December 2020 First ever sugar beet pricing platform launched The first ever sugar beet pricing platform has been launched this month, allowing British growers…
7 October 2020 British Sugar adopts Rezatec’s innovative satellite analytics to optimise the supply of sugar beet British Sugar, the UK’s sole processor of the beet sugar crop, is working with leading…
4 September 2020 Germains extends trials to validate soil-health benefits of sugar beet seed coating European seed coating specialists Germains has announced an agreement with Plantworks Ltd in the UK…