Takatomo Kusano, the company’s president, adds that the cultivation of sugar beets supports other key crops in Hokkaido, because they help suppress the spread of plant diseases by supporting ...

People love the taste of sugar beets' primary byproduct: white sugar. Soilborne cyst nematodes—parasitic, microscopic ...

they can grown in many regions during the winter where it's too cold to grow corn. Sugar beets are a more efficient source for ethanol production than corn for a lot of reasons: they use less land ...

Beet cyst nematode is an increasing threat to British sugar beet crops and growers are urged to ramp up soil testing efforts ...

Today’s farmers face the challenge of feeding a growing population with limited resources, all while minimising the impact on ...

France is the European Union's largest sugar producer but a series of poor harvests, caused by adverse weather and diseases, has deterred some farmers from growing beets, cutting supplies for ...