Sugar beet production is a vital agricultural practice that contributes significantly to the global sugar supply. Optimizing yield is crucial for farmers and the industry, and recent research has ...

Sugar beets, which are mostly water, use 40 percent less water for growth than corn does, and require about half as much land, according to oil-industry website OilPrice.com.

A material made of long, tangled strands of cellulose — a major component of plant cell walls — shows promise as a reinforcement for biodegradable plant-based plastics. In 2022, a company in ...

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

UK sugar beet sector has called for urgent meeting with Defra after it rejected an emergency authorisation for the use of a ...

Application had been made to use neonicotinoid thiamethoxam to protect sugar beet against damaging virus-carrying aphids.

An insect-control expert has highlighted the urgent need for research and development of sustainable crop protection methods ...

Treating the seeds with Cruiser SB is the only way of stopping the disease and although neonicotinoids are banned in Britain, there has been a rolling exception for sugar beet because there is no ...