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 ...

Government refuses emergency use of banned bee-killing pesticide on sugar beet - Application had been made to use neonicotinoid thiamethoxam to protect sugar beet against damaging virus-carrying ...

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

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 ...

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

Marco van Leeuwen is the president of the International Seed Federation and managing director of seed company Rijk Zwaan ... general counsel and head of global IP for KWS Group said that experience ...

The application to use the pesticide had been made by British Sugar and the National Farmers’ Union, as a seed treatment for sugar beet to protect ... with high production costs, extreme weather ...

Nick Revier, International Sugar Beet Institute president, was on hand to help NBGA officials make the announcement on Friday. ISBI, an annual two-day show that launched in 1963 and has rotated ...