British Sugar has recruited Emily Whitmarsh as technical sales manager for LimeX – the most widely used liming product by UK farmers. A byproduct of the sugar-refining process, LimeX is popular with farmers for its fine particle size and the presence of additional plant nutrients. One tonne of LimeX... Read more
Ways to master disease control in sugar beet will be top of the agenda at a special industry webinar this month. Hosted by BASF in collaboration with British Sugar and the British Beet Research Association, the webinar will feature a presentation and topical advice by independent agronomist Craig Green.... Read more
New sugar beet varieties on offer
Sugar Beet 03/06/2024
Two new sugar beet varieties from Strube will be available for drilling in spring 2025, says the plant breeder. ST Trent and ST Tweed offer competitive performance with low bolting. ST Tweed in particular offers comparable yields to Morgan – with lower disease expression for rust, powdery mildew and... Read more
Sugar beet growers have been granted emergency authorisation to apply a second foliar spray of InSyst (acetamiprid) to control peach-potato aphid. The emergency authorisation follows a joint request by British Sugar and NFU Sugar, which represents some 2,500 beet growers. It was granted on 9 May by the Chemicals... Read more
Growers are being advised to discuss their requirements with plant breeders before ordering sugar beet seed tolerant to challenges faced by the crop. Six new sugar beet varieties have been added to the British Beet Research Organisation recommended list for drilling in 2025. They include varieties tolerant to Beet... Read more
Plant breeder Limagrain will showcase its portfolio of varieties at this month’s Cereals event – returning to the show after several years absence. The company says it decided to return to Cereals following the publication of the 2024/2025 AHDB Recommended List, which features a number of Limagrain combinable crop... Read more
Farmers and contractors looking to undertake their own drainage surveys can take advantage of new package from Mastenbroek and Trimble. The package brings together the new DA2 Catalyst and access to WM-Subsurface software at a £6,000 price point. It is the first time the DA2 has been available to... Read more
Farmers are invited to attend a special Land Drainage Hub hosted by the National Association of Agricultural Contractors at Cereals. Experts will be on hand on both days of the two-day event to pinpoint the best way for growers to upgrade drainage following one of the wettest seasons in... Read more
More than 600 crop plots from 25 exhibitors will give visitors to Cereals access to the latest in crop breeding, protection, nutrition and science at the two-day show on 11-12 June in Hertfordshire. “The plots are looking well,” says Will Davies, farming consultant at Ceres Rural, who has overseen... Read more
The latest farming innovations, demonstrations and technical developments will take pride of place at this month’s Cereals event. To be held on 11-12 June at Bygrave Woods in Hertfordshire, the two-day show will include new products and scientific techniques being developed to improve crop health, farm efficiencies and profitability.... Read more
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