Know How / Sugar beet

Sugar beet is seeing a resurgence, however, sugar markets remain tough. Our sugar beet page aims to help you grow a more profitable crop in the face of rising inputs. This is your starting point for addressing challenges such as the rising pest and disease threat, keeping weeds in check, exploring precision farming and protecting the environment.

Key areas of focus:

  • Getting establishment right
  • Planning fungicide strategy
  • Assessing fertiliser requirements
  • Keeping on top of blackgrass

Latest sugar beet Know How articles

ROTATIONS

Cereals 2022: Will farmers drop high-cost, high-risk crops?

Knowing whether markets will reflect the higher costs of growing and harvesting crops was occupying the minds of visitors to this year’s Cereals event, ahead of autumn 2022 and spring…

DISEASE MANAGEMENT

Aphid pressure mounts in sugar beet crops - what you can do

Aphids are now flying and sugar beet growers are being urged to check their crops, as some have already reached the spray threshold for these vectors of virus yellows in…

NUTRITION AND FERTILISER

Can silicon crop sprays benefit growers this season?

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ARABLE

Soil carbon: Targets and how to store it in arable fields

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