Biostimulant trials in the UK have found there are consistent benefits to using biostimulants on potato, sugar beet, and maize crops – particularly those under stress. Split field trials on ...

Sugar beet growers have hit out at a government ban on a pesticide used on sugar beet crops as "another blow" to the industry. The government has turned down British Sugar's emergency application ...

This week, the Government refused an emergency application for the use of the neonicotinoid pesticide Cruiser SB on sugar beet – a crop which has been beset with virus yellows, a disease ...

The Government has refused to allow the emergency use of a banned pesticide on sugar beet to protect bees and other pollinators. The application to use the pesticide had been made by British Sugar and ...

Cotton should be planted only on very large fields (1ha and bigger). Cotton is a very specialized plant. Only a special cotton harvester can collect it. There are two models that differ in the shape ...

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An emergency application for the use of a neonicotinoid pesticide on sugar beet in England has been denied by the UK government, in another crushing blow to farmers from the government.

The Government has refused to allow the emergency use of a banned pesticide on sugar beet to protect bees and other pollinators. The application to use the pesticide had been made by British Sugar ...

Mudavadi was speaking in Mumias where he had accompanied President Ruto during the launch of the issuance of bonuses for sugarcane farmers. Mudavadi appreciated with admiration the patience and ...