People love the taste of sugar beets' primary byproduct: white sugar. Soilborne cyst nematodes—parasitic, microscopic ...

‘Growers now have no viable solution to protect their crop,’ warns NFU ...

Beet cyst nematode is an increasing threat to British sugar beet crops and growers are urged to ramp up soil testing efforts ...

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

France's Cristal Union said it had reached an agreement to take over the refinery of the Lesaffre family located south of Paris.

has deterred some farmers from growing beets, cutting supplies for sugar makers. More recently a fall in sugar prices has hit profits. Family-owned Ouvre, which operates one sugar plant located in ...

Sugar beet growers have been warned that farm hygiene is "critical" to protect their crops after Defra refused an emergency bid to use a neonicotinoid pesticide.

Government has refused an emergency application a neonicotinoid pesticide on sugar beet in England - causing concern for Suffolk farmers ...