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

PLOUGHING AND CULTIVATION

Trial shows best break crops and cultivation for wheat profit

Discussion around which cultivation approach is best has been a central theme of many a pub debate or magazine article in recent years. But 20 years of the long-term Sustainability…

IRRIGATION

Why reservoirs are key to sustainable water abstraction

The proposed 30% overall reduction in water that can be abstracted for irrigation in East Suffolk could result in losses of up to £2,300m across the supply chain over the…

SUGAR BEET

Why the sugar beet deal could see a reduced 2026 crop area

At £30/t, the sugar beet price for next year is enough to keep the crop in the rotation, but most growers will scale back a bit, reduce the area grown…

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