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.

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 ...

Under the sugar order, the SRA board chaired by Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. approved the siphoning off of as much as 500,000 metric tons (MT) of raw sugar bought by eligible ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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