Sugar beet growers are being alerted to a potential new weevil pest, which is damaging crops in Suffolk. Damage symptoms in beet plants are seen as black hearts and were initially believed to be dried-up...
Sugar beet growers are being alerted to a potential new weevil pest, which is damaging crops in Suffolk. Damage symptoms in beet plants are seen as black hearts and were initially believed to be dried-up...
Changing establishment systems, wet weather and fewer chemical options are forcing growers to rethink how they tackle increasingly difficult slug problems.
Three years of farmer-led trials have revealed how mapping slug hotspots could allow growers to target control more accurately and potentially cut pellet use by 50%
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