With 87,000 hectares of sugar beet planted, the 2022 campaign has seen a slow start with variable yields. Nationally the NFU estimates yields will be below the five-year average this harvest. Pleasing...
With 87,000 hectares of sugar beet planted, the 2022 campaign has seen a slow start with variable yields. Nationally the NFU estimates yields will be below the five-year average this harvest. Pleasing...
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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