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Apply foliar nutrition to sugar beet sooner rather than later, advises agronomist

Heavy rainfall has disrupted seedbeds which could potentially stall sugar beet

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Persistent wet weather poses a risk to this season's sugar beet crop
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Persistent wet weather poses a risk to this season's sugar beet crop

Early applications of foliar nutrition could be key to helping this year's sugar beet crops establish after weeks of bad weather, according to an agronomist. Ian Jackson of agronomy and crop protection...

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