Sugar beet growers have been warned that farm hygiene is "critical" to protect their crops after Defra refused an emergency bid to use a neonicotinoid pesticide.

‘Growers now have no viable solution to protect their crop,’ warns NFU ...

Sugar beet growers have been warned that farm hygiene is "critical" to protect their crops after Defra refused an emergency bid to use ...

An emergency application for the use of a neonicotinoid pesticide on sugar beet in England has been denied by the UK ...

Application had been made to use neonicotinoid thiamethoxam to protect sugar beet against damaging virus-carrying aphids.

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as a seed treatment for sugar beet to protect against aphids that carry yellows virus – which can damage the crop. But Environment Minister Emma Hardy decided not to grant the authorisation for ...

Today’s farmers face the challenge of feeding a growing population with limited resources, all while minimising the impact on ...

The NFU says sugar beet crops have been left exposed to "devastating" virus yellows infections after Defra rejected an emergency bid ...