In Margie Sarsfield's "Beta Vulgaris," a woman who works on a Minnesota beet farm gradually loses touch with reality.

An insect-control expert has highlighted the urgent need for research and development of sustainable crop protection methods ...

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 ...

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 ...

British Sugar's factories sliced more than a million tonnes of sugar beet in three weeks this Christmas - their most productive festive period for six years. The company, which produces sugar ...

A so-called portioning blade spins rapidly to collect fertilizer granules, releasing them at the right moment next to or between the seeds. Amazone also claims a 25% reduction in starter fertilizer ...