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

Following DEFRA’s decision to deny the application for emergency authorisation to use the neonicotinoid-based Cruiser SB, farmers are being reminded of alternatives to help manage aphids and the ...

People love the taste of sugar beets' primary byproduct: white sugar. Soilborne cyst nematodes—parasitic, microscopic ...

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

Treating the seeds with Cruiser SB is the only way of stopping the disease and although neonicotinoids are banned in Britain, there has been a rolling exception for sugar beet because there is no ...

The British Beekeepers’ Association (BBKA), which represents around 30,000 beekeepers across England and Wales, has welcomed ...

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