Sugar beet growers are being alerted to a potential new weevil pest, which is damaging crops in Suffolk. Damage symptoms in beet plants are seen as black hearts and were initially believed to be dried-up...
Sugar beet growers are being alerted to a potential new weevil pest, which is damaging crops in Suffolk. Damage symptoms in beet plants are seen as black hearts and were initially believed to be dried-up...
It also revealed that 88% of farmers are aware of biostimulants but only 44% have tried them as a tool to boost yields
Drilling is well underway across the UK and we catch up each week with growers in the field, to find out how progress is coming along
Simon Nelson advises farmers on a wide range of arable and forage crops across Cumbria, north Lancashire and into south west Scotland