21st August 2024
Sugar beet agronomy: Pest-killing grass
A grass containing endophytes is showing promise in controlling two key sugar beet pests. CPM speaks to researchers to find out more.
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15th August 2024
Potatoes: Potato virus prevention
The 2022 spike in aphid numbers has resulted in a significant impact on the production cycle for seed potatoes, despite populations decreasing since. CPM investigates the steps industry experts are taking to combat the most…
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26th July 2024
Potato agronomy: Winning the war on volunteers
The potato industry and those that rent out land to grow the crop have to take a robust, joined up approach to reduce numbers of volunteers, which cause a long list of agronomic problems across…
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23rd July 2024
Sugar beet survey: Smart sugar beet
With the development of the Conviso Smart system offering a lifeline to sugar beet growers struggling to grow the break crop, CPM explores how it can be best deployed on farm.
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22nd June 2024
Alternative approaches to sugar beet: Nitrogen nuances
In the second of a two-part series investigating new techniques or technologies to improve sugar beet growing, CPM looks at trials seeking to improve agronomic practice.
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18th June 2024
SPot store event: Evolving ethylene
Could ethylene finally be used safely in crisping and chip shop potato stores? CPM hears about advances in its use at a GB Potatoes SPot store event, run in conjunction with Potato Storage Insight and…
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16th June 2024
Real Results Roundtable: A cercospora quandary
With cercospora now of high concern for both industry experts and growers, there’s been a shift in perception of the key sugar beet diseases. CPM facilitates this month’s Real Results Roundtable which weighs up the…
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15th May 2024
Real Results Roundtable: Blight – what could be next?
Potato growers are all too familiar with the threat of late blight and its various genotype guises. In the second of BASF’s Real Results Roundtables, CPM hosts an open discussion to explore where the disease…
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14th May 2024
Potato agronomy: Perils in potatoes
With an ever complicated story for potato late blight, optimising tools such as varietal resistance and industry monitoring services could help growers to manage the threat. CPM finds out more.
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14th May 2024
Alternative approaches to sugar beet: Fitting in with new ways
Can sugar beet growers successfully use reduced cultivations to reap the cost saving benefits and improve sustainability credentials? CPM learns about a trial comparing different approaches.
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13th April 2024
IIRB congress: International perspectives
Sugar beet researchers from across Europe and USA convened in Brussels recently to discuss the latest research on key topics for the crop. CPM joined delegates at the IIRB congress to find out more.