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12th April 2024
A tricky start to planting plus the potential of growers managing unfamiliar varieties due to short seed supplies means weed control could require some careful planning. CPM explores herbicide timings and programme choices for the…
12th April 2024
With grassweed pressures rumbling on, one way to achieve sufficient control is by taking advantage of sugar beet in the rotation, even if there’s a limited armoury of effective herbicides. CPM finds out more.
10th March 2024
Seed shortages, mancozeb uncertainty and more resistant blight strains are set to compound the difficulties caused by one of the wettest autumn and winter periods on record. CPM reports.
10th March 2024
Although it’s been a while since the loss of desmedipham, finding a similar level of annual broadleaf weed control in sugar beet has proven quite the head-scratcher. However, the answer could lie in a specific…
10th March 2024
Growers learned about progress being made to find solutions to virus yellows in sugar beet at the recent BBRO BeetTech 24 event. CPM joined delegates to hear the latest updates.
9th February 2024
Is there much more left to say on potato storage and life after CIPC? CPM speaks to recent industry award winner, Adrian Cunnington, to find out his thoughts on what could happen next.
9th February 2024
After much uncertainty, the HSE finally announced last month that mancozeb doesn’t meet approval criteria and therefore it proposes to withdraw it from use. CPM asks whether the industry is prepared for the impending loss…
9th February 2024
British Sugar has started a shake-up of how the sugar beet campaign is run through a new project – the Field-to-Factory Partnership. CPM learns how the company is seeking to make harvesting and delivery of…
4th December 2023
Once every two years, anyone with a serious interest in the potato industry heads to the Yorkshire Event Centre for a specialist trade show. CPM attended BP2023 in Harrogate for insight into the latest sector…
13th October 2023
After the withdrawal of chlorpropham (CIPC) as a sprout suppressant, potato store management has had to adapt to using volatile products such as Biox-M (spearmint oil), ARGOS (orange oil), 1,4SIGHT (1,4-dimethylnaphthalene, DMN) and ethylene (Biofresh…
13th October 2023
SESVanderHave is a leading player in the global sugar beet industry. It specializes in every aspect of sugar beet seed including breeding, research, production and processing of seed through to agronomy and sugar processing. CPM…
