We lifted the last of our 2024 sugar beet on 31 January and have had a good year. Each customer’s sugar beet crop has yielded ...

The UK Government has rejected an emergency application of an insect-killing pesticide for 2025. The neonicotinoid ...

According to the report, legislators have forged a path to banning three neonicotinoids: clothianidin, imidacloprid, and thiamethoxam. Brexit allowed British farmers to dodge a ban on these pesticides ...

But Environment Minister Emma Hardy decided not to grant the authorisation for emergency use of Cruiser SB, which contains the bee-killing neonicotinoid thiamethoxam prohibited since 2018 - the ...

This is the first time in five years that an emergency authorisation of Cruiser SB – which contains the neonicotinoid thiamethoxam – has not been approved for use on sugar beet. The previous ...