As the late November ‘sweet spot’ for applications of propyzamide approaches, growers are being warned that the herbicide could be lost if rising levels of leaching into water are not curbed.

Sugar beet crops are starting to regrow following much-needed rain in the east of England. After the extended spell of very hot, dry weather, many crops had lost a significant amount of canopy.

Despite the dry summer the Fight Against Blight (FAB) team has recorded and mapped 37 outbreaks of the disease across Great Britain.

Sugar beet growers are being alerted to a potential new weevil pest, which is damaging crops in Suffolk.