The last Spreckels Sugar Company processing plant in California is scheduled to shut down on July 31, nearly 25 years after the Woodland sugar beet facility closed.

Many single-use plastic products have been banned in the EU since July 3, 2021, so they can no longer be produced or marketed ...

Remote sensing technologies provide the potential to support the breeding process of crop cultivars. The presented work suggests a new phenotyping routine for sugar beet genotypes, resistant or ...

To protect the environment, especially the ocean, many single-use plastic products are banned in the EU. But single-use products made from unmodified natural polymers are allowed. With this in mind, ...

MP James Wild visited a sugar beet farm in Terrington St Clement to discuss the future of the sector, the importance of domestic production, and challenges currently facing growers. The North West ...

In a new study, they explain that agricultural waste streams can produce a promising pulp that can be transformed into clothes, whilst simultaneously reducing dependence on water-intensive cotton, and ...

Testing wheat straw, oat husks, potatoes and sugar beet, scientists identify promising candidates to make future fibres from farm waste.

Former MP and Yorkshire arable farmer Julian Sturdy has been appointed Chair of Red Tractor’s Crops & Sugar Beet Sector Board. Mr Sturdy runs a 750-acre farm and brings over 30 years of experience in ...

UK beet growers can now buy seed directly from a key plant breeder, giving them earlier access to next-generation varieties together with a wide range of ...