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In today's Farming in Five, chief reporter Rachael Brown takes a look at industry concerns following the Government's decision to refuse the emergency application of the use of neonicotinoid pesticide, Cruiser SB, on sugar beet in England for 2025, farmers are urged to be extra careful as Storm Eowyn hits the UK, and the Efra chair calls for an urgent meeting with Prime Minister to look at 'potential mitigations' to the inheritance tax reform

Since its implementation in 2021, the ATQ has permitted 260,000 tonnes of raw cane sugar each year to enter the UK tariff free, regardless of origin

Michael Sly, NFU Sugar board chair, said he was pleased they had come to a 'timely agreement'

The CO2 is a byproduct of bioethanol production

While mid-May's cooler weather saw lower early aphid counts in sugar beet crops, late-drilled crops are likely to present an easy target for aphid colonisation and challenges for insecticide targeting

A root crops update from Hutchinsons agronomist, Daryll Shailes

Industry gains emergency authorisation for an additional aphid spray for non-Cruiser SB treated crops

The 2023/24 sugar beet campaign was completed on April 19

Heavy rainfall has disrupted seedbeds which could potentially stall sugar beet

Beet growers could face a virus epidemic on the scale of 2020, with aphids expected to be flying into new crops as they emerge