How to increase sugar beet yield

How to increase sugar beet yield

The two key components of sugar beet yield are the weight of sugar beet roots and the % sugar content of them. The combination of a high root yield and high sugar content will give the highest yield of sugar per hectare

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Does your sugar beet have a nutrient deficiency?

Identify and diagnose if your sugar beet is suffering from nutrient deficiencies and learn how to control or correct the deficiency. Choose a nutrient below to learn more about the symptoms of its deficiency in sugar beet and its effect on crop growth and development.

Sugar beet crop nutrition programme

Yara's solid fertiliser and foliar programme for sugar beet is based around YaraBela and YaraMila solid fertilisers and the YaraVita foliar micronutrients.

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Yara agronomist advice on sugar beet

How to increase sugar beet yield
How to increase sugar beet quality
When growing sugar beet the target is to produce pure crystalline sugar as efficiently as possible.
How to increase sugar quality in sugar beets
How to increase sugar quality in sugar beets
Sugar beet quality is increased by increasing the concentration of sucrose reducing the concentration of impurities such as amino acids, potassium and sodium.
Growth and development of sugar beet
Growth and development of sugar beet
Sugar beet has two years of development from germination to seed set.
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Do you need to make better informed nutrient decisions?

Yara has developed various tools and services to help farmers make the correct nutritional decisions and maximise their return on investment in fertiliser. Here is your sugar beet toolbox!