Keep your crop canopy greener for longer to help maximise sugar and root yields

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YaraVita Product Manager Phil Burrell explains how YaraVita Magflo plus YaraAmplix Optitrac can give your sugar beet crop the boost it needs.

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

Find out how to increase your sugar beet yield

See for yourself micronutrient deficiencies in sugar beet

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See for yourself how micronutrient deficiencies affect sugar beet development

Sugar-beet plants grown in sand and watered daily with a nutrient solution without boron, with just 50% magnesium and sulphur requirements. The pot on the right side was sprayed with 5kg/ha YaraVita Betatrel DF just before filming started. YaraVita Betatrel is no longer available but the closest product choice is YaraVita Brassitrel Pro.

Find Yara advice on all sugar-beet crop nutrition issues

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
How to increase sugar beet quality
How to increase sugar beet quality
When growing sugar beet the target is to produce pure crystalline sugar as efficiently as possible.
Sugar beet - nutritional summary
Sugar beet - nutritional summary
A correct balance between macronutrients and micronutrients is essential to obtain the best results possible from sugar beet.
Sugar beet nutrient requirements
Sugar beet nutrient requirements
Sugar beet nutrient requirements vary depending on the crop growth stage. Find out which nutrients are most important at different growth stages.
Micronutrients and sugar beet yield
Micronutrients and sugar beet yield
Micronutrients, particularly boron, copper, manganese and zinc all have essential roles in sugar beet and a deficiency of any one will result in reduced yield or quality.
Phosphorus and sugar-beet yield
Phosphorus and sugar-beet yield
Phosphorus is a component of nucleic acids and lipids and is important in the production and transport of sugars, fat and protein during sugar beet production.
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Check if your sugar beet has 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.

N Nitrogen
P Phosphorus
Mg Magnesium
S Sulphur
B Boron
Cu Copper
Mn Manganese
Zn Zinc
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Sugar beet crop nutrition programme

Sugar-beet fertiliser programme

Provides all the essential crop nutrients for a healthy crop of sugar beet supplied as soil-applied or foliar nutrients

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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!