We provide sugar beet growers and wider industry with the resources required to grow a healthy and profitable sugar beet crop in the UK

We provide sugar beet growers and wider industry with the resources required to grow a healthy and profitable sugar beet crop in the UK

We provide sugar beet growers and wider industry with the resources required to grow a healthy and profitable sugar beet crop in the UK

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EA approval for the use of a second application of Insyst SG in 2026

An emergency authorisation has been granted by HSE relating to the use of a second foliar spray of acetamiprid as ‘Insyst SG’ for the control of Myzus persicae.  Application must only be in sequence following a three-spray programme of the fully approved active ingredients of acetamiprid, flonicamid and flupyradifurone and where relevant aphid thresholds are identified.  Further information and aphid updates will be released next week.

Please click on the links below to view the Guidance Note and details of the Emergency Authorisation.

Insyst SG Emergency Authorisation

Sugar Beet Aphid Control Guidance 2026

Latest Update

Advisory Bulletin 2026 No. 5

Cold, dry weather impacting crop growth with patchy emergence

2026 27 Advisory Bulletin No 5

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BeetCast May: Forewarning of changes ahead

Update on important changes to some data sheets later this year, plus aphid and weed control updates

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