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Helping you to maximise your sugar beet yield.
Our expanding range of solutions includes Shield Pro™ herbicide, Instinct® nitrogen stabiliser and biostimulants BlueN™ and Kinsidro® Grow+.
Our expanding range of solutions includes Shield Pro™ herbicide, Instinct® nitrogen stabiliser and biostimulants BlueN™ and Kinsidro® Grow+.
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Shield Pro™ herbicide
Shield Pro is the tried and trusted herbicide for control of yield-robbing weeds in sugar beet.
Contains: 400g/l Clopyralid
Application timing: GS 10 - 39 (when crops meet between the rows). Latest application timing for volunteer potato control is end of June.
Key benefits:
- The leading solution for thistles and volunteer potatoes that also boosts the activity of your tank mixture, giving wider control of other broad-leaved weeds in sugar beet, including mayweeds, fools parsley and fat hen.
- Excellent crop selectivity and compatibility.
- Easy to use and convenient 2l bottle with self-seal cap technology, simplifying waste disposal and improving fill up operations.
BlueN™ nutrient efficiency biostimulant
BlueN allows the sugar beet crops to efficiently use nitrogen and other nutrients. BlueN colonises growing leaves to support growth throughout the crop cycle. The product helps sugar beet growers to get more from their nurtient investment in a smarter way, reducing waste and minimising nutrient loss to the environment.
Contains: Methylobacterium symbioticum.
Pack size: 3kg
Recommended rate: 333g/ha
Maximum number of applications: 1 application per crop.
Application timing: GS 16 - 35
Application method: Foliar with sprayer, for possible tank mixes contact Corteva representative.
Rainfast: 1 hour
Key benefits:
- Colonisation of the sugar beet by BlueN stimulates extended plant growth and increased nutrient supply to support plant metabolism.
- BlueN is simple to store and apply. BlueN has a shelf life of two years.
- BlueN supports continuous nutrient effiency by enhancing multiple metabolic functions in the plant resulting in:
- Sustained photosynthesis.
- Delayed senescence of leaves.
- Enhanced uptake and concentration of nutrients thanks to a larger root system and signaling effiency within the plant.
- BlueN is simple to store and apply. BlueN has a shelf life of two years.
Across 14 sites, when supplementing the planned fertiliser regiment, BlueN has shown to increase adjusted yields by up to 12.5% compared to the control (no BlueN treatment). At the 2025 price of £33/t, BlueN returned a margin over input cost of £415/ha.
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Instinct® nitrogen stabiliser
Instinct improves crop performance and sustainability through better nitrogen management.
Contains: 300g/l Nitrapyrin
Recommended rate: 1.7l/ha
Application timing: Applied in spring. Flexible - pre and post planting, best applied as close to main fertiliser application. For optimum performance 12mm of rain or irrigation is required within 10 days of application.
Key benefits:
- At least 8 more weeks of nitrogen availibility in the soil.
- 50% less greenhouse gas emissions.
- 45% less nitrogen leaching.
- 28% greater nitrogen in soil retention.
- Optimised nitrogen use.
Kinsidro® Grow+ plant growth biostimulant
Kinsidro Grow+ is a biostimulant containing humic substances. It is manufactured by a patented process from sustainably grown Nordic pine forests. It contains a high concentration of fulvic acid in a low rate, easy to use, formulation.
Contains: Fulvic acids (62%), humic acid, potassium oxide (13.6%), sulphur trioxide (12.5%) boron (0.04%) cobalt (0.05%) copper (0.08%) manganese (0.08%) molybdenum (0.008%) zinc (0.05%).
Recommended rate: 150g/ha
Application timing: With first or second herbicide application.
Application method: Foliar with sprayer, for possible tank mixes contract Corteva representative.
Rainfast: 3 hours
Key benefits:
- Mitigates or reduces the risk of herbicide damage.
- Stimulates the production of antioxidants in the crop that reduce the risk of oxidative stress caused by herbicides and environmental conditions.
- Kinsidro Grow+ influences cell division, stimulating healthy crop root and leaf growth.
