Welcome to the new website of Hilleshog Sugar Beet in the UK, a source of information, news and events for Britain’s sugar beet growers.
Hilleshog has been the global sugar beet brand of Syngenta Seeds for eight years. Originally founded over 100 years ago in Sweden to breed better sugar beet for growers, it has grown to become one of the world leaders in sugar beet seed.
Hilleshög sugar beet seed was first supplied to UK growers in 1926. Since that time, and especially in the last forty years, from our introduction of the first-ever commercial monogerm variety in 1966, Hilleshog have built a reputation as one of the foremost seed suppliers in the country – our name being synonymous with sugar beet seed. In the last 15 years we have supplied over 2000 tonnes of sugar beet seed to the U.K. industry (over 1.7 million units) and the names of Hilleshög varieties read like a Hall of Fame for Sugar Beet.
Since 2000, Hilleshog, as part of Syngenta, has enjoyed all the benefits of being part of a world-leading agri-business with substantial commitment to research and development. Our aim remains the same - to provide sugar beet growers and the sugar industry with excellent products and a service to match.
Syngenta is a leader in crop protection and ranks third in high value commercial seeds. More than 24,000 employees in over 90 countries are dedicated to bringing plant potential to life and the company spends more than $2 million a day in research and development.
In the coming year, we will be increasingly using the Syngenta name to reflect and recognise the strength of the company that goes into bringing you improved sugar beet varieties, new seed treatments and the best in crop protection products for the sugar beet crop.
