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- West Suffolk
Is the sugar beet online grower returns accounts still not working?
Mine seems ok. Just logged on.Is the sugar beet online grower returns accounts still not working?
Mine seems ok. Just logged on.
You have to sign out completely every time now though before using it again.
£5 AFAIK. £15 next yearWe are going to have a reasonable surplus this year due to how our acreages for break crop land worked out. Am I right in thinking that BS are paying between £5 and £10 for surplus beet this time round? If so I may have some stock feed available!
I very much doubt that BS in general could do any better but I don’t like saying this but you may be better with a bigger haulier. Also why not lift later? Because black land more likely to freeze? Easy to get out in the wet thoughWell all the beet have finally gone!
A very marked difference in yield in the fields.
One field drilled by ourselves in black Fen soil at 45cm rows was the top performer at 106.4t/ha adj.
And one drilled at 50cm by a contractor in heavyish clay/silt/black did 78.73t/ha adj
Overall 88.47t/ha adj, best year for dirt tare too.
Sugars ranged from 16.98-18.06 average.
Had just over 80t of C quota.
Can definitely say we lost some sugar in the heap due to re- growth. May well have to revise the thinking of having all up in a heap in November if they’re going to be in a clamp till February!
I am wondering if BS did the haulage would they take them in quicker? My haulier (2 lorries) only had 3 permits some days.
I concur.I very much doubt that BS in general could do any better but I don’t like saying this but you may be better with a bigger haulier. Also why not lift later? Because black land more likely to freeze? Easy to get out in the wet though
Well all the beet have finally gone!
A very marked difference in yield in the fields.
One field drilled by ourselves in black Fen soil at 45cm rows was the top performer at 106.4t/ha adj.
And one drilled at 50cm by a contractor in heavyish clay/silt/black did 78.73t/ha adj
Overall 88.47t/ha adj, best year for dirt tare too.
Sugars ranged from 16.98-18.06 average.
Had just over 80t of C quota.
Can definitely say we lost some sugar in the heap due to re- growth. May well have to revise the thinking of having all up in a heap in November if they’re going to be in a clamp till February!
I am wondering if BS did the haulage would they take them in quicker? My haulier (2 lorries) only had 3 permits some days.
Well all the beet have finally gone!
A very marked difference in yield in the fields.
One field drilled by ourselves in black Fen soil at 45cm rows was the top performer at 106.4t/ha adj.
And one drilled at 50cm by a contractor in heavyish clay/silt/black did 78.73t/ha adj
Overall 88.47t/ha adj, best year for dirt tare too.
Sugars ranged from 16.98-18.06 average.
Had just over 80t of C quota.
Can definitely say we lost some sugar in the heap due to re- growth. May well have to revise the thinking of having all up in a heap in November if they’re going to be in a clamp till February!
I am wondering if BS did the haulage would they take them in quicker? My haulier (2 lorries) only had 3 permits some days.
2018 had been kind to you.
Best Wheat, Potato, & Beet performance.
Very well done.
How close were your drilling dates @Sonoftheheir ? Interesting the 18" rows yielded more - I contemplated this as an alternative to 20" rows and tramlining, but the beet to beet clearance on 20" is only just enough for my 14.9" rowcrops as it is.
As a student, we grew beet as 4rows in a bed, 17" apart with a 20" wheeling gap, lifted with a Standen Spectrum
My thoughts exactlySame day @Spud, 20th April. 50cm with tramlines a lot easier for the sprayer,I think our Bateman is on 380 row crops, so not a lot of room in the 45cm width crop! Ok early but not ideal for fungicide time. I think the wheels may have pushed the beet over a bit, but they still seemed to get them ok come harvest.