Beet yields 2020

carbonfibre farmer · Aug 17, 2021

robbie said:
I wonder how contact negotiations are going???????

I'd be interested to know too.....

Got virus yellows in ours

Being tissue sampled to confirm.

davidroberts30 · Aug 17, 2021

robbie said:
As @Flat 10 said apparently test digs are around the 5 year average at the minute but low sugars so I guess we'll be paying to haul a lot of bulk to the factory's for a poor adjusted tonnage

I wonder how contact negotiations are going???????

Can I ask about test digs?
Do you just lift roots and weight them?

Daniel · Aug 17, 2021

Flat 10 said:
At least there will be more of a chance to have an early lift. I don’t think Bury St Eds opened until almost double digits of October last year? Apparently test digs are showing low sugars unsurprisingly which isn’t good and factory early opening is likely partly driven by lack of sugar stocks?

British Sugar apparently refusing to budge on the £25t offer they put out without consulting with the NFU.

Flat 10 · Aug 17, 2021

robbie said:
As @Flat 10 said apparently test digs are around the 5 year average at the minute but low sugars so I guess we'll be paying to haul a lot of bulk to the factory's for a poor adjusted tonnage

I wonder how contact negotiations are going???????

I know you love to shout me down that any improvement is not enough, but won't our delivered and adjusted tonnages be closer together this year? As a result of 6.6% crown tare going and the adjusted sugar scale which gives us more for lower sugars? I know its not much but should help to ease the pain?

Flat 10 · Aug 17, 2021

carbonfibre farmer said:
I'd be interested to know too.....

Got virus yellows in ours Being tissue sampled to confirm.

Surely you could find VY in every field somewhere? The insurance question is just a simple Yes or No..........

Rookie · Aug 17, 2021

Daniel said:
British Sugar apparently refusing to budge on the £25t offer they put out without consulting with the NFU.

They might get a shock, especially with cereal and osr prices being so high at the moment.
Risk of losing growers especially on 1 year deal as Sugar beet looks like the poor relation !

robbie · Aug 17, 2021

Flat 10 said:
I know you love to shout me down that any improvement is not enough, but won't our delivered and adjusted tonnages be closer together this year? As a result of 6.6% crown tare going and the adjusted sugar scale which gives us more for lower sugars? I know its not much but should help to ease the pain?

Good point but will the tare allowance and new sugar scale make up the difference if sugars are only 14 or 15% when traditionally 17 has been the norm.

carbonfibre farmer · Aug 17, 2021

Flat 10 said:
Surely you could find VY in every field somewhere? The insurance question is just a simple Yes or No..........

It is a yes or no.
But it also wants proof as well. Not just on your say so, so to speak. Don't need to give them an excuse of a get out.

robbie · Aug 17, 2021

davidroberts30 said:
Can I ask about test digs?
Do you just lift roots and weight them?

Its BS who do the digs, I think it's m² samples dung across the field or so many plants along a row and area is calculated via row width. Samples are then sent to the tare house to be sampled.

davidroberts30 · Aug 17, 2021

robbie said:
Its BS who do the digs, I think it's m² samples dung across the field or so many plants along a row and area is calculated via row width. Samples are then sent to the tare house to be sampled.

I weighed a few roots In the fodder beet here last week and they averaged 700grams
Drilled at 38k seeds

Flat 10 · Aug 17, 2021

davidroberts30 said:
I weighed a few roots In the fodder beet here last week and they averaged 700grams
Drilled at 38k seeds

An acre presumably. That’s a lot lower than most beet growers. We are on 50k plus sometimes

Flat 10 · Aug 17, 2021

Target population is 100k for a beet crop if each one weighs a kilo then you get the magic 100t/ha

davidroberts30 · Aug 17, 2021

Flat 10 said:
An acre presumably. That’s a lot lower than most beet growers. We are on 50k plus sometimes

Yes sorry 38k per acre

davidroberts30 · Aug 17, 2021

Flat 10 said:
Target population is 100k for a beet crop if each one weighs a kilo then you get the magic 100t/ha

I'm hoping for that

Mixedupfarmer · Aug 18, 2021

robbie said:
Its BS who do the digs, I think it's m² samples dung across the field or so many plants along a row and area is calculated via row width. Samples are then sent to the tare house to be sampled.

wonder how many poor test digs get "lost"?

SD 9378 · Aug 18, 2021

I hear a couple of the bigger beet hauliers are nervous they won't have the drivers to keep up. Could be an interesting campaign for lots of reasons.

DrWazzock · Aug 18, 2021

Who has quota equivalent to 100 t/ha? We have quota more like 70 t/ha. Big beet year, C beet worthless so although I’m pleased with this years crop I’m not getting over excited.

Mixedupfarmer · Aug 18, 2021

DrWazzock said:
Who has quota equivalent to 100 t/ha? We have quota more like 70 t/ha. Big beet year, C beet worthless so although I’m pleased with this years crop I’m not getting over excited.

C beet be a good trade for stockfeed with high winter feed prices

robbie · Aug 18, 2021

carbonfibre farmer said:
I'd be interested to know too.....

Got virus yellows in ours Being tissue sampled to confirm.

I expect our negotiating team are, as we speak rolling over and letting BS rub there tummies!!!!!

nick... · Aug 18, 2021

robbie said:
I expect our negotiating team are, as we speak rolling over and letting BS rub there tummies!!!!!

Again!!!!!!!
nick…

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