Beet yields 2020

alomy75

Member
What do we all reckon then…I can’t decide whether to go neonic or not…more winter to come? I also wonder what supply is like and whether was a mad dash this morning to order seed…🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️
 

Laggard

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Arable Farmer
Location
Suffolk
What do we all reckon then…I can’t decide whether to go neonic or not…more winter to come? I also wonder what supply is like and whether was a mad dash this morning to order seed…🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️
Some varieties already gone. Make your decision and apply online otherwise get what you’re given.
 

Rookie

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Arable Farmer
Location
Lincs / Notts
Some varieties already gone. Make your decision and apply online otherwise get what you’re given.
Were they ever actually available to order unlike on information sheet ? No BTS3020, BTS5770 or KWS Evallota
Waste your time looking through price list / recommended list then go online to fill it in and not available on day one.!!
Gone for non cruiser as dont like all the restrictions going forward with cropping and cover crops.
 

alomy75

Member
Just had a quick work out. If I drill neonic beet this March I can go beet 22, swheat 23, wwheat 23-24 and sbeans March 25. Doable I guess
 

Laggard

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Suffolk
First we knew about seed ordering was an email yesterday @ 10:35am. If the earliest you could order was @ 10:00am and varieties are a first come first served basis, everybody should have been informed before 10:00am to make it fair. Come on British Sugar/NFU Sugar.
 

Breckland Boy

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Breckland
Very small quantities of the 3020 and 5770 varieties apparently.
All gone by 10:30 yesterday.
So I'm drilling the same variety for the 3rd year. No cruiser. Will drill last week of Feb if conditions are good and seed is in the shed.
 

alomy75

Member
First we knew about seed ordering was an email yesterday @ 10:35am. If the earliest you could order was @ 10:00am and varieties are a first come first served basis, everybody should have been informed before 10:00am to make it fair. Come on British Sugar/NFU Sugar.
In their defence they did send out a mail shot the week before saying this would happen. I’d check your contact preferences with grower services if you didn’t get it.
 

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