- Location
- West Suffolk
Beet '22
- Thread starter Breckland Boy
- Start date
- Location
- Breckland
Well I am 80ish% of contract delivered but nearly 500t short. Only two loads short of our estimated loads. Dirt tare at record highs and sugars at record lows. Directly attributable to the frost pre xmas.
As far as we can make out the frost insurance won't pay out for us. But at least they went in.
Really feel for those with beet still in the ground, somes fields look terrible around here.
As far as we can make out the frost insurance won't pay out for us. But at least they went in.
Really feel for those with beet still in the ground, somes fields look terrible around here.
- Location
- West Suffolk
I have the fields man coming this afternoon to give me his opinion. I’m guessing he will place a black cap on his head and pass sentence.
I think we’re about 60% in so I guess we’d be better writing them off?
- Location
- Lincs / Notts
Will the £15m cap be reached as there could be a lot of beet tonnage affected as I'd imagine a mid December trigger start date is a lot earlier scenario than had been expected.
- Location
- West Suffolk
I’d guess it will be
- Location
- West Suffolk
Never had to cut beet up, only machine we have is this -
Will it work? Go diagonaly?
Will it work? Go diagonaly?
alomy75
Member
Try it; should work…?
- Location
- West Suffolk
Might have to adjust the angle of the discs? Better get it in and oiled up! Have never changed the setting.
Daniel
Member
- Location
- Mildenhall, Suffolk
I doubt they’ll move! They never did on the one we had.
- Location
- West Suffolk
BS man reckons they “might” go in if harvested. My call?!!
alomy75
Member
Haha! Standard. How much area? How many loads to cover the harvesting cost etc….tough call. Although I will say; touchwood; I’ve been delivering all day today with no rejections
I wonder if standards have dropped now the insurance has officially been triggered to try keep it coming in…
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
Probably that and the fact they just haven't got any beet going in at the moment. My man reckons there was little more than a good sized mole hill on the flat pad this morning.Haha! Standard. How much area? How many loads to cover the harvesting cost etc….tough call. Although I will say; touchwood; I’ve been delivering all day today with no rejections
Flatland guy
Member
- Location
- Lincolnshire
According to my calculations the £15 million cap for frost losses will pay for 555,555 tonnes of sugar beet@ £27/ tonne. Taking data from Rookie's post 1203, British sugar had processed 25,500 tonnes of beet in a day, allowing for dirt and sugar content let's say an adjusted 19000 tonnes of beet a day. Average 30 days a month equates to 570,000 tonnes. So effectively the frost insurance at most is only going to pay for one months supply of beet at low sugar, high dirt tare!
alomy75
Member
Don’t forget the >30% loss at £13.50; it’s only the 15-30% gets the full 27. So the money will go a little further. But it’s an interesting point. What % delivered are the factories at present?
- Location
- Lincs / Notts
- Location
- Lincs / Notts
- Location
- West Suffolk
Ole Wissy is wizzing!
- Location
- West Suffolk
My latest is that we are going to try a load and see what happens.
spin cycle
Member
- Location
- north norfolk
not really...going at only approx 2/3 av daily slice at mo
those completed tonnages are pretty low considering factories been going 3+ months and only 6 weeks til March
question for you guys is this year will you lift earlier and clamp?....like we did in days of yore
- Location
- West Suffolk
We nearly always lift and clamp before Christmas, this year half our beet were the other side of a complete road closure for 2 months that ended in December. The frost came too early to get them out.