2022 Sugar beet price not enough

[robbie]

Id aree with that. Apart from a new back trace last season ours has cost us very little to run over the years- a fraction of what any of the previous standens cost and now I know where there's a donor machine I don't see why I can't keep ours going for a good few years to come.

A more modern harvester will transform beet for you @DrWazzock. Even 40t acre at £30 a ton would seem depressing sitting on the cyclone, out in the open having your guts shaken out of you.

that cyclone harvester is 'dragging' you down mentally.....granted the era of cheap s/h tim harvesters are over but i ran one for 8 yrs doinf 25 acres/yr and didn't spend £1000 on repairs total....mind you there was always the chance i'd get a really bad one = gamble

why not take a yr off beet....it doesn't need to be a 'forever' decision ....keep an eye out for another harvester...if you find one ,,,if you don't......cereal prices are good so it's a good time to have a beet holiday

you don't wanna be packing spuds for someone else just for sake of it...only slight plus of our job is freedom at our own pace

NOW GAS AXE THAT FECKIN CYCLOME

 

[Hindsight]

The thing is @spin cycle , when beet was over £30 a ton, lambs were making just over £30 a head and half of that was with £15 subsidy.
Lambs are now £90 a head and beet is going to £27 a ton ish.
Whatever BS might say, and maybe they genuinely can’t offer any more, there is no denying that the beet price has fallen seriously behind compared to other produce. Common factor seems to be BS are a monopoly customer where as anything where there is even some competition or semblance of an open market has improved. Lesson to us all about the wisdom of allowing monopolies to dominate markets.

UK farmers had chance to buy the monopoly, or at least controlling share. Conservative government sold it's shares July 22 1981 for £44 million to 150 city institutions, who then sold onto Berisfords the following year. Am very rusty now on what happened - someone else may know. Not that it is relevant. Your old Cyclone might now if I go talk too it.

 

[DrWazzock]

Drawing a line under it. Good luck to all continuing. You are not wrong to do so. There is no “right answer”. Too many variables and unknowns.

 

[spin cycle]

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£4500 on ebay now....pricey...only single row.....but looks mint

@carbonfibre farmer ??

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

@carbonfibre farmer ??

I had seen that
Its very nice

Not convinced spending money on beet equipment a good idea though well not that sort of money anyway.

Maybe those bales better go up in price to pay for it?

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

@carbonfibre farmer ??

Do you reckon the super major with bald tyres could pull it?

 

[spin cycle]

Do you reckon the super major with bald tyres could pull it?

y'know what.....seriously....she could on a dry day ....i tried that harvesters fore runner the juko 10......could go 7km/hr.....tank good for a km....light/ easy /manureverable ....only reason i didn't buy it was cos it didn't have hydraulic row steer which i'm pretty sure the '100' did

if you've seen it you're either looking for a beet harvester or very very very nerdy/sad....like me

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

y'know what.....seriously....she could on a dry day ....i tried that harvesters fore runner the juko 10......could go 7km/hr.....tank good for a km....light/ easy /manureverable ....only reason i didn't buy it was cos it didn't have hydraulic row steer which i'm pretty sure the '100' did

if you've seen it you're either looking for a beet harvester or very very very nerdy/sad....like me

I think I'll go for the 2nd option....

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

y'know what.....seriously....she could on a dry day ....i tried that harvesters fore runner the juko 10......could go 7km/hr.....tank good for a km....light/ easy /manureverable ....only reason i didn't buy it was cos it didn't have hydraulic row steer which i'm pretty sure the '100' did

if you've seen it you're either looking for a beet harvester or very very very nerdy/sad....like me

Super major used to pull this.
But harvest took weeks/months especially with all the gleaning

Last time that got used was on some "special" beet when I worked at Morley Research centre 25yrs ago

To drag, kicking and screaming back on topic...we will have beet next yr. But half of our normal area (it's how it fits in for the rotation/what we want to grow after it/the price v wheat,etc etc)

 

[robbie]

Do you reckon the super major with bald tyres could pull it?

The class or the 4wd ford would be lovely on that juko and with current performance you'd keep ahead of your haulier

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

The class or the 4wd ford would be lovely on that juko and with current performance you'd keep ahead of your haulier

No, no, no Robbie.

They are "too big" and "too heavy"

 

[spin cycle]

No, no, no Robbie.

They are "too big" and "too heavy"

BTW for the benefit of our other readers charlies photo of the standen 'beet harvester' is 'flattering'...ie it doesn't look as good in the 'flesh'

 

[alomy75]

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Super major used to pull this.
But harvest took weeks/months especially with all the gleaning

Last time that got used was on some "special" beet when I worked at Morley Research centre 25yrs ago

To drag, kicking and screaming back on topic...we will have beet next yr. But half of our normal area (it's how it fits in for the rotation/what we want to grow after it/the price v wheat,etc etc)

‘Special’ beet hey? Intriguing…! Didn’t by chance have a yellow seed coat?

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

‘Special’ beet hey? Intriguing…! Didn’t by chance have a yellow seed coat?

Can't remember the coating .

GM beet.

No one else wanted to harvest them so dragged ours out the hedge to do them.

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

The class or the 4wd ford would be lovely on that juko and with current performance you'd keep ahead of your haulier

Is that due to the factory rather than sim himself?

 

[alomy75]

Can't remember the coating .

GM beet.

No one else wanted to harvest them so dragged ours out the hedge to do them.

Was going to guess organic or GM. Think the organic was yellow.

 

[teslacoils]

That's not farming though is it?

I take that's laden with sarcasm?

 

[Spud]

As you like really. Continuous any crop isn't my idea of sustainable farming - it's kinda boring too!
Each to their own though

I take that's laden with sarcasm?

 

[robbie]

Drawing a line under it. Good luck to all continuing. You are not wrong to do so. There is no “right answer”. Too many variables and unknowns.

Have you changed your mind yet today????are you growing them again now or not!!!

 

[Flat 10]

Was going to guess organic or GM. Think the organic was yellow.

I saw an organic beet trial
I don’t think the beet were big enough to stay in the turbines