2022 Sugar beet price not enough

DrWazzock

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@DrWazzock Don’t keep mulling it over or else you will change your mind again and sign up again for next year,,!! 😆
Ha ha I do swither a bit but this time I think it’s final. I’ll actually miss the crop as it gives me a certain buzz growing it but really am I using my time to full advantage messing about with 20 acres of beet through the winter. Probably not. Ought to be doing a proper job through the winter!
 

Humble Village Farmer

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The other thing that surprised me was that NFU Sugar thought this was a good deal. They seem to be walking miles out in front of the membership on just about every issue.
What's the betting that bs are corporate members and quietly steering nfu policy with their corporate membership fees?

A horrible thought but perfectly possible. Reminds me of the film The Firm, about a bent firm of solicitors in America.
 
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spin cycle

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north norfolk
@DrWazzock Don’t keep mulling it over or else you will change your mind again and sign up again for next year,,!! 😆

Ha ha I do swither a bit but this time I think it’s final. I’ll actually miss the crop as it gives me a certain buzz growing it but really am I using my time to full advantage messing about with 20 acres of beet through the winter. Probably not. Ought to be doing a proper job through the winter!

I'll have a pound that the doc ends up growing beet again next year!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

first job....take gas axe to the cyclone before you change your mind ;)
 

spin cycle

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😯 That would be like you taking a gun to your favourite hurdler!!!!!
i get days when i'm severely tempted....like when she's camped outside the grain store :rolleyes:
 

Hindsight

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Lincolnshire
Ha ha I do swither a bit but this time I think it’s final. I’ll actually miss the crop as it gives me a certain buzz growing it but really am I using my time to full advantage messing about with 20 acres of beet through the winter. Probably not. Ought to be doing a proper job through the winter!

There you go again Dr w you 'think it's final' surely you should have said 'it is final'. I sense a wee touch of indecision still. Reckon the lure of the Cyclone may just tempt you yet!!! ;)
 

DrWazzock

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Lincolnshire
There you go again Dr w you 'think it's final' surely you should have said 'it is final'. I sense a wee touch of indecision still. Reckon the lure of the Cyclone may just tempt you yet!!! ;)
Well it was going quite well today. I reckon on downhill slopes it uses no diesel. The machinery just acts as a brake on the engine.
I have lifted 90 tons this week on my own on and off, carting and loading myself. Shed is full again, so have been doing all the awkward bits, gearings etc while its not too wet and and as its slow getting away anyway.
Really my heart says carry on. My head says, no, it's time to call it a day before the old machine has a show stopping breakdown which would be more likely to be beyond economic repair if it occurred in the tractor unit. Rod links are £5 each that's even if you can find them. I would need 300 if I carry on. I would also need 8 cast sprockets at probably getting on for £200 each if you can find them. So £3000 for wearing parts and they will do another 3 years so £1000 per annum or £50 an acre just on harvester wearing parts. Probably add another £300 a year for other breakdowns and refurbs needed to we are at £1300 a year for the harvester. Seed, sprays, fertiliser and cultivations, not sure, invoices are at the accountants but I reckon £400 per acre so £8000. Wear and tear on the farm road which we maintain is quite considerable. Then I'm stuck here for at least 3 months nibbling away a row at time, but is that better than packing widgets in a warehouse at Pratt and Sons? Gross income off 20 acres about £16,000. Sounds like a lot of money. Does it leave £7700 profit, not counting my time. But this year has been exceptional with 40 tons per acre on the best bits here. What if we get virus yellows and drop below 20t per acre? What if it blows away in the spring?
Truth be told you might as well toss a coin like many decisions in life. Well.....errr.
 

DrWazzock

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Lincolnshire
Its a 16 acre field next year. Normally I need 20 acres to guarantee making quota. Might just drill the 16 acres and leave it at that. If it meets quota it does, if it doesn't well I'm not losing any sleep over it. Better than having to partition off 4 acres somewhere else with headlands, etc.
 

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