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2022 Sugar beet price not enough
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<blockquote data-quote="DrWazzock" data-source="post: 7846512" data-attributes="member: 2119"><p>I harvest at 8 kph. Harvest 60 tons per day carting myself from a mile away. My time say £12 per hour for 8 hours. £100 per day. 2 acres a day so £50 an acre. Harvester costs in fuel and spares etc £800 a year so £40 an acre.</p><p>So harvesting and carting cost £90 per acre or £3 per tonne for a 30t per acre crop. Harvester depreciation isn’t much at all. Loading probably costs a £1 a tonne.</p><p>Costs can fluctuate wildly though. A new back tyre would take half my annual maintenance budget. Rebushing one of those little gearboxes on the the machine didn’t cost a lot in parts but me ages to find the right size bushes etc.</p><p>Well being honest the jobs still a goer financially as much as anything ever is in farming with risks etc but do I want that kind of work any more? Plus point, it’s independent, own boss etc. Minus point it’s tiring physically, a bit tedious and drags on all winter so doesn’t fill my time but you can’t really leave the place for long.</p><p>6 and half a dozen really but £30 a ton would probably swing it decisively. Ain’t go to happen though is it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrWazzock, post: 7846512, member: 2119"] I harvest at 8 kph. Harvest 60 tons per day carting myself from a mile away. My time say £12 per hour for 8 hours. £100 per day. 2 acres a day so £50 an acre. Harvester costs in fuel and spares etc £800 a year so £40 an acre. So harvesting and carting cost £90 per acre or £3 per tonne for a 30t per acre crop. Harvester depreciation isn’t much at all. Loading probably costs a £1 a tonne. Costs can fluctuate wildly though. A new back tyre would take half my annual maintenance budget. Rebushing one of those little gearboxes on the the machine didn’t cost a lot in parts but me ages to find the right size bushes etc. Well being honest the jobs still a goer financially as much as anything ever is in farming with risks etc but do I want that kind of work any more? Plus point, it’s independent, own boss etc. Minus point it’s tiring physically, a bit tedious and drags on all winter so doesn’t fill my time but you can’t really leave the place for long. 6 and half a dozen really but £30 a ton would probably swing it decisively. Ain’t go to happen though is it? [/QUOTE]
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