Beet 23

[Flat 10]

how has it capped
our silt won’t cap
with the different approach to drilling

Slightly too damp at drilling and half inch rain after. Clay on chalk.

 

[alomy75]

Any experienced conviso growers bother with a cheap holding spray early on?

It really is counter-intuitive. You’ve spent good money on conviso which is designed to achieve good weed control without damaging the crop. By spraying non-conviso chemicals you’re damaging the crop along with not controlling all of the weeds.

 

[alomy75]

I don't think i'll take your advice just yet.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1650537848720838656

British Sugars profits this year will be off the charts given how much they've got contracted at £40/t

Incredible! Yeah don’t listen to me regarding selling anything at the top of the market if my wheat performance is anything to go by I sell at 2/3 of the way to the top; usually on the way down

 

[Flat 10]

It really is counter-intuitive. You’ve spent good money on conviso which is designed to achieve good weed control without damaging the crop. By spraying non-conviso chemicals you’re damaging the crop along with not controlling all of the weeds.

This is going to be exceptionally high weed pressure by the time it’s ready for conviso, I think there’s an argument for stopping too much early competition.

 

[alomy75]

This is going to be exceptionally high weed pressure by the time it’s ready for conviso, I think there’s an argument for stopping too much early competition.

I see. Tough one. Pre-em? Will be the safest way to do it

 

[robbie]

£58:18 now! I didn’t think it would get above £40 either. Like most of my farmer decisions this year, completely wrong. Sprinkled a few slug pellets about last week to see what was about, just looked and not hard to find a dead one. Think I had better pellet all of them as soon as it’s dry enough. Anybody else got many slugs?

No slugs but pigeons are being a right pain, a couple of dozen I'm each of 2 of my fields have really hit the beet hard, you think there's nothing there then look on your hands and knees and can find stalks with just the remains of the cotyledons.
The other field is being bobbled by skylarks in one area but that always happens in the same place everytime it's beet.

 

[Flat 10]

No slugs but pigeons are being a right pain, a couple of dozen I'm each of 2 of my fields have really hit the beet hard, you think there's nothing there then look on your hands and knees and can find stalks with just the remains of the cotyledons.
The other field is being bobbled by skylarks in one area but that always happens in the same place everytime it's beet.

Sodding pigeons do 75% of my beet every year

 

[Flat 10]

I see. Tough one. Pre-em? Will be the safest way to do it

Yeah you are probably right, but I was thinking a bit of phen and a bit of goltix early won’t hurt the beet much

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Frost this morn

 

[alomy75]

100%

Me too. I meant in general the beet area is about 50% planted up

 

[Nitrams]

Not a beet grower so bear with. Is the future linked beet pricing a new mechanism or has it always been involved in the price BS set for beet? Can you contract all beet priced on futures beet price?

 

[Flat 10]

Not a beet grower so bear with. Is the future linked beet pricing a new mechanism or has it always been involved in the price BS set for beet? Can you contract all beet priced on futures beet price?

New (second year maybe) I think max25% of tonnage

 

[Drakey]

Struggling here in Broadland, Drilled half of our acreage Mon/Tues last week . Got 12mm of rain on Friday night then Sunday 20mm of heavy rain.Fields flooded and not looking great .

 

[Nitrams]

New (second year maybe) I think max25% of tonnage

Whats base price

 

[Flat 10]

Whats base price

standard contract £40.

 

[robbie]

Struggling here in Broadland, Drilled half of our acreage Mon/Tues last week . Got 12mm of rain on Friday night then Sunday 20mm of heavy rain.Fields flooded and not looking great .

I had a ride out Yarmouth way a fortnight ago and I was surprised at the amount of un worked land. There looked like there was a lot to do, I don't see that much spring barley drilled or up.

 

[Nitrams]

standard contract £40.

So you can either take contracted tonnage at standard price or opt to take 25% at futures price when you dwcide to fix? Any other pricing mechanism? I take it your tonnage is bound by quota which has been allocated off historic production and you can buy more if you want to produce more?

 

[alomy75]

So you can either take contracted tonnage at standard price or opt to take 25% at futures price when you dwcide to fix? Any other pricing mechanism? I take it your tonnage is bound by quota which has been allocated off historic production and you can buy more if you want to produce more?

There’s a price per tonne for futures. Sorry; I can’t remember how much it was but someone will confirm

 

[Daniel]

So you can either take contracted tonnage at standard price or opt to take 25% at futures price when you dwcide to fix? Any other pricing mechanism? I take it your tonnage is bound by quota which has been allocated off historic production and you can buy more if you want to produce more?

I think it's a max of 20% of your contracted tonnage can be linked to the futures price. You have to have fixed your price by the end of August, preceding lifting your beet crop. It's then the price you receive for the first tons you send into the factory.

I think i've got that right?

 

[Daniel]

The market linked beet price has got to £55.90 this week for next harvest.

Hold on for £60?!

That happened pretty quickly:

I reset the password, tempted to hold on longer now.