Similar happend with osr when the neonic went. Flea beetle became the scrape goat for every failure and every instance of bad management When some of the time it wasn’t. A couple of years ago a notable nfu media type was stood in a field of apparent csfb ravaged osr, it was drilled in September into a heavily worked seedbed that was about as dry as Death Valley. It was quite obvious it why the rape hadn’t grown and it was certainly not flea beetle!
Beet yields 2020
- Thread starter phr49
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- the brecks norfolk
Trying to get the beet finished, gone and forgotten about but it's a tad soft in places.
My haulier thinks he'll run out of beet Saturday and another big local haulier has parked up the maus, shovel, cleaner and lorries as no one can lift. This has got to be the worst campaign all round for everyone involved.
My haulier thinks he'll run out of beet Saturday and another big local haulier has parked up the maus, shovel, cleaner and lorries as no one can lift. This has got to be the worst campaign all round for everyone involved.
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- West Suffolk
Mixedupfarmer
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- Location
- Norfolk
Not lifted any here and little prospect looking at weather. Grazing worst field with ewes. If factory shuts before they are lifted will have to stock feed all of them. Not sure what happens with beet seed invoice if can’t get them out?
Blimey, what was sugar %?Last bit went in few days ago was a sticky field did well to get them off 32% dirt tare average. Overall 46t ha adjusted for year one to forget .
(5 year average 103T/ha)
My last lift 15.7% sugar, 13.03% dirt
Yield 61.87t/ha adjusted. (That field usually good for 85t+)
Season average to date
Adj yield 52.78
Sugar 16.42%
Dirt 8.11%
- Location
- Northumberland
I thought you were asked/told to stop posting any pictures until the effect of a month without rainfall was shown!
The bloody geese are running out of landing sites between the ponds here.
- Location
- south norfolk, uk
Much as he loves carting beet, he needs a break. Especially with everything he's had to deal with
We haven't even started here. God it would make a mess if we had a go.
Fieldsman rang yesterday. Upbeat
Talking of towards end Feb for bury closure.
I heard there had been some beet sent to Bury at over 50% dirt........
And that some clamps are being loaded by 360 as maus and loading shovels can't get near.....
Arthur Living
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- Location
- cambridgeshire
All gone in now, some were in the clamp 6 weeks. 15.4% sugar, 12.6% dirt, average yield 44.4 t/ha. Thank goodness that's over with!
Arthur Living
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- cambridgeshire
I did hear about a big heap tipped in a daft place and a 360 is the only way to get them. Apparently ruts nearly chest deep.
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
I think there's more nails than coffin now.
I bet anyone a pound that within a few weeks if the factories closing there'll be a bit in the EDP ag section where BS will be spouting on about how marvellous the whole beet campaign has been despite challenging conditions and BS have worked hard to support farmers blah,blah blah... The usual if crap.
I've been a bit worried about him, I have a chat most days and talk squit(which I'm good at) but this campaign is taking its toll on him, I keep telling him it's no good making yourself ill over a few poxy bloody old beet, the factory don't give a fudge so why should we.Much as he loves carting beet, he needs a break. Especially with everything he's had to deal with
We haven't even started here. God it would make a mess if we had a go.
Fieldsman rang yesterday. Upbeat
Talking of towards end Feb for bury closure.
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- south norfolk, uk
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
Yes without a doubt, first jez now his dad,I think losing his dad will really hit him
He's had a sh!t few years of it.
And my Nana's in hospital so he can't ever sneak into the farmhouse and have a bucket or two of coffee while he's carting from ours! But atleast he won't nab my stash custard creams nan keeps for me
Average sugar on that field 14.65 % One lorry load coming in at an exciting 13.2 t adj weight .
Most probably knock it on the head after this year .....
- Location
- Essex
Do you guys feel like the dirt tares are accurate? I know soil has a greater density than beet; but I look at some of my tares and cannot reconcile them in my head with how clean the load looked as it left the farm.
Do wonder sometimes myself but guess there system of tare analysis is accurate ..........?
Clearing up load pic been over cleaner .......quite slarry not pretty 32 % dirt ?
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@Breckland Boy ?! I know what you mean @Bill Turtle I have wondered if they wash it off and weigh the 'wet' dirt IFYSWIM?
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- the brecks norfolk
I had high tares on my last lift, for 3 days tares were all 5,6,7 and then the next day every load jumped to between 15.9 to 24%
It was so obvious from the return it was something wrong in the tare house. It's as if when they flipped the calender over they set the tares for that day much higher.
I'd expect perhaps an odd random high one if they catch a stone in the sample but to have such a clear pattern was just wrong.
I aired my views in no uncertain terms with the fieldsman and have lodged a complain with NFU factory rep so we'll see what happens.
It was so obvious from the return it was something wrong in the tare house. It's as if when they flipped the calender over they set the tares for that day much higher.
I'd expect perhaps an odd random high one if they catch a stone in the sample but to have such a clear pattern was just wrong.
I aired my views in no uncertain terms with the fieldsman and have lodged a complain with NFU factory rep so we'll see what happens.
- Location
- Essex
As Robbie says. I find it a little strange that if you look at the daily average dirt rare for a factory, even if your beet has cleaned up beautifully over the maus because it has been in a heap for over a week and dried an amount; it is very unlikely you will beat the daily average. This is despite the fact that Bury have beet from the Fens, the Brecks and heavier land in Essex, Suffolk, Herts.