Bolting Beet....Too much of a good thing.

ajcc

Member
Livestock Farmer
Bit of sunshine after the rain this afternoon. Been a good year for feeding fodderbeet in situ. Still have 25% rain insurance acreage unused but it is starting to grow leaf again rapidly.
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So decided to keep the roots from going woody and terminate the bolting.
This is feldherr fodderbeet planted 12 months ago second year in same field.
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The toolbar takes them out very cleanly and simply, they just ride over the angle iron.
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When feeding to sheep I put this machine in front of flock and in dry conditions sheep will eat 100% clear up. The cattle are just strip fed and will pull and eat all the beet cleanly without knocking it over.
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With free draining stony soil fodderbeet and the huge amount of feed it produces allows us to carry livestock on a limited acreage through the non grass months.
 

d-wales

Member
Location
Wales
I thought Feldhur was a grazing variety, you sure you need to knock them down? I had bolting beet with the stalks up to my waist a few years back
 

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