hilux
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- south Wales
What are the pro's con's of feeding them to ewes and how soon to feed them? What are DM, protein, energy etc please. Will they replace ewe cake or delay the feeding of it?
Fodder beet v Sugar beet
- Thread starter hilux
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livestock 1
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Think there’s more sugar in sugarbeet but the main issue is it’s harder on their teeth
hilux
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- Location
- south Wales
Would chopping it solve that issue, or is SB hard all the way through?
livestock 1
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Chopping it would save the teeth not that I’ve ever seen any evidence that teeth come out due to beet
davidroberts30
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
Chop it be ok
hilux
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- Location
- south Wales
Anyone fed it through a Mchale c460?
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Back along, I used to buy C quota sugar beet to feed to sheep, back when it was £5/t and a tenner transport. We used to trickle it out on the cleared stubble turnip ground at home, feeding it whole.
It’s only hard when it’s freshly dug tbh. If it’s been sat in a clamp for a week or two then it’s plenty soft enough not to cause any issues ime.
I’d not be too concerned which was coming in if it was being delivered tbh, as long as the delivered price was right.
- Location
- Cheshire
I have. Bloody 3 crop ewes off their food coz they left a front tooth stuck in a beet
- Location
- Cheshire
We used to buy sugar beet as soon as it got to mid jan, was going soft enough by then
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I have. Bloody 3 crop ewes off their food coz they left a front tooth stuck in a beet
Is that ‘any mule’? Those BFL’s have a lot to answer for...
My ewes spend every winter grazing fresh beet in the ground, but I don’t even look at teeth until they are 5-6 years old.
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Brave boy!! Not sure it'd chop them much - just hurl them at very high speeds at the ewes... or whoever is in the road
If sheep could sue....
livestock 1
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My theory is if they are going to loose teeth they will beet or no beetI have. Bloody 3 crop ewes off their food coz they left a front tooth stuck in a beet
- Location
- Cheshire
Quite likely you’re right. Still bloody annoying though
livestock 1
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Hoggs don’t loose teeth any faster on beetQuite likely you’re right. Still bloody annoying though
- Location
- Cheshire
They loose them fast enough on hopper though!
Norfolk Hill Farmer
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Did your beet survive the frost ok ?Is that ‘any mule’? Those BFL’s have a lot to answer for...
My ewes spend every winter grazing fresh beet in the ground, but I don’t even look at teeth until they are 5-6 years old.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Tops are looking sick, but newer growth is recovering quickly. Roots seem unaffected.
It’s the worst I’ve ever seen it hit, but we had no snow cover at all to protect it, just hard frost. We had -10 a few years ago and the Geronimo just wilted a bit and came back, whereas the Brigadier (softer/low DM) was about knackered.
Where it’s thicker and with more top, it looks to have come through better, but the crop is pretty poor generally.
Adjacent fields of stubble turnips and/or hybrid rape have bounced back a lot better.
livestock 1
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Some fields of beet I’ve seen look just like that the tops have sizzled
Norfolk Hill Farmer
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That’s a pity , there’s a lot of feed gone with those tops and perhaps now the protein balance is out of kilter. Is it Geronimo ?