Fodder beet

jackrussell101

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Mixed Farmer
Potential fodder beet newbie here...

Can you just feed it whole in a TMR?

I don't think my wagon has over brilliant knives on it anymore...
 
Also in the last pic there is an unused trough on the right hand side , could I get away with putting it all down there in one hit at the same time as I feed meal or would that be too much starch in one hit
Currently feeding 5kgs of meal after each milking , on top of grass silage
Fodder Beet contains sugar and hardly any starch. typical analysis is 2% starch and 65% Sugar
 

pine_guy

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Location
North Cumbria
We did last year
We have no knives. Bit I didn’t like was if it’s not washed beet, you clean the soil off onto the silage. But it didn’t seem to bother intakes. The other thing is they love it and will hunt it out in the trough sometimes managing to shovel silage out. But we where only feeding a kilo to use some up
 
Just started dabbling with this stuff.
Wasn’t a very clean sample that had only just been lifted. Started pressure washing off and feeding whole but novelty soon wore off but cows love it and proteins lifted plus I’ve eased blend back.
Bought a tanco cleanafeed but stones are giving grief and even with volume washing losing more smashed beet out the bottom than I’d like!
Other than changing supplier any other suggestions?
 

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stones=change supplier or complain to them, they may think your just tipping them in a bunker so not sorting them out
re the bits lost,i made extra bars in mine to make the gaps smaller
Just started dabbling with this stuff.
Wasn’t a very clean sample that had only just been lifted. Started pressure washing off and feeding whole but novelty soon wore off but cows love it and proteins lifted plus I’ve eased blend back.
Bought a tanco cleanafeed but stones are giving grief and even with volume washing losing more smashed beet out the bottom than I’d like!
Other than changing supplier any other suggestions?
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Phil P

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Arable Farmer
Location
North West
Just started dabbling with this stuff.
Wasn’t a very clean sample that had only just been lifted. Started pressure washing off and feeding whole but novelty soon wore off but cows love it and proteins lifted plus I’ve eased blend back.
Bought a tanco cleanafeed but stones are giving grief and even with volume washing losing more smashed beet out the bottom than I’d like!
Other than changing supplier any other suggestions?
Wow, those are really dirty beet!
This is ours before they’ve even been over the cleaner.
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Phil P

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Arable Farmer
Location
North West
Much better sample!
Mine were a couple quid a ton cheaper than others I’ve seen but it wouldn’t be enough to cover the mud I’ve bought
Here’s what’s just come out a single load (20t), I’ll bet there’s over half a tonne of soil and tops and that’s despite them looking clean in heap.
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