are you having a laugh.Over rated for finishing imo, really needs cleaning, washing and chopping, is low DM and no starch, and needs protecting from frost, but cows and ewes milk well on it.
are you having a laugh.Over rated for finishing imo, really needs cleaning, washing and chopping, is low DM and no starch, and needs protecting from frost, but cows and ewes milk well on it.
No, plenty of better options, feed it too ewes, but not fattening cattle, plenty of better / easier optionsare you having a laugh.
If they work for you then great. We can get chips delivered in which imo are far superior for finishing, and don't have to bugger about storing, cleaning, washing and chopping beet, but do grow some for the ewes, and sucklers when we had themthey work for us, energy per acre , high dry matter varieties , got the worhtless kit from growing sugarbeet !
Does anyone buy it direct from farmers, could be tempted to grow some if there’s a market
How's that going to work with direct drilling?Does anyone buy it direct from farmers, could be tempted to grow some if there’s a market
Over rated for finishing imo, really needs cleaning, washing and chopping, is low DM and no starch, and needs protecting from frost, but cows and ewes milk well on it.
location, location, location. im sure your chips are good stuff high starch , we feed spuds between beet time and the cattle do get an easier finish on them.If they work for you then great. We can get chips delivered in which imo are far superior for finishing, and don't have to bugger about storing, cleaning, washing and chopping beet, but do grow some for the ewes, and sucklers when we had them
Strip til, still have to make a living, tried Linseed, OSR, Peas, Beans and Oats, all would have been better financially in AB15, I can grow a good crop of beet, well, used toHow's that going to work with direct drilling?
Maybe, but the cost of cleaning washing and chopping, along with storage (frost protection), low DM and lack of starch for finishing have to be taken into account, and in here are a significant cost / PITA. I agree that they will be better value feeding to ewes though.Surely all that is taken into account in the price paid? If the price is competitive then it’s a good feed.
With barley hitting £200/t, beet will be competitive as an energy source at quite high prices this year, probably at higher prices than the growers are selling it for.
This is what we found, just could not get finish on them without the starch. They also had wetter bedding due to the low dry matters, but maybe some of the newer high DM varieties may reduce this.location, location, location. im sure your chips are good stuff high starch , we feed spuds between beet time and the cattle do get an easier finish on them.
I meant what are you going to drill the following crop with if if you have to harvest the beet in a year like the last one?Strip til, still have to make a living, tried Linseed, OSR, Peas, Beans and Oats, all would have been better financially in AB15, I can grow a good crop of beet, well, used to
would the AD boys want beet down your way? sheep boys in derbyshire cry out for it in feb march , i think haulage would kill it and in a early spring you might finish up with a heap of sh1t but we never have!Strip til, still have to make a living, tried Linseed, OSR, Peas, Beans and Oats, all would have been better financially in AB15, I can grow a good crop of beet, well, used to
British sugar still looking for growers?Strip til, still have to make a living, tried Linseed, OSR, Peas, Beans and Oats, all would have been better financially in AB15, I can grow a good crop of beet, well, used to
have a short memory, the last 2 oh sorry forgot youre the dry east!I meant what are you going to drill the following crop with if if you have to harvest the beet in a year like the last one?
Leave it over winter, worst case, paraplow and then GD barleyI meant what are you going to drill the following crop with if if you have to harvest the beet in a year like the last one?
Similar too fodder beet, generally a bit higher DM so bit higher value, but will definitely need chopping. We have found they are harder on ewes teeth than fodder beet as well, probably due to being harder and higher sugar contentWhat value would you place on Sugar Beet.
would the AD boys want beet down your way? sheep boys in derbyshire cry out for it in feb march , i think haulage would kill it and in a early spring you might finish up with a heap of sh1t but we never have!