Major Sugar Beet Contractor & Haulier in Administration

[Lincs Lass]

Shame my landlord has cleared of on holiday ,he,s been harvesting beet for years for loads of growers ,he might have heard which company it is

 

[Flasheart]

I used the haulage scheme for the season before last, totally bloody useless haulier got my contract. Went straight back to appointing my own haulier so I had control .

 

[Lincs Lass]

Just spoken to my landlords harvester driver ,,hes heard via the grapevine who it is ,,they were strugling before the lifting started

 

[nick...]

Bs will allways under cut estabilished lifters and hauliers to make more money for them selves and its the farmers who suffer.a friend who is on here was offered£250 acre to griw beet for them next year with feb lifting only to have bs appear again and try to reduce the price by 40%.he is now putting field in to wheat.bs are short of growers but just seem to try to screw every body just the same.as for the harvesters,i cant se how anyone makes them pay.horrendous running costs and often poor conditions.only time they earn is when trading the machine in fir the next one and then the process starts again
Nick...

 

[Honest john]

Well well maybe profit is not such a bad thing after all.

But at the end of the day it's the EU on the mantra of free world trade that's killed the profit in Sugar.

Capitalism without control = collapse when all the money gets into the hands of the few.

 

[Honest john]

We have already lost our Two contractors haulage & harvest pre this season.

 

[roscoe erf]

This is not good, bloody good efficient contractor if it's who I think it is. We are working with 1980s prices and knock on effects and all that.

You need big machines to get the output, but they cost inproportional to the prices for farm produce and therefore cost of contracting is below where it needs to be.

What is it this year £22 a ton. ?

 

[Clive]

why is it a big secret who it is when there has been an announcement ?

how would anyone affected know if they were affected if they dont know who it is ?

all rather odd !

 

[Honest john]

May NFU Sugar are trying to get BS to carry the business to get though the season.

 

[Lincs Lass]

Ive heard who it might be but is it ok to name names on here

 

[Rookie]

What is it this year £22 a ton. ?

Yes. £22 / t and think c beet will be £15

 

[roscoe erf]

Yes. £22 / t and think c beet will be £15

Jesus

 

[spin cycle]

Yes. £22 / t and think c beet will be £15

£15/T c beet....i thought all the beet you grew were £22/t.....crikey thats bad

 

[roscoe erf]

£15/T c beet....i thought all the beet you grew were £22/t.....crikey thats bad

The quotas have ended this year is that correct

 

[Flat 10]

£15/T c beet....i thought all the beet you grew were £22/t.....crikey thats bad

We might get a bonus on top of 22 and surely no one has a chance of c beet as you could have whatever contract you wanted.

 

[nick...]

The quotas have ended this year is that correct

Yes that's correct
Nick...

 

[Flat 10]

The quotas have ended this year is that correct

Yes national ones. In practice the growers contract is much like the old quotas and has been for some time

 

[roscoe erf]

Yes national ones. In practice the growers contract is much like the old quotas and has been for some time

So do you still have to supply a set amount of tonnage or is it more of a free for all

 

[robbie]

British sugar have us by the danglies still. The old qouta rules still apply of 95% qouta achieved ove a rolling two years.

If like I've done you up our quota to avoid c beet your still liable for filling that qouta if not they cut you back.

In a good year like this one they only pay peanuts but in a short year when they're desperate they pay full A and B price.

 

[dragman]

Ive heard who it might be but is it ok to name names on here

Who is it then.