sugar beet /fodder beet

[johnspeehs]

Will a tub feeder chop it at all? can cattle eat it whole?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

They won’t eat it whole....probably bite at it

 

[Dkb]

They learn to scoop it after a while. There’s a transition period but they come around to it.

If you have a chopper use it if not and you haven’t a lot of cattle or beet to feed hard to justify buying one.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

they will eat it whole like mad after a week .drive the tractor wheel over it to start with

 

[landslave the 2nd]

As above

Chop them for a week ,then whole

 

[johnflimston]

What sort of job would a rear discharge dung spreader do

 

[johnspeehs]

Thanks for the replies everyone, thinking of trying a load, how long do they keep piled up?

 

[Bones]

Will a tub feeder chop it at all? can cattle eat it whole?

What price are you paying for your beet

 

[johnspeehs]

£45 a tonne

 

[Bones]

£45 a tonne

£45 a tonne

Washed

 

[johnspeehs]

Yes

 

[Bones]

Yes

It must be close to you

 

[Beefnsheep]

£45 a tonne

How dose that compare to buying meal round £188 a ton and feeding 4kg ahead would the beet be better for stores

 

[johnspeehs]

No a long way away but cheap haulage, my brother in law has a tipper in Wexford twice a week

 

[Bones]

No a long way away but cheap haulage, my brother in law has a tipper in Wexford twice a week

Its standing me 52 pound a ton, its to expensive

 

[johnspeehs]

How dose that compare to buying meal round £188 a ton and feeding 4kg ahead would the beet be better for stores

Well I’m told at £45 a ton it’s at its price limit compared to meal or decent silage at £40 a ton

 

[Bones]

Mighty stuff all the same

 

[johnspeehs]

Its standing me 52 pound a ton, its to expensive

I agree, I think at £45 it’s dear enough but it’s just another way to stretch silage, I bought 200 bales of ‘good’ silage but when we got the first load home it’s very wet, the water pisses out of the bottom of the feeder so need to put something in with it to add a bit of umph to it.

 

[Bones]

I agree, I think at £45 it’s dear enough but it’s just another way to stretch silage, I bought 200 bales of ‘good’ silage but when we got the first load home it’s very wet, the water pisses out of the bottom of the feeder so need to put something in with it to add a bit of umph to it.

Beet will save you a fortune on meal

 

[johnspeehs]

Well it’s mostly for cows so I thought it would be bulky compared to meal.