1st time beet grower

It only has 150 purrs....

That looks pretty decent Daniel, is it yielding well?

Yielding ok. Nothing like last year. The field today was a bit gappy and Deer kept at it to. The first field pulled in November was all delivered and weighed and did exactly 30t/ac of Belero and 23t/ac of magnum. The magnum was on headlands and short ground so had a big disadvantage. So maybe over all average might be 25-27t/ac of cleaner loaded beet
 
Had to go for the thyregod yesterday to finish this field. Leaves were damaged by the salt air being right beside the beach. Losses were borderline but got stuck in a few places so parked up the armer and finished it with the other machine. Only barely halfway through the pulling yet.
 

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@CORK Looking for beet trials results from your employer, are they published online or where might I find them?

Please see attached a summary of the beet varieties available from ourselves this year.

Two new varieties - Alisha & Geronimo.

Alisha looks like a very serious development - massive fresh yield potential while having high Dry matter. It comes from KWS who have a long reputation of breeding good beet varieties.
 

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Please see attached a summary of the beet varieties available from ourselves this year.

Two new varieties - Alisha & Geronimo.

Alisha looks like a very serious development - massive fresh yield potential while having high Dry matter. It comes from KWS who have a long reputation of breeding good beet varieties.
Thanks for that.
 
Please see attached a summary of the beet varieties available from ourselves this year.

Two new varieties - Alisha & Geronimo.

Alisha looks like a very serious development - massive fresh yield potential while having high Dry matter. It comes from KWS who have a long reputation of breeding good beet varieties.
Youd need a bottom lifted for alisha?
 
At what percentage of root in the ground would you differentiate for bottom or top lifter?

We don’t usually approach it that way over here.

Top lifters are used preferably so as to avoid stones. Bottom lifters are used if leaves are too poor for top lifting machine.

All the varieties should be fine for either machine type.
 
We don’t usually approach it that way over here.

Top lifters are used preferably so as to avoid stones. Bottom lifters are used if leaves are too poor for top lifting machine.

All the varieties should be fine for either machine type.
They usually say %of root in ground and recommended lifter type over here
 
The varieties with a high % of root over the ground are usually the ones the top lifter will struggle with although you’d think it would be the other way around
 
The varieties with a high % of root over the ground are usually the ones the top lifter will struggle with although you’d think it would be the other way around

Is this because they are more likely to get knocked out of the ground before the belts grip the leaves?
The plough on the armer should be well able to loosen the deeper rooting beets?
 
The varieties with a high % of root over the ground are usually the ones the top lifter will struggle with although you’d think it would be the other way around
Exactly. The last thing you want to see with an armer is a great big root sitting on top of the ground.
 
Is this because they are more likely to get knocked out of the ground before the belts grip the leaves?
The plough on the armer should be well able to loosen the deeper rooting beets?
Exactly. When the roots are that high some of them will even fall over before the harvester goes near them. When the levels start to rot they become really hard to pick with the armer
 
Please see attached a summary of the beet varieties available from ourselves this year.

Two new varieties - Alisha & Geronimo.

Alisha looks like a very serious development - massive fresh yield potential while having high Dry matter. It comes from KWS who have a long reputation of breeding good beet varieties.
Seed ordered today, split of Enermax and Magnum with a bit of Alisha as a trial first sugar beet since the factory closed! Looking to change harvester this year as well so if anyone knows of a clean single row machine let me know!!
 
i ordered "tarine" again

seems to work good here
sowed 20th may
lifted 20th october @ 30t/a
last of it used 20th march
 
setting in ridges :no:, I have seen myself if we get a drying wind, the whole top of the rigde turns to powder, more ground for weeds and harder to get the feckers. Also have to plough for the next crop, easy know im a lazy fecker
 
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