Beet Ireland should be applauded for what they have done. This is a great news story for the tillage sector. If it was another sector like dairy the red carpet would be put out for them. Most of the directors of the company are tillage farmers and have put in tremendous amount of work to get it to where they are now. They should be getting the full support from the whole sector. They want the growers to invest so they will always have a say and prevent the industry from closing in the future. This way the growers are shareholders and will get a share of the profits. They have other options as well but the last thing we want is another Liam Carroll majority shareholder who could close the whole industry with a click of his fingers. Teagascs eprofit monitor shows an average yield of 82t/ha for beet for their top 1/3 growers in 2016 and a net margin double that of the second most profitable crop wheat. Just look at this weeks farmers weekly and read Robert Law his best crop for 2017. There are growers in the UK achieving up to 120t/ha this year, 100t/ha is very common. We're the highest yielding country in the world for cereals, pulses and rapeseed and no reason why we can't with beet. The crop agronomy and machinery techniques have changed hugely since it closed. Drilling as early as possible in March and leaving crop as late as you dare in the autumn. The Beet Ireland group are great professionals. Farmers will be amazed with the package that they have prepared. Future growers don't need to worry about machinery it's not an issue. I know a couple of the people involved with this project and all I can say is they're over subscribed with growers jumping at the chance to grow a profitable break crop.I wish them all the best and I hope it's a great success.