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will maxwell
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Sugar beet
Anyone in Norn Iron bought any yet? I was quoted £44/tonne from our usual supplier, up about £9/tonne on last year. I know the yoyo might not be in our favour for buying at the moment (Sugar beet comes up from Co. Carlow, usually on the 'back load' of a delivery of Armagh apples to Magners/Bulmers), but is this not extracting the urine a little bit too much?
We've really taken to the stuff, or should I say the cows have, but not at £44!!
My cousin told me he had heard £32 somewhere, I'd go to £35 - 36 but not much more!!
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2/11/2009, 1:40
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Ballyginniff
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sugar beet…
Hi Will interested to hear your comments on this super feedstuff.We have been growing and feeding fodderbeet most years since 1995 it usually yields between 25 & 33 tons/acre it costs about £12/ton to grow.Feeding requires a bit of effort,ie washing,chopping etc,we use a Hispec washer chopper which does 2ton per load and works very well.How do you feed the sugarbeet?.As for your question about price, I haven't heard any prices this season,but like you say £44 seems way too expensive.
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2/11/2009, 14:25
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scoobyscotlad
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Re: Sugar beet
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will maxwell wrote:
Let's say it's costing 20-25 yoyo a tonne ex field and another 5-10 a tonne to haul, I'd have thought 35-40 stg would be pleanty!!
The Sugar beet we get (not sure of the difference between it and Fodder beet) comes up fairly clean, usually harvested in drier conditions, dunno about this year though!!
We just loaded it into the Keenan (with knives) and gave it 5-10 mins, sometimes after 5 mins added the straw too by the time you get the bucket off and the shear grab on it's usually well enough chopped.
The cows absolutely LOVE the stuff, even see them 'fighting' over the bigger chunks like two dogs over a bone!!
Have you never thought of a Wylie Auto bucket i think they call it,basically the shear grab with a hydraulic plate.We bought one a few years back and couldnt do without it.Spuds,cereals,draff then silage,all without moving from the machine 
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3/11/2009, 18:40
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FiringOnAllFour
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Re: Sugar beet
If buying it in, would you consider it a silage substitute? i.e. is it replacing home-grown forage? In ballygins case, it is home grown, so not displacing anything.
What I'm getting at is, one year we thought we were running short of silage, so stepped in early and fed a few loads of vitagold. The money it took to buy those loads soaked up profit like a sponge. A bit like having to buy silage.
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3/11/2009, 18:40
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Re: Sugar beet
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Have you never thought of a Wylie Auto bucket i think they call it,basically the shear grab with a hydraulic plate.We bought one a few years back and couldnt do without it.Spuds,cereals,draff then silage,all without moving from the machine
could you post us a photo?
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3/11/2009, 18:42
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scoobyscotlad
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Re: Sugar beet
Will try and get some photos today,just got quick hitch jcb brackets for our new(to us) telehandler fitted yesterday,had tool carrier on older machine.Ours is just 1300mm model,originally for the tractor loader,the 1700mm model is really for a telehandler but we think a 1300mm wide block of double chop silage is enough for the diet mixer to "accept" at a time  .
We are feeding vitagold at the minute and spuds.We like to feed a bit every month of the winter to eak(is that a word??)out silage stocks.It would be a disaster to run out of silage mid february,our turnout date is usually late april/early may
By the way, have you`s never been on BFF?
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5/11/2009, 8:34
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scoobyscotlad
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Re: Sugar beet
Works off the same hydraulics as the rams,small pressure valve that you set,so that as soon as the blade is fully open,plate flips up(hinged just above tines).
When lifting loose material,small touch of hydraulics releases plate for driving into them for filling.With plate up,driving into silage face keeps plate in up position and block of silage can be cut out.
Holds about 500kg of vitagold,450kg spuds,400odd kg silage etc
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5/11/2009, 21:37
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How much did it cost, Scooby?
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23/11/2009, 14:14
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