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Processing - reception

 

After they are harvested, beets are hauled to a factory. In the U.K., beets are transported by a hauler, or by a tractor and a trailer by local farmers. Railways and boats are no longer used.

 

Each load is weighed and sampled before it gets tipped onto the reception area, typically a "flat pad" of concrete, where it is moved into large heaps. The beet sample is checked for:

 

 

· soil tare - the amount of non beet delivered

· crown tare - the amount of low sugar beet delivered

· sugar content ("pol") - amount of sucrose in the crop

· nitrogen content - for recommending future fertilizer use to the farmer

 

 

From these elements, the actual sugar content of the load is calculated and the grower's payment determined.

 

The beet is moved from the heaps into a central channel or gulley, where it is washed towards the processing plant.

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugarbeet

 

 

Top ten sugar beet producers – 2005 (million metric tons)

 

 

France
Germany
United States
Russia
Ukraine
Turkey
Italy
Poland
United Kingdom
Spain
   
World Total
   
   

 

 

Agricultural measurement terminology:

 

1 hectare is 10 000 square metres

1 hectare equals 2,47 acres, making a hectare almost 2,5 times larger than an acre

 

Inputs and management practices of sugar beet production, by cost group, 2000

 

 

Item Low-cost farm Mid-cost farm High-cost farm
  Irrigation (% of beet hectares)      
       
Previous crop (% of farms)      
Wheat
Corn
Soyabeans * *
Other crops
       
Seed (kg/hectare) 1,63 1,88 1,80
       
Fertiliser use (% of farms)      
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Potassium
       
Fertiliser application rate (kg/hectare)      
Nitrogen 116,8
Phosphorus 66,2 74,1 79,8
Potassium 29,1 52,9
       
Chemical use (% of farms)      
Herbicides
Insecticides
       
Tillage system (% of farms)      
Conventional with mouldboard plow
Conventional with mouldboard plow
Reduced tillage
Mulch tillage
       
Soil surface covered (%)
       
Custom operations (% of farms)      
Cultivation/planting *
Fertiliser application
Chemical application
Harvest/hauling
       
Fuel use (litres/hectare)      
Diesel 117,3 234,7
Gasoline 41,6 98,4 151,4
Electricity (kilowatt hours) 134,1
       
Labour use (hours/hectare)      
Unpaid labour 8,2 12,8 14,8
Paid labour 6,7 11,4 20,5
       
Precision technology (% of farms)      
GPS
Remote sensing
VRT fertiliser
       
Fertiliser management practices      
Soil nitrogen test
Soil phosphate test
Plant tissue test
       
Nitrogen applications      
Less than recommended
More than recommended
Equal to recommended
       
Basis for nitrogen decision      
Routine practice
Soil/tissue test
Crop consultant
Fertiliser dealer
Extension services *
Nitrogen/crop prices *
Factory recommendation
       
Pest management practices      
Scouting weeds
Scouting insects
Scouting diseases
Scouting records
       
Pre-emergence herbicides      
Routine practice
Field mapping *
Dealer recommendation *
Consultant recommendation *
       
Post-emergence herbicides      
Routine practice
Field mapping
Dealer recommendation
Consultant recommendation
       
Reasons for insecticide applications      
Preventive schedule
Scouting data
History of problem
Local information
Operator determination of infestation
       

 



 


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