Harnser Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 Beet harvest is due to start very soon . I look forward to getting some decent bags on the harvested fields . Beet stubble used to be really good shooting when it was harvested by the old type of harvester . Nowadays the machinery is so precise that not much beet gets chopped up and left on the field . But I still manage to get some good shooting off it . The good thing about the beet harvest is that it lasts right through out the winter and can be the main stay of pigeon shooting along side the rape . Harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 I have no beet in my area unfortunately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 I have seen a few fields harvested already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 I have seen a few fields harvested already. Just been watching the machine taking the beet off the marsh today ,being taken it off for two days now and what surprised me was the amount of beet left behind after the harvester has moved on to the next rows. One advantage of that is there is plenty of feed for the Geese when they arrive which should be any day now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 (edited) The good thing about the beet harvest is that ........... Harnser The farmers have left the tumblers untouched since the last harvest and as soon as they start them up there's hydraulic oil everywhere as the seals have dried and cracked. I worked for an hydraulic engineering outfit in Spooners Row and this repair work was our annual 'bonus'. Edited September 16, 2014 by wymberley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konnie Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 started a week ago, factory opened on the 12th September. prices the farmers are fixed next year so think there will be less grown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeon controller Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 Lost all the beet off our permissions when the sugar factory closed at Kidderminster, this use to fill the time from September to late November when the rape would be the main food source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 Going to be a lot less beet around the country due to the low prices. Lost all the beet off our permissions when the sugar factory closed at Kidderminster, this use to fill the time from September to late November when the rape would be the main food source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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