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

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

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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