admin | April 2, 2007
With the closure of the York Sugar Beet Factory in February 2007, our farm will no longer be growing sugar beet. This year’s crop was the final sugar beet crop on our farm. We harvested the sugar beet in January 2007. Watch the video clip of our final sugar beet harvest.
The sugar beet harvester drives [...]
admin | February 7, 2007
The whole of the sugar beet crop is harvested by machine – the sugar beet harvester.
First the tops are cut off – the tops are either saved and used for livestock feeding or returned to the ground.
The roots are then lifted from the soil usually using a pair of sharp edged wheels which cut into [...]
admin | February 2, 2007
The baler packages the hay or straw into bales.
Bales are either round or rectangular.
The baler in the photograph produces round bales.
Baling is done because it is easier to handle the hay and straw.
Large bales are moved by forklifts.
The round baler produces cylindrical bales of 1.2m wide by 1.2/1.5m diameter.
The round bales can weigh 200kg for straw and up to 350kg for [...]
admin | February 2, 2007
Chemicals are applied to crops mainly as liquid (water based) solutions using a crop sprayer.
The liquid is applied as fine droplets to give an even cover to the crops.
A problem farmers often encounter when spraying is spray drift.
It is important to make sure that the weather conditions are right for spraying.
There should be very little wind or [...]
admin | February 1, 2007
Here is the farm machinery used on this farm.
The Tractors
The Sugar Beet / Fodder Beet Harvester
The Silage Feeder
The Irrigator and Irrigator Hose
The Forklift with Bucket
The Sprayer
The Baler
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