Re: Beet lifting


"Oz" <Oz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Stephen Temple <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> >Just finished the maize bunkers. The contractors tell us that they
chopped 1550
> >tonnes off 52.5 acres. The main bunker is full to scraping the forklift
ccab on
> >the roof, the secondary bunker is extended 50% by bale walls, then we had
to put
> >100 tonnes in a field clamp. Variety Apostrof, and a wet summer, for the
second
> >year running.
>
> I don;t know that variety, but IMHO except for very early varieties, its
> a tad early.
>
> Hmm...
>
> Mind you cereal harvest was a couple of weeks early this year.

obviously no one cutting Maize round here (or down toward dairy event) but I
think there have been photos in the comics.

This year Maize round here looks the best it has ever done, near drought
conditions has suited it (with respect to Steve our near drought is still
over four feet of rain)

Jim Webster


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