At home here in S. Alberta, we grow about 26,000 acres of sugar beets per year, producing about 840,000 T. / year, under irrigation. All for the production of sugar. The remaining pulp is blended with other feed for beef cattle feedlots. Just a little FYI.
I recall about 20 - 25 years ago a dairy was trying to make feed out of Sugar Beets somewhere near Phoenix. The Extension office out in the area put on a demo of the experiment and some people from the Central Valley went out there to see if it would work for us. We were in a big sugar beet growing area that had just closed a number of plants in Manteca, Tracy, Woodland, Mendota, Salinas-Spreckles, Hamilton city, and Clarksburg. We were really interested in it at the time as it thrives in the poorly drained soils near the rivers and really likes the high Boron soils that nothing else will grow in. It’s nice to see that it worked out, as growing it wasn’t the problem, it seemed at the time none of the local dairies would take a chance to buy the feed. Going back to when beets were a big crop we even had a special topper that would cut the tops and blow the tops into trucks for silage feed… never saw it work when we were growing beets so it must not have been economical.
The beets are more digestible because the cow can directly process the sugar instead of converting a starch into a sugar from what I understand. Great for the rotation, help with salts, uses the nitrates, more efficient with the water compared to corn, only drawback is you can’t store it in this climate like other crops.
Grandpa and my daddy used to grow sugar beets north of town Many moons ago and then haul them back to town. Where they would off loud them on to train cars. The train would take them down the rail above 10 miles to be off louded at the sugar factory in the town of sugar city. Also there was two more sugar factorys across the river. Big T keep on doing what you're doing and staying safe.💪🤠👍🇺🇸
I live in Sheridan WY and sugar beets was a cash crop here and we had a mill in town to process the sugar beets. The mill closed down years ago and so did the sugar beet farming.
Failing thing...AKA Beet topper...Beet digging machine...AKA Beet lifter...No digging involved beets are pinched in the back of the two spoked wheels and lifted up hit by the paddle on the rotating shaft on to the bed chains then grab rollers, then they feed up vertically by the scrubber chains to the conveyor into the truck...That lifter is a scrubber lifter, other types use a ferris wheel to move beets up the the truck conveyor.
Who knew there would be 50K people out there crazy enough to watch this stuff. Maybe a Daisy Duke shorts & tank top visit to the millennial farmer or Larson Farms is in order to celebrate! 😂😂😂
Do you know how chocolate milk is made? Black and white cows make chocolate milk and the sugar beet makes it sweeter. Same with caramel milk. Jersey cows.
Would it help to put motorized roll tarps under the sides of the barns to drop down from the edges of the roofs to stop the exposed hay bales from weathering, that brown look instead of nice green looking bale sides-? Press a button and the tarp rolls down or up.
At home here in S. Alberta, we grow about 26,000 acres of sugar beets per year, producing about 840,000 T. / year, under irrigation. All for the production of sugar. The remaining pulp is blended with other feed for beef cattle feedlots. Just a little FYI.
That is crazy!!! I want to come see!!!
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I recall about 20 - 25 years ago a dairy was trying to make feed out of Sugar Beets somewhere near Phoenix. The Extension office out in the area put on a demo of the experiment and some people from the Central Valley went out there to see if it would work for us.
We were in a big sugar beet growing area that had just closed a number of plants in Manteca, Tracy, Woodland, Mendota, Salinas-Spreckles, Hamilton city, and Clarksburg.
We were really interested in it at the time as it thrives in the poorly drained soils near the rivers and really likes the high Boron soils that nothing else will grow in.
It’s nice to see that it worked out, as growing it wasn’t the problem, it seemed at the time none of the local dairies would take a chance to buy the feed. Going back to when beets were a big crop we even had a special topper that would cut the tops and blow the tops into trucks for silage feed… never saw it work when we were growing beets so it must not have been economical.
I still don’t know what the cow gets out of them. It’s good to see another rotation though.
The beets are more digestible because the cow can directly process the sugar instead of converting a starch into a sugar from what I understand.
Great for the rotation, help with salts, uses the nitrates, more efficient with the water compared to corn, only drawback is you can’t store it in this climate like other crops.
Grandpa and my daddy used to grow sugar beets north of town Many moons ago and then haul them back to town. Where they would off loud them on to train cars. The train would take them down the rail above 10 miles to be off louded at the sugar factory in the town of sugar city. Also there was two more sugar factorys across the river. Big T keep on doing what you're doing and staying safe.💪🤠👍🇺🇸
I live in Sheridan WY and sugar beets was a cash crop here and we had a mill in town to process the sugar beets. The mill closed down years ago and so did the sugar beet farming.
I’ve been to Sheridan. I guy I used to be friends with owns Bison Union. I went to the Mint Bar! Super cool town!
Congratulations on 50k. Kinda funny I just watched BeetFarminMitch and then my next one was you about sugar beets.
That 119 is a dry heat which is much better to work in versus the 90's with 70 degree dew point
There is a sugar beet factor in Scottsbluff Nebraska not sure what they do with them
Sugar beets made for good pheasant hunting in the Yakima Valley.
Sweet Milk? I thought I had heard it all!
lol. Jokes jokes jokes.
Failing thing...AKA Beet topper...Beet digging machine...AKA Beet lifter...No digging involved beets are pinched in the back of the two spoked wheels and lifted up hit by the paddle on the rotating shaft on to the bed chains then grab rollers, then they feed up vertically by the scrubber chains to the conveyor into the truck...That lifter is a scrubber lifter, other types use a ferris wheel to move beets up the the truck conveyor.
Is there a steamer problem that hasn't been found with regards to the "wet" bales?
Congrats on 50k subscribers!
Brown cows lucky=Chocolate Milk!
Bingo.
Back in 1965 I worked at Feed Mill we would buy rail cars full of bag Sugar Beets Pulp dryied To mix for Cows !
Who knew there would be 50K people out there crazy enough to watch this stuff. Maybe a Daisy Duke shorts & tank top visit to the millennial farmer or Larson Farms is in order to celebrate! 😂😂😂
@@Melting_Fireman oh gosh. That might be a little much!
Are They sugar beets or fodder beets? There is a difference.
Do you know how chocolate milk is made? Black and white cows make chocolate milk and the sugar beet makes it sweeter. Same with caramel milk. Jersey cows.
What happened to your truck?
Took the wrap off.
Would it help to put motorized roll tarps under the sides of the barns to drop down from the edges of the roofs to stop the exposed hay bales from weathering, that brown look instead of nice green looking bale sides-?
Press a button and the tarp rolls down or up.
@@John-nc4bl it would help! But that would be extremely expensive!!! EXTREMELY!! I don’t think the investment would pay for itself.
Grats on ur fiddy k subs broski
@@tyler3148 thank you!!
Looks like a rock picking
Oi 👍👍👍👍
Trevor.....more barns
@@peterwoollard288 more barns? What do you mean?
@@BalesHayFarmandRanch to store hay in....
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Thank you!