Delay due to winter weather
Still 7.000 hectares of sugar beets in the ground
Figures from Suiker Unie show that more than 7.000 hectares still had to be cleared at the beginning of this week. That corresponds to 9% of the total area. Due to the bad weather, the harvesting work is progressing very slowly. Due to the rain, the percentage of tare also increases.
Contractors and arable farmers made an enormous effort in week 49 to harvest as many beets as possible before the announced winter weather. At the start of week 50, the acreage still to be harvested fell from 18% to 9%. Especially in North and South Holland and West Brabant, quite a lot still needs to be done area are harvested.
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A lot of work done
The Noordoostpolder has made good progress, from 24% to 12%. The percentage for the northern clay also went from 21% to 12%. In Eastern and Southern Flevoland, the northern valley and peat soils and Limburg, this is less than 5%.
The sugar content in the thirteenth campaign week remains at 17,1% for the third time in a row. That is not the case for the tare percentages. Due to wet harvesting conditions, this rises to 13,86%. The list has outliers above 20%. According to Cosun the tare content also rises due to uncovered beet heaps, which receive a lot of precipitation. This makes the tare wetter and heavier.
winter weather
After problems with the factory in Vierverlaten, the extreme snowfall now caused problems, as a result of which part of the transport came to a standstill. In the end, the delay lasted less than half a day.
Niels van der Boom
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