Beet campaign almost over

We have to consider together whether we want this to be the case. Delivery until February is asking for trouble . What to do if we get 20 degrees frost in January with a lot of wind? You can say you have to dig them up in time, but they will be in your way for a long time. Oh yes, expand the yard again. Yes, but in three years' time, another policy or regime and costs will be incurred again.
I would like to discuss two things with cosun without the outcome being predetermined.
1 I understand the more beets you drive through the factory, the lower the cost price. However, the extra production is good for the farmer. In other words, what do I see in my wallet.
2I already pointed out the risks of harvesting and delivering so late. What does it mean, if the answer is 1, we deliver maximum, if we start a month earlier and pay the storage premium as an early delivery premium.

There is yet to know me of the heart.
First of all , you will not hear me say that our Cosun is doing badly . On the contrary .
Still, I need some more entrepreneurial blood in the board of directors. Not a whole board full, but more than now. I see very conservative farmers in that. After all, you also show entrepreneurship and innovation in your own company.
The last comment is not meant for discussion, but one to keep in mind.

I would like to respond to your last comment.
I totally agree with you.

It is very striking that many directors with an LTO past have been appointed. It strikes me that a lot of people are nominated in the "own/known world".

It may well be that there is LTO blood in it, but limit this. The chairman of the Supervisory Board is LTO active, very active especially in view of his columns.
There is an LTO director on the board of directors who should never have been on the board. A lot of resistance during and after his appointment a few years ago.

In Flevoland, an old LTO chairman has joined the Members' Council. This election process was highly debatable. The meeting was then silenced by the chairman.

Questioners who did not accept this were later approached to remain silent.

The result was every reason for the person to step down, but he had to be from a higher hand. It is incomprehensible that the person himself has not decided to waive his seat on the Members' Council.

These are just a few examples, there are several, I hear from various colleagues.

I would like to see a beet grower 40-45 years on the board. A person with no LTO past (even better not a member) enterprising, practicing farmer with an academic education. Empowered, good communicator and real stands for the growers. Someone who dares to be critical and who can represent Cosun's ideas well, but who puts the interests of the growers first. Someone who is proud of his sector and stands up for his colleagues. One of us together.

Don't say "they aren't there or they don't want to, nonsense, they are there and they want to, they just don't present themselves. You have to approach these kinds of people.

But you have to look around you beyond your own street/neighbourhood/village.

do you know anyone?
Approach him and ask him if he or you can apply to the process of a director board of directors.
A spot is now becoming available, so NOW is the time.

be happy with the way things are going. What's wrong with an LTO person?

I think the closing date for nominating candidates was January 9th! So this is mustard again after the meal!

Too bad there is no response to the two items I mentioned.
Incidentally, it will be the worst for me whether someone has an LTO past as long as he/she is the best and in a number of cases is proven to be enterprising.

We often see in the business community and boards of directors that they have been lucky with themselves. Fortunately, most of them are innovative (DSM), but I also think the board of directors of Cosun is a bit dusty. Dear members of Cosun's board of directors, remember that life is not a photo but a film.

Well Jasper I am happy as a co-owner that it seems a bit dusty.
Those fast guys who chase their own Ego, and leave members of the cooperative with the financial pieces, don't make you any better as a member.
You also show that you have little insight into what Cosun and its subsidiaries are doing and how this affects the Dutch beet price. I can tell you that our colleagues in Belgium and Germany are jealous of our beet prices! And I'm not even talking about member benefits. So the board of directors is really not that bad.
They don't deserve the predicate dusty in the least and you sign yourself with these kinds of comments.

sometimes things don't go well. but if it goes well, people make it very easy and fall asleep easily