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Inputs and management practices of sugar beet production, by cost group, 2000
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| Item | Low-cost farm | Mid-cost farm | High-cost farm |
| Irrigation (% of beet hectares) | |||
| Previous crop (% of farms) | |||
| Wheat | |||
| Corn | |||
| Soyabeans | * | * | |
| Other crops | |||
| Seed (kg/hectare) | 1, 63 | 1, 88 | 1, 80 |
| Fertiliser use (% of farms) | |||
| Nitrogen | |||
| Phosphorus | |||
| Potassium | |||
| Fertiliser application rate (kg/hectare) | |||
| Nitrogen | 116, 8 | ||
| Phosphorus | 66, 2 | 74, 1 | 79, 8 |
| Potassium | 29, 1 | 52, 9 | |
| Chemical use (% of farms) | |||
| Herbicides | |||
| Insecticides | |||
| Tillage system (% of farms) | |||
| Conventional with mouldboard plow | |||
| Conventional with mouldboard plow | |||
| Reduced tillage | |||
| Mulch tillage | |||
| Soil surface covered (%) | |||
| Custom operations (% of farms) | |||
| Cultivation/planting | * | ||
| Fertiliser application | |||
| Chemical application | |||
| Harvest/hauling | |||
| Fuel use (litres/hectare) | |||
| Diesel | 117, 3 | 234, 7 | |
| Gasoline | 41, 6 | 98, 4 | 151, 4 |
| Electricity (kilowatt hours) | 134, 1 | ||
| Labour use (hours/hectare) | |||
| Unpaid labour | 8, 2 | 12, 8 | 14, 8 |
| Paid labour | 6, 7 | 11, 4 | 20, 5 |
| Precision technology (% of farms) | |||
| GPS | |||
| Remote sensing | |||
| VRT fertiliser | |||
| Fertiliser management practices | |||
| Soil nitrogen test | |||
| Soil phosphate test | |||
| Plant tissue test | |||
| Nitrogen applications | |||
| Less than recommended | |||
| More than recommended | |||
| Equal to recommended | |||
| Basis for nitrogen decision | |||
| Routine practice | |||
| Soil/tissue test | |||
| Crop consultant | |||
| Fertiliser dealer | |||
| Extension services | * | ||
| Nitrogen/crop prices | * | ||
| Factory recommendation | |||
| Pest management practices | |||
| Scouting weeds | |||
| Scouting insects | |||
| Scouting diseases | |||
| Scouting records | |||
| Pre-emergence herbicides | |||
| Routine practice | |||
| Field mapping | * | ||
| Dealer recommendation | * | ||
| Consultant recommendation | * | ||
| Post-emergence herbicides | |||
| Routine practice | |||
| Field mapping | |||
| Dealer recommendation | |||
| Consultant recommendation | |||
| Reasons for insecticide applications | |||
| Preventive schedule | |||
| Scouting data | |||
| History of problem | |||
| Local information | |||
| Operator determination of infestation | |||
Land use on sugar beet farms, 2000
| Item | All ARMS farms |
| ARMS share (%) | |
| Sugar beet farms | |
| Sugar beet acres | |
| Sugar beet production | |
| Size (hectare) | |
| Operated | |
| Cropland | |
| Harvested | |
| Land tenure (% of operated hectare) | |
| Owned | |
| Cash-rent | |
| Share-rent | |
| Crops (% of harvested hectare) | |
| Sugar beet | |
| Wheat | |
| Soyabeans | |
| Corn | |
| Barley/oats | |
| Dry edible beans | |
| Potatoes | |
| Hay | |
| Others | |
Source: 2000 USDA Agricultural Resource Management Survey