Inputs and management practices of sugar beet production, by cost group, 2000

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

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