13/10/2010, PPO WUR, Lelystad (NL)

Technical Programme

Welcome

Frans Tijink (IRS, NL): Opening address, Trends and future needs in sugar beet harvesting

Session ‘Defoliating/topping and storage of sugar beet’

Antje Wulkow (IfZ, DE): Yield and quality of defoliated and topped sugar beets

Dirk Wollenweber (Zuckerrübenanbauerverband Südniedersachsen, DE): Defoliation of Sugar Beet – Technique, Costs and Effects

Olaf Roller, Peter Schulze Lammers (University Bonn, DE): Defoliation or topping of sugar beets?

Toon Huijbregts (IRS, NL): Impact of harvesting on storage losses during a long campaign

Session ‘Technical improvements by manufacturers of beet harvesters to cope with future needs’

Werner Bauereisen (Ropa, DE)

Roland Kratz (Grimme, DE)

Hans Neumann (Kleine, DE)

Peter Millenaar (Agrifac, NL)

Robin Vervaet (Vervaet, NL)

Michael Gallmeier (Holmer, DE)

Final discussion

End of seminar