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Precision Leaf topping
ROPA has responded to the growing demand
for harvesting beet with their crowns intact
but leaves and storks cut off and developed
the optimal solution which should equally
satisfy beet growers, lifting contractors and
sugar processors!
The ROPA Micro-Topper 2 has proven itself in
operation with striking results. No other harvester
offered a better ‘cut’ at the harvesting trials
in Lelystadt.
The significant advantages of ROPA
Micro-Topping are:
• Additional yield for the beet grower through
harvesting the undamaged beet precisely
topped
• Subject to the requirements of the beet grower
the Micro-Topper 2 performs a second
cut or in order to harvest the whole beet
only ‘shaves off’ the leaves (Micro-Topping)
• Consistently high harvesting speeds are possible
when topping with a secondary precision
scalping unit – undiminished operational
efficiency.
• Even with a highly irregular growth a perfect
alignment can be made with the visibly varying
head heights of the beet
• No increased fuel consumption, spare part
expenditure and maintenance
• A simple upgrade of all harvesting components
is possible
With its Micro-Topper 2 ROPA allows for total harvesting
of the entire usable beet. The additional
yield offers the beet grower an increased profit.
- innovative technology for an
economical sugar beet harvest
Micro-Topping
The beet leaves are ‘shaved off’ the beet
with a sharp blade
Micro-Topping-Cut at the leaf base
Optimal harvest = higher yield

The most efficient beet harvester,
proven at Beet Europe 2010
A greater yield and by far the least wastage of all beet harvesters tested
Signifi cantly less wastage: the ROPA euro-Tiger V8-3
LIZ - News
Beet harvesters with varying degrees of wastage
Results of the harvesting trials held at Lelystadt (NL), Beet Europe 2010
As part of the programme of Beet Europe 2010 ten beet harvesters underwent trials with a view to comparing their
lifting effi ciency. The results were compiled by the Dutch Sugar Beet Institute (IRS). An extract of it published in
the table below clearly shows the quality fl uctuations of the harvesters at various stages of the operating process.
In view of the high yields of 95 t/ha the total harvesting losses in €/ha are however relatively low. In general a
5% loss, the equivalent of ca. 160 €/ha, is unavoidable. With the total amount of wastage shown, the soil residue
(share of freight cost) and the loss of sugar during storage at the edge of the fi eld in terms of beet damage are
however not taken into account.
Results of harvester trials (Lelystad 2010)
Source: IRS 2010
Source: www.liz-online.de/skripte/newspopup.asp?intWerk=1&ID=21281
lifting Quality % Harvesting Losses €/ha
topping quality soil
topped root loss of
with leaf stalks too low & residue too low & fracture whole total
> 2cm