For a few weeks you see piles of sugar beet at one end, or another of fields. They stay that way for a while, until it rains for some reason. When it rains those piles of beet are loaded into hundreds of tractor trailer loads and transported to the train yard. The closest to Nyon is in Eysins....
Posts tagged “agriculture”
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Moving Sugar Beet — Nov 24, 2022
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Hay There — Aug 14, 2021Rolls of Hay wrapped in plastic... -
Grains - Harvesting Before the Rain — Jul 23, 2021Grains in a hand, found on the road.... -
Day Thirty-One of ORCA in Switzerland — Plenty of Dust — Apr 15, 2020You build up plenty of dust as you plow the fields at the moment. The drought continues, as does the desire for this pandemic to be over. For now, the downward trend continues so we could feel optimistic. I’m still optimistic than in two or three weeks recycling centres will go back to normal. At the moment recycling centres remind me of something else.... -
10 Billion People for Dinner — Nov 28, 2014Having ten billion people to feed will have consequences....
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Cycling Uphill with a Combined Harvester Right Behind — Jul 18, 2025Yesterday we were cycling up towards Marchissy when a combine harvester began to follow us quite close. The experience of being followed, while cycling is quite something. These machines are large, with big tyres, and the driver is centred rather than to the left as with other vehicles. Luckily the gradient of the climb was not too steep....
