Redekop and Global Neighbour are developing a new seed destruction system that can be used on smaller combines
Saskatchewan-based Redekop and U.S.-based Global Neighbour Inc. have teamed up to develop a new weed seed destruction system. It uses a specific spectrum of light to kill weed seeds exiting the combine, rather than the mechanical destruction method used by Redekop’s current seed control unit. “They (Global Neighbour) have found there’s a certain light spectrum […] Read moreTag Archives Trevor Thiessen
Weed seed destructors rare on Canadian farms
The device, which pulverizes weed seeds before they leave the combine in chaff, slowly gain momentum in this country
WINNIPEG — About 30 weed seed destructors were used last fall on farms across Canada, says an Agriculture Canada scientist. That isn’t a lot, considering more than 2,000 new combines are sold annually in Canada and the country has some 50,000 grain farms. But farmer adoption of the destructors, which pulverize weed seeds before they […] Read more
