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Stubble Burner
"By burning off the stubble, farmers can go into a field and direct drill the next crop," explains the manufacturer of a new device for the controlled burning of straw and stubble. "If you simply put a match to a stubble field, the entire field goes up in smoke in a matter of minutes. With this machine, you get control
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Stubble Burner CROPS New Techniques 5-5-8 "By burning off the stubble, farmers can go into a field and direct drill the next crop," explains the manufacturer of a new device for the controlled burning of straw and stubble. "If you simply put a match to a stubble field, the entire field goes up in smoke in a matter of minutes. With this machine, you get controlled burning. It produces intense heat under the hood to incinerate the straw with very little smoke, and to kill most seeds on the ground surface."
The burner, available in widths up to 10 ft., can be fired with LP or diesel fuel. "We recommend going around a field twice when the straw is wet to create a firebreak path to protect against a fire escape when the machine is used to burn off the entire field. Recommended travel speed is 8 to 10 mph," the manufacturer points out. "Shields can be put under the hood to convert the machine into a row-crop weed burner."
For more details, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Agricultural Economy Ltd., Malcolm White, Mgr., Unit 7EG2, Street 8, Thorp Arch Trading Estate, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, England LS237BJ (ph 0937-845641).
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