Farm Tractors, Used Tractors - Heavy Equipment Resource

After testing his equipment on nine farms Darrel Carlisle, who is a grain framer from Manitoba, plans on producing and selling his environmentally friendly exhaust harvester. So far Darrel and a partner from Alberta have about 50 units throughout western Canada. Essentially it collects the exhaust and re-uses it in the air seeding process reducing the tractors emission by 95% while enriching the soil with carbon dioxide that is normally replenished through the use of fertilizer.

According to Darrel the results so far are quite positive. Meanwhile they continue to monitor the farms performing tests such as soil tests and tissue tests for any toxic nutrients. According to Darrel they are not depleting anything in the soils.  

So what is the cost for retrofitting your farm tractor? Approximately $50,000 however Darrel estimates that you can recover your costs with the savings on fertilizer. IF you have a 600 hectare farm you could recover the costs in one season.

 We wish Darrel and his business partner well as a breakthrough like this can help reduce emissions while reusing your used tractors exhaust to reduce the amount of fertilizer and lower your costs. Sounds like a win-win situation that is environmentally sustainable.

Original news source: CBC News

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