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A Better Harvester for Grass Seed
The Kiplinger Agriculture Letter
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It strips seeds from grass with a spinning brush and comb, leaving the grass standing. The machine, built in Montana and called the Arbuckle Native Seedster, is designed to better meet the needs of a surging market for grass seed. It works better than a grain combine, which isn't well suited to harvesting small, light seeds that are typical of native grasses. Such grasses are especially in demand for land reclamation projects by government agencies as well as by private firms. But overall demand for other types of grass seed for landscaping, range and pasturelands is surging, too. Three states, Oregon, Washington and Missouri, together have more than a million acres devoted to growing grass seed. Go to www.matr.net/article-21344.html for details about the new machine. |
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