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Vol. 4, 2008
Cover Story Excerpt:
Taking on Jack Frost
Orchard-Rite automated wind machines protect orchards and vineyards across the globe
Orchard-Rite® wind machines and John Deere engines are often all that stand between a killing frost and a valuable orchard or vineyard crop.
The wind machine towers above, ready to a thwart a frost before its first bite. Before temperatures fall to levels that could potentially damage the crop, the wind machine sensor signals an automatic start up, mixing the warmer air above the trees with the heavier, colder air that settles close to the ground. When the threat of frost retreats, Orchard-Rite wind
machines automatically turn off, thanks to an optional, programmable Orchard-Rite auto-start system.
“Pre-setting start and stop temperatures is quite a fuel and a labor savings for the grower,” explains Doug Riddle, CFO for Orchard-Rite, Ltd., Inc. of Yakima, Washington. “We’ve had
growers report a significant fuel savings.”
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