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New
Road Farms
- 130 acres of tobacco up to 150 acres next
year
- Total acreage of 423 acres of cleared farm
land
- Crops also include 30 acres ginseng
(in future), 108 acres of beans
- Located on New Road, north east of
Tillsonburg
- All tobacco growers are invited to stop in
and check out the operation at any time
- Established in 2002 with the first crop
grown in the same year.
- Primarily a Research & Development farm
also used as a showcase for new
DeCloet Ltd. equipment innovations.
- Equipment used on farm - 24 cluster kilns,
1 dumpbox harvester, 1 loading system
- Barn 10,800 sq feet, office area & board
room.
- 2 barns a day
- 7 hrs, 5 people (including Scott)
New Road Farms was established by
DeCloet Ltd. in the winter of 2001. New
Road Farms primary objectives are as a
showcase for new DeCloet Ltd. equipment
and as a Research & Development site for
DeCloet innovations. New Road Farms
consists of 423 acres of cleared farm land.
130 acres of that is used for tobacco and
another 108 acres for beans. In the near
future New Road will also include a
number of acres of ginseng and will also
be increasing the acres of tobacco grown.
2002 marked the first tobacco growing
season on New Road Farms. The latest in
DeCloet harvesting and curing equipment
was used. This equipment included:
1) 24 cluster
kilns
2) 1 dumpbox style
automatic harvester
3) 1 loading
system.
With this DeCloet equipment in place
New Road Farms was able to harvest 2
cluster kilns (approx. 3 standard kilns)
per day in 7 hours with only 5 laborers!
There is an open invitation to all tobacco growers or related
parties to come and
see the farm operations at anytime.
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