"At Truly Green Farms, we work to maintain a very healthy environment for the plants. In the clean out period, it’s critical that we have machines that are reliable. Whether it is the BioChopper that helps remove all the plant material or the  Aquajet for cleaning the greenhouse, it is very important that we can rely on the equipment. We have been using these machines for a while now and we definitely see the value in them,” says Greg Devries of Truly Green Farms, Chatham, Ontario, Canada.

"Truly Green Farms was born with plans to construct a 90-acre state of the art greenhouse operation devoted to grow tomatoes. We searched out something that would be unique and innovative. Land was secured across the road from GreenField Global. We use their waste heat and CO2 which makes Truly Green Farms a very innovative and environmentally sustainable operation. In 2012 we built the first phase of 22 and a half acres and in 2021 we build our final phase for making this project now complete."

​​​​- Greg Devries, Truly Green Farms​​​​

Crop rotation is often a hectic period in which many different operations are carried out. A number of crop rotation activities, such as removing the crop, shredding the crop, removing foil, cleaning the greenhouse and disinfecting the greenhouse can be done with machines. These machines make the work a lot less labour-intensive, improves efficiency, saves time and in the end money. Royal Brinkman provides a complete package for the grower with the right products, knowledge and advice during crop rotation from ripening of the plant to planting a new crop. ”

​​​​- Arie Alblas, specialist Royal Brinkman​​​​

Arie Alblas, specialist at Royal Brinkman, explains that crop removal a labor-intensive and physically demanding step in the crop rotation process is. “The BioChopper, a crop shredder for organic material, is the most popular product for speeding up crop rotation, because this shredder makes the biggest impact on time and labor savings. 

There are four variants of the bio chopper available, but which crop shredder suits your company the best depends on a number of factors, including the capacity and power of the crop shredders, the size of the crop, your budget and the size of the company. Here at Truly Green Farms they use the Super Chopper Compact which is ideal for shredding of heavy vegetable crops. The crop volume is reduced to about 20 percent of the original volume.”

Joe Barkhouse of Truly Green Farms says the BioChopper saves Truly Green Farms a lot of time during the cleanup process. "When we got to the 106 acres of the two greenhouses together, we needed to be able to shred the plants very efficiently, quickly and safely. A lot happens in the greenhouse during crop rotation and we don't have time for downtime. The BioChopper meets all our requirements, it works quickly and safely. For example, the BioChopper detects when there are hooks in the green waste to protect the blades of the machine.”

Truly Green has been using the BioChopper for about five years now. "It has made our cleanup process more efficient and faster. It can shred green waste in a row within three minutes. This makes it possible to do about 40 bases within 12 hours. The BioChopper has made the work of the maintenance crew and our employees much easier. We can run the machine 24 hours with the maintenance crew together.

We enjoy a very good and long relationship with Royal Brinkman. The products and machines they sell are top quality. Whether it is the BioChopper or another machine, it helps us work efficiently and as fast as possible during crop rotation.”

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