Redekop/Global Neighbor partnering on new system for weed seed destruction

Canadian manufacturer's work with U.S. company, Global Neighbor, allows for light technology to destroy weed seeds.

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A weed destruction system, to mount on the rear of combines, that uses a specific spectrum of light, is being developed through a partnership between Redekop and Global Neighbor Inc. Photo: Redekop

So now the Saskatoon-area company has announced it’s working on an alternative seed destruction concept, in partnership with U.S-based Global Neighbor Inc. (GNI).

The new concept uses the Dayton, Ohio company’s Directed Energy Flora Control technology, which applies a specific spectrum of light to kill weed seeds coming out of the back of a combine, rather than mechanical destruction.

“With this light technology it can be 10 to 15 horsepower to run material through it,” Thiessen says. “So it’s significantly less. That amount of horsepower is pretty easy to incorporate into most of those smaller Class 6 or 7 combines.”

Thiessen says the company often has to tell producers with those smaller machines its original SCU just won’t work for them, because of that high horsepower draw.

“The benefit we see for this (GNI system) in the Canadian market is, we get lots of calls from organic growers today who would love to use our mechanical mill to kill weed seeds. This is a huge opportunity to open up the door to those guys.”

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