Rapid PLUS Deboner: Now suitable for front halves up to 1.7 kilo
�e Meyn Rapid PLUS breast deboner is widely installed as a means of achieving precise deboning and signi cant labor savings. �is capability is now signi cantly enhanced with the Rapid PLUS 4.0 version, designed and updated for the processing of bigger front halves up to 1.7 kilo wings off.
“ �e Rapid Plus was rst introduced 10 years ago and has been hugely successful”, says Jeroen Bohm, Line of Business Product Manager for Meyn Deboning Systems.“ �e larger weight capability will add more exibility and productivity for poultry producers worldwide.”
Over 200 Rapid Plus systems have been sold worldwide. It is the only solution available that can harvest all let and tender products automatically at the highest capacity, resulting in a signi cant reduction of labor costs and a minimized dependency on labor skills and availability. �e next generation Rapid Plus chicken breast deboner is introduced to the market during IPPE 2017 in Atlanta where also a live demonstration of the system will be held.
Meyn celebrates the 10 Year Jubilee of the Rapid system technology in 2017.
Stories from the field: Geoffrey Kitale, Kenya
Geoffrey ' s main reason for purchasing the Sf1 Solar Pump was to help Because of this expense, he was limited to only irrigating ¼ of an acre him irrigate his farm during the dry season( December to March). where he grew kales, local vegetables and tomatoes for commercial Irrigating through the droughts will allow him to continue growing reasons. But now, with free energy from the solar pump he has been able produce and help him increase his income during those periods. Two to expand his cultivated area. He ' s already planted cabbages, kales, months on from the pump being installed he is already seeing great onions and is growing tomatoes in a small greenhouse. progress on his farm.
He uses the solar pump daily, from eight in the morning till noon. �e Before purchasing the solar pump, Geoffrey hired a petrol pump for River Kiminini that passes next to his farm is his water source. �e river irrigating his crops. �e cost of hiring the pump, plus the fuel cost, never dries out so Geoffrey knows he will have good harvest during the would amount to 700 shillings($ 7) each time. Irrigating twice a week in droughts, especially as the amount that was being used in hiring of petrol the dry season was therefore having a signi cant impact on his potential pump will be diverted in other farming activities. pro ts!
By Collins Oluoch, M & E Assistant
www. farmersreviewafrica. com January- February 2017
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