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Whether naturally occurring weather changes or global warming is to blame, the likelihood is that Britain’s weather is set to get wetter. With the floods causing a problem for many farmers again this year, Calor urges farm managers to ensure effective and efficient crop drying methods are in place.
Calor has been assisting farmers by providing a reliable bulk fuel supply for over 70 years and has a proven track record in the agriculture market. Calor liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is an ideal fuel for many farm applications, not least crop drying where the most important factor in drying the crops is accurate and reliable control of heat.
LPG offers precise moisture control and an even heat, ensuring optimum drying temperatures are easily maintained and crops are dried evenly to the correct moisture content. Crops such as wheat, maize, barley, rape, peas, potatoes, bulbs and onions can all be dried economically and efficiently with Calor LPG.
Calor’s Kevin Houlden says farmers should take this summer’s extremely wet conditions as a sign to be prepared for next year. He says: “Although we cannot foresee exactly what the weather will be like next year, the predictions from the experts are that wetter summers could be here to stay.
“The Environment Agency is forecasting less predictable weather and in his independent review of the flooding emergency that took place in June and July 2007, Sir Michael Pitt stated that the risk of flooding continues to escalate.”
Kevin continues: “We typically get an influx of requests for LPG installations to power grain drying facilities in the summer as the drying season approaches. However, we are able to work with manufacturers and distributors to install LPG tanks and equipment any time of the year.”
Compared with oil which is also sometimes used for crop drying, LPG is a cleaner burning fuel producing fewer carbon emissions and less smoke meaning it can be used in more sensitive of areas and will not taint the crops in any way.
Calor offers the largest LPG delivery network in the country and a comparative rental cost for the tank covers regular maintenance checks, a 24 hour, 365 day emergency call out service and visual inspections every time the tank is refilled, giving customers complete peace of mind.
Offering the complete fuel solution for the UK’s farmers, in addition to crop drying, Calor LPG can be used for animal rearing, weedburning, heating and to fuel ATVs or other farming equipment.
For further information log on to www.lpg-farming.co.uk/crop-drying.htm, email: or call 0800 216 659.
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