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About The Process
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Aerial view of the Office/RF Dryer, Compressing Plant and Storage Shed.
Aerial view of Dehydration Plant.
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- Timothy hay is a bunchgrass with a 3 to 5 year productive lifespan.
- The
first of the processes is to grow premium quality timothy hay in fields of the Peace Region in Alberta.
- In early July/early
August, PRT cuts, bales and transports the Timothy hay to the plants in Nampa for further processing.
- Round baled Timothy hay is taken to PRT's
dehydration facility where a single pass rotary drum is used to dry the premium quality Timothy hay and either double compress into large 1 m.t. bales or
small square bales for the press plant.
- Field baled Timothy hay is delivered to the processing plant where moisture testing is conducted. If
the Timothy hay is above 12% moisture level, the Timothy hay proceeds through the RF/V dryer to remove this excess moisture. Otherwise
the Timothy hay proceeds to the storage facility where it is stored until it's needed for shipping.
- PRT's press plant double compresses and wraps
these square bales of Timothy hay into blocks of twelve bales and then loads them into ocean containers.
- The ocean containers are then
trucked to the rail yards in Edmonton, Alberta.
- The containers then proceed from Edmonton to Vancouver by rail where they
are loaded onto ships destined for export markets.
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