The 2013 range of Master Driers, which incorporate a range of new features, have been unveiled by Master Farm Services
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Rotating debris out of irrigation water
As with many other farmers, Bob Wietharn had a real problem. He irrigated from a river so shallow that he could usually wade across it, but the nozzles of his centrepivots kept clogging up with debris sucked up through the system