Jiffy's New Georgia Facility [Slideshow]
Greenhouse Grower Managing Editor Kevin Yanik toured Jiffy's production facility May 16 in Macon, Ga. Check out how Jiffy is blending and processing the peat it receives from Europe at this brand-new facility.
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Jiffy actually shares its new facility in Macon, Ga., with the Ferry-Morse Seed Company, which has two packaging lines of its own in Macon for garden center products.© 2011 -
Blending different fraction sizes of peat is key to Jiffy's initiative bringing its product to the United States from Europe.© 2011 -
Jiffy's John Bonin shows off a block of coir from Jiffy Sri Lanka.© 2011 -
A comparison of a lighter, whiter peat and a darker peat.© 2011 -
Loaders fill these hoppers with peat before other ingredients are added to a mix.© 2011 -
A conveyor moves peat across the facility to an area where it will be compressed and shrink wrapped.© 2011 -
A peat compressor in action.© 2011 -
This Jiffy bale is ready to be shipped to a grower.© 2011 -
This part of the Macon facility is where the Ferry-Morse product is bagged and palleted.© 2011
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