A couple of weeks ago we posted a link to an article on a new rotary combine manufacturered in Brazil. The article appeared in The Peanut Grower magazine.
The following is a press release that we just received that may provide further information:
Colombo Group, Brazil’s largest manufacturer of harvesters for peanuts and dry beans, announces the establishment of a new North American unit, Colombo NA, Inc., in Ocilla, GA. Colombo NA, Inc. is entering the peanut combine market with a completely new harvesting concept for the American peanut farmer. The Colombo machine is the first rotary combine sold in the US. The rotary threshing method already dominates the grain harvesting industry and is now receiving a lot of enthusiasm in peanuts.
The simplicity of this combine has attracted a lot of attention. said Ken Sutton, Colombo’s Sales Manager. Sutton says that Colombo demonstrations of the harvester in 2005 were very successful with the combine performing well in many different field conditions. The farmers were pleased with how well it picked in tough conditions in the morning and early evening.
Colombo started building peanut combines in 1975. Their headquarters and four manufacturing facilities are located in Sao Paulo State in Brazil employing close to 400 people. There are approximately 200 Colombo dry bean combines already in operation in the northern US and Canada. Colombo NA has a dealers organization set up in Georgia for the 2006 harvest season and plans to expand into other peanut growing areas next year.
Contact: Colombo NA, Inc., (229)468-3050, email: ColomboNA@alltel.net
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