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Vine & plant shredding
Tomato, cucumber, pepper, eggplant and strawberry plants, shredded at about an acre an hour.
Learn moreGreenhouse crop removal · Since 2003
Remove the old. Make way for the new.
2 Corinthians 5:17
North America's leader in greenhouse plant shredding. Our custom-built machines clear spent crops at about an acre an hour, so you're back to planting faster.
- Serving growers since
- 2003
- Acres shredded every year
- 6,000+
- Cleared per hour
- ~1acre
- Team members
- 55
- Tomatoes
- Cucumbers
- Peppers
- Eggplant
- Strawberries
- Excess leaves
- Drip lines
- Rockwool slabs
- Coco & soil
The turnaround problem
Every idle day between crops costs you.
The window between harvest and the next planting is razor-thin. Manual labour, general-purpose equipment and juggling multiple contractors make crop removal slow, expensive and unpredictable.
Fehr Shredding was purpose-built to close that gap. Our machines shred, clear and prepare your growing area in a single, streamlined pass, and our crews work on your schedule, not the other way around.
Our storyWhat we do
Vines, leaves, lines & slabs. Shredded.
From high-wire vines to the slabs they grew in, our machines take it all, so you can start your new crop cycle as quickly as possible.
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Excess leaf shredding
Lots of leaves? Not a problem. Let us know when booking and we'll shred them right along with your spent crop.
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Drip line & slab shredding
Rockwool slabs, drip lines, soil and coco. Our machines are built for the latest growing mediums.
Learn moreHow it works
From spent crop to ready to plant.
A simple process, run by crews who understand how much every turnaround day is worth.
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Book your window
Tell us your crop, acreage and target dates. We plan around your timeline.
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We mobilize
Our machines and trained operators arrive on site. With multiple units, we can run several sites at once.
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Shred in one pass
Vines, leaves, drip lines and slabs are shredded and cleared at about an acre every hour.
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You replant
Your house is cleared and ready, so your next crop cycle starts sooner.
Every single year
250,000km
of spent vines shredded.
Stretched end to end, that's more than six trips around the Earth, across more than 6,000 acres of greenhouse cleared and made ready to replant.
Designed & built in-house
Our equipment
Built for greenhouses. Nothing else.
Our shredders aren't off-the-shelf farm equipment. They were designed from the ground up for commercial greenhouses, and they're constantly maintained and re-engineered to keep pace with new growing mediums.
- Handles rockwool slabs, drip lines, soil and coco
- Multiple machines ready to deploy at any time
- Run by trained, specialized operators
- Works in virtually any greenhouse configuration
We work on your schedule