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News Release from: Landia | Subject: Jeju dairy project
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 January 2008
Slurry pumps for dairy farm in Korea
Long Shaft Slurry Pumps from Landia are helping Linton Solutions, of Ireland, continue with dairy development success on the volcanic Korean island of Jeju, long associated with Irish missionaries
Long Shaft Slurry pumps made by Landia, which are ideal for pumping heavy slurry over long distances, are proving to be highly effective at a farming co-operative on the volcanic island of Jeju, approximately 60 miles off the southern peninsula of South Korea Specified by Lisburn-based Linton Solutions, who provide expert environmental and economic solutions for agriculture and industrial markets, the Landia chopping pumps provide a very efficient processing system for the slurry from 1,000cow dairy units
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 30 Jan 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Linton Solutions Projects Director, Nigel Johnston, commented: "We have worked to achieve a long-term sustainable balance between the requirements of local farmers and the equally important tourism needs on the island, so bringing in the best equipment is of paramount importance".
He added: "With Landia slurry pumps, we fully expect anything from 10 to 15 years service without repair, which means virtually no disruption for farmers, and overall, a very sound whole-life-cost investment".
As part of their close association with their South Korean client, Linton Solutions have also provided operational training of the Long Shaft Slurry Pumps to the local workforce, highlighting the Landia support and commitment to an island whose volcanic history has provided few natural resources for the economy.
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* * * At the centre of Jeju is Mount Halla, an extinct volcano, whose slopes, rising to almost 6,500 feet, are covered with rocks, forest and scrubby grass.
The soil is porous red lava, with an inability to retain water.
So although the island has moderate to heavy rainfall, the centre of Jeju lacks a natural permanent water supply.
The island and its people have at times been the poorest in South Korea.
Strong links between Jeju and Ireland can be traced back to the inspirational and ultra-determined Father Patrick McGlinchey, who as a member of missionary order, The Society of Saint Columban, was assigned to South Korea in 1952, spending almost all of his time on Jeju.
When Father McGlinchey arrived in Jeju, the Korean War was just coming to a close.
Some 60,000 people on the island had been killed as the result of communist guerrilla activity during 1947-1949 and the population was huddled around the seacoast in small farms averaging one-third of a hectare.
Although planting two crops per year, farm families lived at subsistence level.
They were heavily in debt to moneylenders and the despair-suicide of children was not unheard of.
Yet 50,000 hectares of land stood idle in the centre of the island.
McGlinchey eventually bought 1,000 hectares of undeveloped land, which is now part of the training farm of the Isidore Development Association (IDA), formed in 1963.
As McGlinchey hoped, IDA has served as a development model.
When local farmers finally became convinced that the uplands could be cultivated and that livestock-raising was profitable, they themselves began to pressure the local government to supply the needed infrastructure.
A large scale piped-water project was undertaken by the local government after McGlinchey proved it could be done; reservoirs have been built and roads have been improved and extended around the island.
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