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Each year, billions of tons of agricultural products are harvested to supply the global market. But instead of spending thousands of hours on manual labor, the advent of modern machinery has completely transformed the face of agriculture. From vast fields of radishes to orchards laden with fruit, join us as we marvel at the ingenious operation of six cutting, edge-harvesting technologies. Harvesting thousands of tons of almonds in a short period of time in California is an incredibly impressive example of modern agriculture. So, are you curious about what kind of machinery farmers use to harvest ripe almonds? With modern machinery, almond harvesting can be completed in three steps, saving time and thousands of laborers. First, the vibrating device clamps firmly around the base of the tree, and with just one strong shake, thousands of almonds scatter across the ground. Immediately, a seed scavenging machine with oversized brushes gathered the almond trees on the ground into long rows to dry naturally in the sun. In the final step of the harvesting process, a seed gatherer will suck up all the seeds on the ground, transfer them to trucks, and take them to a collection point to prepare for the next steps. To cater to the potato chip craze, one of the top snack foods in America, megafarms harvest millions of tons of potatoes each season. Harvest season arrives and with it, specialized machinery showcases its power. Machines swarm into the fields. Entering the field, the blades cut the plants, and the self-propelled harvester plunges its digging blade deep into the soil, scooping up the entire row of potatoes along with soil and rocks onto a vibrating conveyor belt system. Here, the conveyor belt lifts the potatoes and the vibrating system shakes off the dirt and sand. The loose soil falls into the gaps, making way for the glistening golden potatoes. After being cleaned, the potatoes are discharged directly into a container. Seeing trucks loaded with potatoes is a sign of a successful harvest for the people of Idaho. Today, the farm owner will take us on a tour of his cherry orchard. This is a specialized cherry orchard that cultivates high quality cherry varieties, catering exclusively to the premium fresh cherry market with stringent standards for crispness, sweetness, and appearance. To preserve their perfect appearance, each cherry is carefully hand-picked by the workers. They gently press down on the stem, absolutely avoiding touching the flesh to prevent rubbing or damaging the natural bloom. Immediately after harvesting, the cherries are placed in specialized wooden crates and transported to the processing facility to maintain their freshness and quality. Before you are state of the art self, propelled beetroot harvesting and cleaning machines from Germany, with its spiral roller system extending up to 10.2 meters, the machine quickly scoops up all the radishes lined up in the field, completely cleaning away the dirt and leaves clinging to the roots automatically. After being cleaned, the radishes are transported on a conveyor belt extending up to 15 meters, allowing them to be directly discharged into trucks at an impressive capacity of up to 600 tons per hour. This is the optimal solution to increase productivity and free up labor during the harvest season. Following in the footsteps of Dave Gleason, we have the opportunity to visit vast apple orchards in Washington state right during the busiest harvest season of the year. The garden appeared vast and brimming with life under the gentle autumn sun. Rows of straight trees, laden with fruit, wore a stunning, vibrant red hue that illuminated the entire corner of the sky. To preserve the perfection of this premium agricultural product, each apple is carefully hand-picked by skilled workers. They gently handle the apple, Carefully breaking it at the stem end without squeezing it hard. This meticulous manual harvesting method helps to preserve the natural bloom on the surface as much as possible. When the sacks of apples on their chests are full, the apples are gently emptied into large wooden crates piled up in the shade, ready to be transported to the warehouse for rapid cold storage. The state of Oregon cultivates over 8,000 hectares of onions, with farmers harvesting an impressive yield of over 500,000 tons of bulbs each year. The best time to harvest onions is when most of the bulbs are old and withered. To harvest onions as quickly as possible, farmers use specialized machinery to easily pull them out of the ground. After the bulbs are pulled up, the machine collects the onions lying on the ground and loads them onto a truck. The presence of these modern agricultural machines makes harvesting crops very quick and easy. In the fields of South Georgia, modern machinery has streamlined the harvesting of thousands of tons of peanuts into two smooth, automated stages. Underground cutting blades sever the taproots without damaging the tubers. Then a conveyor belt rolls the peanut plants up, a vibrating system shakes off the soil and sand, and flips the plants 180 degrees to expose the clusters of tubers to sunlight, preventing mold. Once the peanuts are dry enough, the combine harvester sweeps across the rows of peanuts, engulfing the stalks in a rotating drum to separate the kernels. After the grains are cleaned, they are transferred to parallel trucks and transported to the processing plant. The German Claas combine harvester is nicknamed the monster on vast grain fields. With a powerful engine of up to 790 horsepower and an advanced APS airflow threshing system, the machine easily devours vast fields of wheat, barley or corn. The harvesting process is a perfectly integrated system, from the Convio cutting blades that gather the grass fibers, to the ultra-fast rotor system that separates the seeds, to the fans that filter out dust and dirt, resulting in streams of pure, golden seeds. 18,000 liter tank allows for direct discharge into trucks while the operation is in motion, optimizing productivity and transforming the grain harvest season into a spectacular technological display. Mornings in the sweet cornfields of France always begin with a bustling yet incredibly rhythmic pace, thanks to the modern harvesting machines. To ensure that each ear of sweet corn remains fresh until it reaches the consumer, the specialized Harvesting system must be very gentle. After being separated, the sweet corn cobs are transported by conveyor belt to a container, where a fan blows away excess husks and dry leaves, retaining only the freshest and tastiest ears. Immediately afterwards, the produce is quickly transferred onto large container trucks, ready to be transported to the processing plant in the shortest possible time to preserve its natural sweetness. You drink celery juice every day for detox, but have you ever seen firsthand how tens of thousands of giant celery stalks are harvested? On the vast fields, long lines of skilled workers move swiftly and rhythmically, performing each task with precision. They use specialized knives to cut the celery stalks close to the root, quickly trimming away the excess leaves, and then place each fresh, juicy green stalk onto a mobile conveyor belt system. Every step, from washing and sorting to wrapping and packaging, is skillfully handled manually right on the processing platform in the field, ensuring perfect freshness before reaching the consumer. Harvesting a quality bunch of bananas requires 9 to 12 months of meticulous care. Therefore, harvesting demands a very high level of skill from the harvester. The worker inspects the bananas before harvesting to ensure they are at the ideal ripeness and greenness. The process of cutting bananas requires the skillful coordination of two people. One uses a sharp knife to gently cut the tree trunk, while the other supports the entire bunch of bananas, weighing tens of kilograms on their shoulder, ensuring that not a single banana is scratched. Immediately afterwards, the bunches of green bananas were hooked onto an overhead cable system for smooth transportation to the factory without fear of damage. Have you ever seen a machine that devours hundreds of tons of pumpkins per hour? This is the Modi KE3000 Hydro S, the ultimate pumpkin seed harvesting beast from Austria. Equipped with a super heavy hydraulic gripper that drives the pins straight into the pumpkin and lifts it up quickly and efficiently, this machine can shred the pumpkin in the blink of an eye, filter out the seeds with absolute precision, and load them directly into a 1.8 ton container. Nothing goes to waste, the pumpkin flesh is crushed and returned to the fields to be used as organic fertilizer. The entire process is completely automated, often referred to as the queen of fruits. Mangosteen is a valuable export commodity for many Southeast Asian countries. This fruit accounts for approximately 15% of the total global exports of mangoes, mangosteens, and guavas. When the green fruit gradually turns purple, the harvest season begins. Mangosteen is a fragile fruit, so the harvesters mainly pick it by hand. For tall branches, they either climb directly up or use long poles with attached mesh bags to pick the fruit. After harvesting, the mangosteens are brought to processing facilities for inspection, sorting, and packaging before being sold on the market and exported. Immerse yourself in the lush green landscape of the tea hills and join the locals in harvesting high-quality tea buds. On large, flat areas, the harvesters glide across the rows, cutting the tender shoots on the surface and dropping them into soft cloth bins to avoid crushing the leaves. On gently sloping hillsides, the two-person operated combine harvester proves its versatility, neatly removing the young leaves without harming the plants. On the steeper hills, people mainly pick the tea leaves by hand, their hands moving swiftly like machines, selecting the tenderest tea buds to harvest. All the fresh tea buds are then transported and dried in natural sunlight to preserve the full flavor of the premium tea. On the vast chili and banana plantations of the United States, the contract harvesting process takes place at a breakneck pace. Workers move continuously along the rows of plants, swiftly plucking ripe, golden chili peppers that meet the standards and emptying them into buckets. At a rate of approximately 0.95 per bucket, a skilled worker can complete 1,560 buckets per day, earning 1,500. All the chili peppers are then quickly loaded onto trucks and transported to the processing plant, transforming the hard work in the fields into outstanding economic efficiency. With its adjustable track size of 142-110 cm and in Kubota 75HP engine, the OrtoMac 9000 Letuga redefines the standards for harvesting lettuce and leafy vegetables. With a cutting width of 20-180 cm, combined with an automatic height sensor, the hydraulic blade glides close to the ground, cutting the base cleanly without crushing the stem. A lightweight polyurethane conveyor belt gently lifts vegetables onto a 4.5-meter 1.3-ton capacity processing floor, allowing workers to pack them on-site, significantly increasing productivity and preserving maximum freshness. This type of vegetable grows extremely fast, but even the most advanced machines are hesitant to use it because its stems are soft and easily crushed In fields where harvesting is done by hand, workers walk along the rows, bending down to use knives to trim each shoot close to the base, ensuring it reaches the standard length of 20-25cm. While this method preserves good quality, it is labor-intensive and requires a lot of manpower. To optimize productivity, farms are adopting a semi-mechanized method using self-propelled vehicles Workers sit on the vehicles to harvest and place bamboo shoots directly onto an automated conveyor belt. This solution reduces physical exertion, increases harvesting speed by 203 times while keeping the bamboo shoots fresh. On the vast pineapple plantations at in the Philippines, millions of mature pineapples are preparing for the upcoming harvest season. To harvest large quantities of pineapples at the best quality, approximately 3,000 seasonal workers flock to pineapple farms in Indonesia each year. At 6 to 30 am each day, workers in protective clothing armed with sharp sickles begin their day's work in the pineapple fields. This work proceeds smoothly as large tractors move along the rows of plants, assisting workers in picking each pineapple and placing it onto a conveyor belt for transport. This is the starting point for the journey of pineapples from the fields to the rest of the world. Considered one of the most important crops in Brazilian agriculture, sugarcane serves both as a raw material for sugar production and as a source of ethanol for the fuel industry. Sugarcane is harvested 10-18 months after planting. When it reaches the appropriate maturity, specialized machines cut the sugarcane stalks close to the ground. The sugarcane stalks are cut into small sections and immediately transferred to trucks driving alongside, while the remaining leaves and impurities are dumped directly into the field to be used as fertilizer. Afterward, the sugarcane is quickly transported to the factory. There, the sugarcane stalks are crushed to extract the crystallized sugarcane juice, Which is then used to produce sugar or ethanol. Self-propelled alfalfa harvesters from leading manufacturers like Krone and CLAAS are the optimal solution for modern agriculture. The machine is equipped with a specialized pick-up rake that helps to gather up slightly withered alfalfa grass in the field. Wherever the machine passes, the grass rows are neatly cut. The grass is passed through a system of sharp, high-speed rotating drums to chop it into fine, uniformly sized pieces ranging from three to five centimeters. With a large lever and a giant broom, the mowed grass will be gathered into one large pile for easy collection. The grass is collected and blown directly through a discharge nozzle into a trailer truck running parallel with high precision. This continuous mechanization process allows for the harvesting of tens of tons of grass per hour, maximizing the preservation of nutritional value and protein for use in silage for livestock. On the vast pineapple plantations at in the Philippines, millions of mature pineapples are preparing for the upcoming harvest season. From February to May is the harvesting season. Farmers walk through the orchards picking ripe fruit from the lower branches, while for the higher branches, they either let the ripe fruit fall naturally or gently shake the branches with a long stick. Then they will pick up the fallen cashews from the ground. The cashew nuts will be separated from the fruit as soon as they are picked up. Fresh cashew nuts, after being collected, are transported to a spacious drying area under natural sunlight. Here, the nuts are spread out and continuously turned over under the intense sun about five times a day to remove moisture and prevent mold. Which agricultural harvesting machine or process impressed you the most? Leave your opinion in the comments. Don't forget to like, subscribe to the channel, and turn on notifications so you don't miss the next interesting videos. Goodbye and see you again.