*In Minnesota and North Dakota, the sugar beet harvest is a precise operation. The cool temperatures are crucial to preserving the sugar content. Farmers work tirelessly during the 14-day haul, and the plant operates from September to mid-April.* 🚜🌱
In Minnesota and North Dakota, the beet plants start a pre-pile harvest in September and the main harvest starts about October 1, if the weather is cool enough. The temperatures need to be cold enough for them to maintain the sugar. If it is too warm, the beet actually starts a rotting process. The farmers haul 24 hours a day for about 14 days. The Plant starts up in September and continues until about mid-April.
one of my friends worked during harvest season this year running a big conveyor belt deal used to pile up beets after they are dumped out of the trucks... she said it was interesting training for sure. :D
@@tony98discovery I'm not exactly sure, as I've never visited her animal sanctuary; she's up by Alex somewhere if I remember correctly. Her name is Misti, so if you worked a crew with her, you'll remember her. Petite but feisty. She has pigs, squirrels, muntjacs (tiny deer with fangs) and a lot of other critters that she shares her home with.
thank you migrant workers for your hard work in the farms, feilds and orchards at below minimum wage, to bring us spoiled Americans food to our tables...you are awesome !
In Michigan, growers can't use drops for cider. Once the apple hits the ground, that's it. It can't be sold in any form. I live in the Fruit Ridge area of West Michigan and I have apple orchards on all sides of my property. For the past 6 years we go out in the orchard and pick up the drops and make cider. On October 22nd of 2022 all the kids and grandkids came over and we made 27 gallons of cider. It's a fun family time!
@@tony98discovery I still don't know what a sugar beet is. A bulb, and are the leaves used too or just for animal fodder ? Is a syrup made out of them and if so what is it used for ? A better explanation for people who have no idea what they are would be good.
عليكم بتغيير الة الجمع للتفاح ولا تسقطوه بالارض لابد من جمعه من فوق الشجرة انظف You have to change the harvesting machine for apples, and do not drop them on the ground. They must be collected from the top of the tree cleaner
I picked strawberries in PA when I was 14 years old for 2 week to earn some cash when school out. Boy it was a back breaking job. Then in 1989 I was paid .50 cents a pint. I'm 47 now I can never do that again. I appreciate the workers that bring us food to our table.
People need to research what the H2a program requires a producer to pay and supply to their help. These workers do come and work hard, but they are appreciated and paid more than a lot of Americans make.
The US food industry would shut down without legal and illegal immigration. In fields and factories, immigrants are busting their asses off in harsh conditions with minimal safety for low wages and doing jobs Americans don't want. They work long hours, no overtime, no holidays, no sick time, no paid vacation, no health benefits, no workman's comp, no unemployment benefits. The US Immigration system is broken, it should allow such hard-working immigrants legal status. Instead, they are exploited. We need these workers in this country. They deserve more legal protections. In Massachusetts we just passed a law allowing undocumented residents to have legal driver's licenses.
Now I don’t know if you have such a drink in the states but in my neck of the woods in the two days of summer we get in north east Scotland I do like a pint or 6 of snake bite, all it is is a pint glass half full of lager and half full of cider hence the reason for my interest in the apple cider farm
@@tony98discovery There are a few youtube channels. There is one that is about 60 miles from me, called Beet Farmin Mitch. He is new but has posted a few this year and last year. He describes the plant and what they do during harvest.
