1 7 Million Tons Of Sweet Potatoes In America Are Harvested This Way - American Harvest

Hello my friends, today we are going to sweet potato farms in the US state of North Carolina to see how the process of cultivating and harvesting thousands of tons of sweet potato happens. April to May is the time when planting takes place on all sweet potato farms in North Carolina. Sweet potato seedlings will be collected and transferred to the field to start a new life. Every year about 4,300 migrant workers flock to sweet potato farms in the United States to begin the growing process. Currently the United States has about 152,000 acres of land used for sweet potato production. In 2021 sweet potato acreage in North Carolina is about 104,000 acres, 33,000 acres more than in California, Louisiana and Mississippi combined. The time from planting to harvesting sweet potatoes lasts about 120 days. In the United States the sweet potato harvest usually takes place from mid-August until October. After three months from planting this machine will be used to make sweet potatoes emerge from the ground. During the sweet potato harvest thousands of workers will flock to farms in North Carolina to work. Millions of sweet potatoes will be picked up by these workers and then loaded onto trucks. As far as we know the wages that the sweet potato harvesters receive is about $17 per hour. According to the statistics of the United States Department of Agriculture in 2021 the country's sweet potato production is 1.7 million tons and brings in a value of around 680 million dollars. After harvesting thousands of tons of sweet potatoes will be transported to the factory for packaging. At this factory millions of sweet potatoes are washed before packing. In the later part of this video we will go to California to see how the cultivation and harvesting of garlic happens here. January to February is the time to grow garlic in California. In 2020 there was about 24,700 acres of land used to grow garlic in California accounting for 90 percent of the country's garlic growing area. After about a week from planting farm workers will install a watering system on the garlic field. The time from planting to harvesting garlic in California lasts about five months. Every year from June to August more than 4,000 workers flock to Californian garlic farms to harvest garlic and most of them are Mexican immigrants. As a first step these workers will pull the garlic plants out of the ground before separating the bulbs and stems. Right from the early morning the garlic harvesting process has been taking place at this farm. As with many other farm jobs California garlic harvesters typically earn about $17 per hour worked. In 2021 garlic production in California is 316 million pounds accounting for 90 percent of the country's garlic production. In addition to California garlic is also grown in a number of other states such as At this garlic farm a fast food truck also came to serve the workers here while they rest. After harvesting millions of pounds of garlic will be sent to the factory for processing and packaging. This is what happens at a garlic packing plant in California. How do you feel about the Let us know what you think in the comments section of the video. Goodbye and see you in the next video.