How American Farmers Harvest Thousands Of Tons Of Fruits And Vegetables

Hello everyone, today we will continue to the farms in the United States to see how the process of harvesting thousands of tons of fruit and vegetables happens. The first place we will see in this video is a large vineyard in the San Joaquin County in California. Between August and October each year is the time when tens of thousands of workers flock to the vineyards in California to harvest. The average wage for each of these workers is about $17 an hour. According to statistics released in 2021 the total area of vineyards in the state of California is 895,000 acres of which up to 73 percent of the area is planted with grapes for wine production. Each year California grape farms produce about 3.8 million tons of grapes accounting for 92 percent of the country's grape production. Hundreds of tons of grapes here after harvest will be transferred to the winery to produce wine. Here's what's going on in a chili farm in Florida. Around 230 workers are hired to this farm to harvest the chili. Currently Florida, California and Michigan are the states with the largest chili production in the United States. In 2020 US chili production is about 325,000 tons of which up to 75 percent is produced in California and Florida. Thousands of chili peppers after harvesting will be transferred to trucks thanks to this conveyor system. The third place we will visit in this video is a persimmon farm in southern Indiana. September to November every year is the time when the persimmon harvest takes place here. Persimmon is a fruit with a rather hard stem so these workers will need to use scissors to cut it instead of picking by hand like many other fruits. According to statistics released in 2021 the total area planted for persimmon in the United States is about 3,200 acres and the yield obtained is about 15,300 tons. 75 percent of persimmon production in the United States is consumed domestically with the remainder being mainly exported to Canada and Mexico. Now we will go to a watermelon field in Arizona to see how thousands of watermelons here are harvested. Currently Arizona and Georgia as well as Florida are the states with largest watermelon production accounting for about 27 percent of total watermelon production in the United States. In 2021 in the US around 105,000 acres of fields are used to grow watermelons and the yield is usually more than 1.6 million tons. The sixth place we will visit in this video is a peach farm in the state of Georgia. Oh look at these beautiful ripe peaches would you like to come here and pick them yourself? Currently California produces 73 percent of US peach production however in terms of taste and deliciousness peaches grown in Georgia are well known and appreciated by everyone. In 2021 the US states produced about 689,000 tons of peaches of which up to 505,000 tons come from California. Next we will go to a kiwi farm in Yuba County in the state of California. Every September nearly 4,000 workers flock to kiwi farms in California to harvest. Millions of kiwi fruits after harvesting will be shipped to factories for packaging. Currently the kiwi fruit growing area in the United States is about 4,500 acres and the annual harvest is about 47,000 tons. These are pictures of a cherry farm in Washington. Currently the United States is the second largest cherry producer in the world after Turkey. In 2021 the cherries harvested in the United States are about 266,000 tons and bring in a value of about 522 million dollars. Here's what's going on at a tangerine farm in Alabama. Currently Alabama and Florida are the states with the largest citrus production in the United States. At the end of this video we'll take a look at the harvest taking place in several US vegetable fields. How do you feel about the process of harvesting fruits and vegetables in this video? Let us know what you think in the comment section of the video. Goodbye and see you in the next video.