2.8 Billion Pounds Of Almonds Harvested This Way In California - Almond Processing Factory

hello everyone have you ever eaten almonds let  us know how you feel about the taste of this dish almond is a tree grown mainly in the u.s and some  countries in the middle east in today's video we   will go to the vast fields of almond trees to see  how the farmers here cultivate and harvest almonds the process of planting almond  trees usually begins in mid-february   this is the right time for  the seedlings to develop buds these covers will be used to protect  seedlings from stem borers and limit sunlight after about two years from planting  the almond trees will need to be pruned   pruning almond trees is usually  done at the beginning of winter the time from planting almond trees to harvesting  the first crop usually lasts three to four years almonds are a water intensive plant  so this trip irrigation system   needs to be operated on a regular basis almond trees usually have an  average lifespan of 25 to 28 years   and from the 20th year onwards the fruit  yield of this tree begins to decrease almond blossoms usually appear  between february and march   and during this time millions of honeybees  are used to pollinate the flowers   if you look at it from a distance  you will see the armored flower   looks quite similar to the  flowers of plum and pear trees the time from flowering to harvesting almonds   usually last from five to six  months depending on the climate   do you feel satisfied looking at these images everything here is ready to start a new harvest this machine will be used to shake the almond tree   until all the fruit on the  tree falls to the ground the process of harvesting almonds is quite similar  to the harvesting of olive or cherry orchards the whole almond will then  be loaded up onto the truck   by this machine in some countries in the  middle east the almonds after falling to   the ground i dried in the sun for  about a week before being harvested this machine is used to harvest in the  fields of several years old almonds hundreds of tons of almonds after harvesting  will be transported to the factory   for processing and packaging   because the number of almonds is too  large and cannot be processed all at once   they will be gathered here before  being transferred to the factory   these are the activities that take  place inside the almond nut packing   factory how do you feel about the process of  cultivating and harvesting almonds in this video   let us know what you think in the comments section  of the video goodbye and see you in the next video so so   you

Channel: Tony 98 - Discovery

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Keywords: agriculture technology, farming technology, harvesting technology, almond harvest, almond, almond cultivation, mass harvest, mass production, almond processing, modern agricultural technology, agriculture, farming, modern, technology, #tony98discovery

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Length: 8min 13sec (493 seconds)

Published: Thu Jul 28 2022