6.9 Million Tons Of Citrus In America Are Produced This Way - American Farming

hello everyone today we will go to the citrus farms in the united states to see how billions of citrus fruits here are cared for and harvested currently florida and california are the two states with the largest citrus fruit production in the united states [Music] here's what's going on at a seedling nursery thousands of seedlings will be cared for here for three months before they are transferred to the official farms early spring is the right time for millions of citrus trees to be planted on farms [Music] according to statistics in 2021 in the state of florida there are about 74 citrus trees planted on 569 000 acres most citrus varieties grown in the us states of florida and california take three to five years to be harvested this machine is used to trim thousands of citrus trees on this farm and pruning needs to be done every year to control the height of the trees late january and early february is the time when citrus trees in florida begin to bloom and it takes about six more months for the first harvest to take place while the flower buds are developing a probiotic is used to prevent aphids and pests from attacking the flower buds [Music] after about six to seven months from flowering most of the citrus trees here are ready to be harvested [Music] every year when the harvest takes place about 18 000 workers are hired to work on citrus farms across the united states [Music] billions of citrus fruits will be picked and shipped to factories for packaging for juice production if you feel like your body is lacking in vitamin c we recommend that you go to these farms to apply for a job [Applause] so [Music] here is what goes on at a citrus packing plant here billions of citrus fruits will be washed and disinfected before packaging currently citrus grown in the united states is mainly exported to countries such as canada japan and south korea with a turnover of about 1.3 billion dollars [Music] next we will go to some citrus farms in the state of california to see billions of citrus fruits harvested by modern machines [Music] at the end of this video we will return to the vast fields of florida to see how farmers here harvest billions of tomatoes and strawberries [Music] do [Music] do [Music] so [Music] so [Music] how do you feel about the process of cultivating and harvesting the fruits in this video let us know what you think in the comments section of the video goodbye and see you in the next video

Channel: Tony 98 - Discovery

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Keywords: agriculture technology, farming technology, harvesting technology, citrus farming, citrus, citrus harvesting, modern agricultural technology, cultivation technology, processing technology, agriculture, fruits, farming, technology, #tony98discovery

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Length: 8min 26sec (506 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 26 2022