Harvesting Mint for Tooth Paste & More

[@jjwassom6372]

Very interesting video. Would never have thought about mint being harvested. I learned a lot today!

[@freedomring4813]

Same here

[@Peter-fo7md]

Like absolute fcking same, how could this be real and how did you read my mind

[@1d1hamby]

I love how your looking at so many aspects of farming, not just the tractors. As most farmers have to look at world trends to stay competitive, you give a glimpse into some of the complexities they have to watch. Keep up the great work.

[@treyinok]

Very Cool! I'm enjoying the "off the beaten path" crops you're showing us. Thanks for your hard work and efforts!

[@CourtnRob]

Lived in Wisconsin all my life. Never knew Mint was grown here. Learned a bunch from this video.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@rightsideofthegrass8114]

When I was growing up, mint was a huge crop in Oregon. Yes, each load is steamed, and produces only a small amount of oil. But, the taste is so strong, small amounts are valuable. I seem to remember the steaming time to be about five hours, ... but that was many years ago. The remnants were taken back to the field, just as you said. I remember the piles scattered across the field. I think they were spread with loaders after the season was over. It was only grown on sandy river-bottom land. Apparently, the production has moved to E Oregon now. OR still produces 35% of the nation's supply. Yes, the aroma throughout the area of production was strong. Thanks for sharing.

[@grassfeeding6073]

Great to see these specialty crop videos. I've seen a lot of videos out of the EU, but this is the first channel I've seen that's profiling this type of equipment in the US. Keep it up!

[@steinwaymodelb]

Fascinating! Much simpler than I thought mint harvest might be.

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

Your videos get more interesting with every release! Please keep these unique videos coming!

[@PlanetMojo]

I'll bet it smells awesome doing this job! I never even thought of how they harvested mint -- and this is in my back yard and never knew it!

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s an interesting crop. 6 wagon loads produce 55 gallons of mint oil.

[@PlanetMojo]

@@bigtractorpower - I just looked up the cost -- $350.00 per gallon for 65% purity -- so about $500.00 per gallon 100% pure. That's $27,000.00 per barrel -- wow!

[@bigtractorpower]

Planet Mojo 😮 wow

[@carcadeaddi]

I bet when chopping, the air is minty

[@johnschomburg5003]

It most definitely smells great!

[@MrKaba1985]

The biggest oil parts are the leaves and not the stamp, it smells yes but not that much. For a mint infusion (herbal infusion) they use leaves only. You can test it if u buy a mint plant and take 1 leave between 2 fingers and moving as long as you can that you don't see at the end the leave but you will smell it about 30 minutes later if you don't wash your hands.

[@wifarmerhank3039]

I learned how to drive tractor at the age of 11 by running a pull type chopper harvesting hay. (1086 and a JD 3950) Running the chopper was my favorite job on our 60 cow dairy farm. The cows have been gone now 9 years but hearing that chopper run brings back a flood of memories.

[@atomicwedgie8176]

That equipment looks to be in mint condition(s). Too soon?

[@bigtractorpower]

👍👍😆

[@RJ1999x]

🤦🏾‍♂️

[@SpazAttackJNH]

Seeing and hearing is great, but this would be great to smell.

[@peterreid6096]

Love the smell but don,t like the taste.

[@skibik64]

Great video! Thank you John for filming and BTP for hosting. I look forward to more of these.

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍👍

[@runninouttatimefarms9671]

Didn’t know that you could harvest mint that way great video and keep up the good work 👍👍👍

[@GumzFarmsWI]

Mint season is just around the corner again! Awesome video!

[@ChiefAUS]

They grow a bit of mint here in southwestern Idaho as well. Just driving by the growing mint fields you can smell it. When they harvest it the smell is almost overpowering. I am looking forward to the future videos on this crop. Thanks for all of your videos BTP.

[@Snowtruckdriver]

I grew up out in Eastern Washington State among hundreds of acres of mint owned by Tagarres Farms in Othello. I had no idea it was grown in the upper midwest. Nice Video

[@JoshuaSmith-xw6jp]

Mowed a lot of mint that grows wild along the creek bottoms in our pastures with a rotary mower lotta times. Always smells amazing

[@albertafarmer894]

Lots of mint in our area also, but on irrigation,also dill.Huge distilleries.Smells insanely awesome at harvest.

[@farmerjohnson8121]

This is very interesting! I'm glad you are showing these different types of harvest!

[@farmtoycollector998]

Awesome video! The only information I knew about mint harvesting was from a display you filmed for Toy Tractor Times. I never could find a good video on KZbin about it until now. Thank you for the informative video.

[@patricks2394]

Another great video. This mint farm is just a few miles from us. We are a large dairy that does all of our own forage harvesting and drag hosing of our manure. Didn't know you came this far. Could be some good stuff for you to film

[@bobcrone6151]

Love the variety on this Chanel!! Thx!!!

[@4gauge10]

I bet that smells really good too,many years ago they used to do that here B.T.P..

[@SuperAliceleo]

Thank You Jason for sharing another excellent video, something we did not know happened until you brought to Your You Tube Chanel. Take care, have a great day, bye for now.

[@jaredgranberry5200]

Had never thought about where mint came from. Pretty cool

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s a neat process.

[@AgriVidsProductions]

Very interesting

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@markstengel7680]

Must smell nice being in the fields. Look forward to the closeups in future episodes. 🚜👍

[@hughwhaley3179]

Thanks for sharing Jason 🚜👍

[@oukvantha]

Really modern agriculture at there!

[@bigtractorpower]

👍👍

[@888HUSKERS]

Thanks for this video!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. Hopefully BTP can film and share the entire mint process later this summer.

[@MeetMikeMiller]

Great video! I’ve seen catnip farmed using modified combines. It is interesting.

[@johnclarkkitner9556]

That was awsome to see mint being haverst

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@AaricHale]

Very cool ! I never seen a mint field before .

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@b2617]

Very unique operation. Thanks for the info!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@fredivory4304]

I bet the air around there is minty fresh!

[@Adam_Poirier]

Well this is the first Iv seen this done, I learned something today! Mint video thank you !

[@piperdoug428]

Mint grows wild near our old farm in SW Scotland.

[@crslyrn]

Good video. Enjoyed seeing equipment being used for a different type of crop. Stay safe.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@poupoulaurent3708]

Belle parcelle à cultiver!👍👏

[@jankotze1959]

Very nice rig to watch, thanks for the upload

[@Ghostrider304]

Interesting and informative video!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@farmerallis]

A crop that I never gave any thought to. Very interesting.

[@robwoods5537]

Did not know that love this channy ,from Ontario Canada

[@nepafarmingoldchannel4652]

Wow never knew that mint was harvested this way

[@bigtractorpower]

It is an interesting process.

[@farmmachineryfan856]

+bigtractorpower Very good and informational video. Nice to see some different crop production on your channel. Must have smelled good out in the field while filming this.

[@cadensullins9302]

Now that is what I call neat!!!!!!!

[@bomberking401bomber6]

Cool I work on one it’s fun!

[@maesy6730]

Really interesting videos this new series 👍

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍👍. Thank you for watching.

[@vingotaq777]

There must be a lovely scent in that field ,

[@onealfarms9967]

You have the best information in every video out of all KZbin I say every ffa and 4 h needs to see every video you have great job 👍

[@jimwilloughby]

How much oil is extracted from just one tub of leaves?

[@donald1056]

I like mint a lot

[@bigtractorpower]

👍👍

[@Campminivan]

Great video

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@yoderd2080]

We have some at our place. We use it to make tea!!!

[@lwilton]

Cool, I learned something new today!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@Thevacomaticvacuumcorner]

interesting video so much goes in to making a simple product

[@bigtractorpower]

It is interesting. It takes 6 of these wagons to make 55 gallons of mint oil.

[@alexthomson719]

Well that was very interesting thanks again 👍👍👍

[@glenkoopman7347]

Be neat to see the rest of the process

[@bigtractorpower]

Yes. I have footage of planting the roots. Looking forward to filming the rest.

[@sharpshooter7127]

Cool😎👍learned something new today.

[@jimharris4013]

thank you

[@pseudorandomsequence]

More minty fresh videos please. Interested to see how the oil is extracted.

[@kennethgreen2829]

What a cool video, I have learnt something unexpected :)

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool to hear. Thank you for watching.

[@noelhohberger1188]

I have never seen this before very interesting

[@DAVIDKHAINE]

Good video, lots of useful information...

[@rodmakestuff8288]

Awesome

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@rodmakestuff8288]

bigtractorpower Thank you for actually making good videos. Not to many people can do that anymore

[@DeLandbouwSpotter]

Very interesting to see.

[@rongrose3746]

Very interesting ! Had no idea .

[@mfreund15448]

Nice!!

[@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork]

Vary cool to see commercial scale essential oil harvest! Thanks for sharing! I wonder what nutritional amendments you use for the mint crop? Do you use any foliar feed regiments? Also, how is weed control managed?

[@bigtractorpower]

Those are all good questions. I am working on showing a full season of mint from planting to harvest. I will try to find answers for your questions to include in the video.

[@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork]

Thanks so much!

[@beartechdeck]

That’s pretty cool I learned a lot

[@bigtractorpower]

Glad to hear that. Thank you for watching.

[@macfarms]

Wow, I had no idea how mint was harvested. Thanks for the video. I mentioned to you before about my New Holland 1915 self propelled harvester we were restoring, the last few videos on my channel are us chopping silage with it if your interested check it out. 👍

[@landaroon7793]

Reply to Brad not Landa I'd only thought of hand harvesting since that's what we do for many kinds of herbs. We also use them after making tinctures, glycerites, dried teas as leaves or when appropriate, roots.

[@valentusslimroast6716]

nice

[@koolman2021]

Neat video

[@mrourcanada8964]

That was interesting I never knew how they harvested meant before so I’m kind of wondering since it takes so much meant to make a few gallons of oil like you said if the price of meant is higher than other traditional crops

[@boblablah3166]

great video! what is used to plant mint? broadcast spreader or some type of drill?

[@ShainAndrews]

Can they get more than one harvest a year? I know it is a pretty fast growing plant.

[@mdavidopie6993]

Some areas get 2 cutting a year which is a higher yielding scenario but not double what places that do one cutting get. Best yielding mint I ever distilled was 100LBS per acre one cutting.

[@ShainAndrews]

@@mdavidopie6993 Gotcha. Thanks for the info.

[@andrewwilbert]

How many cuttings will they get a year off this field?

[@mesh1248]

Learned something new today, is a self propelled harvester capable to do this job or does the pull type work best for filling those wagons

[@bigtractorpower]

I have not seen a self propelled used on mint. It could no doubt chop the crop. They want to keep compaction down and the field. The mint tubs are the right size for a pull type so it probably works out best.

[@jeffreyhoover6771]

I was just wondering if they had to dry it down for a couple of hours like they do for haylage.

[@bigtractorpower]

It does have to dry to run through the chopper.

[@anthonydevito4450]

What does the farm use to mow the mint plants,and what do they use to plant the mint

[@gregshearer423]

Ed DeVito am guessing just the same mower as u would use for hay if they just lift it with pretty much the same gear

[@grantgoebel801]

Is using a pull type chopper the farmer's preference or is there another reason? Why not self propelled?

[@bigtractorpower]

The pull type best fits the min tub size and does not compact the soil as much.

[@murraysmith6315]

Great video thanks. Have seen a machine in the UK where the mint leaves are stripped directly off the plant then chopped into a trailer bin. Two crops/season. How many crops do these guys get in a season? Thanks again.

[@murraysmith6315]

@@edwardmbarker thanks Edward, how many cuts per season can be achieved?

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for sharing. Here it is one cut per season. The field will see 4 or 5 years of production.

[@murraysmith6315]

@@bigtractorpower Thank you

[@garlandhenry6792]

Mint Julep at the Kentucky derby maybe 😎

[@bigtractorpower]

I think they use the fresh leaves of the plant for those.

[@oakhillfarmer4839]

Very good informational video but I think your minimum hp requirement on the fp230 is wrong because we run an fp230 with a john deere 7230 that's rated at 135 engine hp and 110 on the pro. It runs it without a problem and when we bought the harvester back in 2012 the dealer said minimum of around 100

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

The manufacturer's website states Minimum 150hp Maximum 225 assets.cnhindustrial.com/nhag/nar/en-us/assets/pdf/hay-tools/pull-type-forage-harvester-brochure-us-en.pdf

[@oakhillfarmer4839]

@@Watchyn_Yarwood not to be rude but he stated that the MINIMUM required hp is 150. That website states that the minimum RECOMENDED hp requirement is 150. Meaning the forage harvester can be run on less that's just what the company suggests running it at

[@RJ1999x]

@@oakhillfarmer4839 I use to sell New Holland choppers, and I can tell you that you can run the chopper with less horsepower, but you've wasted your money by buying such a big chopper and running it with a smaller tractor. The New Holland 900/230 series chopper is a huge machine with a ferocious appetite that loves horsepower. 200+

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

@@oakhillfarmer4839 Just pointing out the manufacturer's stated. I would think the manufacturer states a RECOMMENDED rating for a reason. But let's agree to disagree!

[@oakhillfarmer4839]

@Acer Acres fair statement. We are able to run our chopper at 4.5 mile an hour. All depends on different places I geuss

[@kensampson604]

is this Gumz mint farm?

[@johnschomburg5003]

Yes.

[@kensampson604]

@@johnschomburg5003 when you said Wisconsin it gave it away.

[@littlerougue]

I just need to know what does it smell like when the mint is harvested

[@dogwoodish]

how come they dont feed the by product to cattle ?

[@8tomtoms8]

Cows don't like it.

[@ethylhexyphthalate]

Ditto the previous comments! I've certainly used my share of mint-flavored/scented products, and I've seen my share of mint in the wild but, up until this moment, it never occurred to me that someone would write "Mint Farmer" on his tax forms.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@augustreil]

Is Mint farming more profitable than hay or corn ? Would be great to see the steaming process. Thumbs up.

[@RJ1999x]

Mint is grown in muck. Corn and soybeans don't like muck as much, it's not about the money as much as what crop can be grown on the land you own

[@augustreil]

@@RJ1999x, Nice, Thanks.

[@RJ1999x]

@Acer Acres That field is located south of the central sands area of Wisconsin. It's low ground, which is the only place you find muck. They ditch it, and tile it, but if you notice the ground is very dark, muck is always pitch black

[@mdavidopie6993]

@@RJ1999x I worked on a mint farm in central Oregon. Volcanic Sandy well drained Soils and Pivot irrigation. I can see how it could be grown on soils that wouldn't be tolerated by other crops though.

[@RJ1999x]

@@mdavidopie6993 Here in Wisconsin it's always grown in Muck (peat soils) . Some farms that we run that have small areas of muck the mint grows naturally

[@dimduk]

How much is mint worth a bushel/ton?

[@bigtractorpower]

I do not know. It takes 6 of these mint tub wagons to make 55 gallons of mint oil. I would say it is worth the effort.

[@farmershady48]

How many acre's in that field ???

[@adrianchetwynd1334]

Heck, only a few gallons per acre, that stuff must be worth a mint!

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍. It takes 6 of these wagons to make 55 gallons of oil.

[@adrianchetwynd1334]

@@bigtractorpower So less than 10 GPW then. (Gallons Per Wagon)

[@adrianchetwynd1334]

For those who could not see my joke, think of: "MPG"

[@adrianchetwynd1334]

@@bigtractorpower How many WPA? (Wagons Per Acre)

[@adrianchetwynd1334]

So in other words, how many Gallons of Mint per acre? (GMA)

[@russellatkinson5293]

Does the mint grow back or is it planted every year?

[@bigtractorpower]

It grows back like alfalfa and is harvested again. Over time it thins out and needs to be replanted. It’s very interesting. I have video of a mint planter. Watch for more coverage on this crop from BTP.

[@russellatkinson5293]

Good deal I will be watching thank you!

[@bobcrone6151]

Is it planted from seed? If so, broadcast of drilled? Or from green house seedlings like tobacco plants...?

[@johnschomburg5003]

It is planted from root stock dug up in the early spring.

[@bobcrone6151]

Gotcha. Thx.

[@2cylinderfarmer]

I wondered how mint was harvested. Didnt even know it could be grown in the midwest. I figured it was a California crop.

[@johnschomburg5003]

Indiana is the number 1 mint producer in the U.S.

[@2cylinderfarmer]

@@johnschomburg5003 Really that's pretty cool.

[@johnschomburg5003]

It is true. #1 Indiana, #2 Washington...

[@nectcruiser]

There are a few comments saying how nice it must smell, I would think the smell might be kinda overpowering with that much mint being possessed

[@mdavidopie6993]

Working in the mint distillery is working in a very overpowering smell and vapor environment. Many people can not enter the distillery room the smell and vapor is so powerful. My work boots would smell like mint for a month after the season was over and that was with never spilling a drop of oil on them.

[@curtweatherbee2523]

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