Peppermint Harvest | John Deere 7830 & 8320 | Part 2

[@jonathongobin]

Great video

[@HowFarmsWork]

Hey Jonathon, you won the toy tractor! Shoot me an email at [e-mail] with your info and address so I can get it to you! Thanks!

[@beyondthebooth4638]

This is facisinating learning how crops other than Corn, Beans, and Hay are made. I hope you will do other types of crops in the future!

[@CDeanhartman]

Farmers can be so self-deprecating, they say something isn't interesting as I'm hunched over my desk learning about this whole peppermint business. Enjoying the series!

[@frankmetcalf9595]

This taught me a lot. I had no idea how mint was harvested and extracted. Always love the drone footage! Thanks. Go Pioneers!

[@heavyhauler79]

Farming, the heart and pride of America, the hard work and gratitude that farmers put into it today, plus watching this channel has shown more than just going to a farm show, it's the behind the scenes that shows the farmer's labor and want to say " Thank You!"

[@joshdupont2209]

I've honestly never thought about how we get mint. It's pretty cool how they make it.

[@ambernsaylor]

My son, Amos, is five. We often watch your videos at naptime. We both find them very interesting! Thanks for all your hard work!

[@Sanacara]

I really enjoy seeing how the different crops are harvested and processed

[@MatthewHoag77]

Next on How Farms Work, we make whiskey!

[@CurrentChoices]

@@MatthewHoag77 mabbe...how much wood a woodchuck would/could chuck??

[@MatthewHoag77]

@@CurrentChoices Classic conundrum to ponder until the next video.

[@dalegreene3205]

@@MatthewHoag77 juleps !

[@CurrentChoices]

Future visual....Sunflower fields harvesting/farming.

[@Ukrider96]

Made me chuckle knowing that I've been working in agriculture for my whole life and only today did I learn about mint production, always something new to learn

[@youthandwhiskey2011]

I think its interesting how they steam the mint in the trailers instead of in a plant, I also enjoy seeing something different that I've never seen before

[@ronlarson2561]

Really like that you are showing ALL THE diversity of different types of farming. Born and raised on a farm ( sadly not farming anymore) but still help on a couple of farms to keep my hands DIRTY. Keep up the GREAT VIDEOS

[@jarodfaris1628]

I never knew how mint was extracted. I learned something new today.

[@dingo1983]

Excellent video. Would love to have seen more about the extraction process.

[@andrewweitzel7714]

Love the different ways different crops are harvesred # JohnDeereGreen

[@oliverhardy9332]

Never seen mint harvested before, and thought it was really neat seeing how it’s done. Keep up the fantastic work!

[@BoydsCoveEst]

Back in the day, my brother and I were sent to the spring to bring back armloads of wild mint and watercress. We would peel off a few leaves of mint to chew on the way back to the house. Good times!

[@Wizrd378]

This was very interesting. I never really thought about how mint was harvested and processed.

[@bradystreich3054]

My grandpa works on a farm and I love John Deere and farming and your one of my favorite KZbin channels.

[@malevolent_70]

Cool video. The purple-ish dust around 9:00 almost looks like when you step on a puffball mushroom.

[@rustyrelicsfarm2406]

Talk about a Purple Haze.

[@HowFarmsWork]

Keith S the difference in soil between the two fields was huge! In that field there was a lot more organic matter mixed with the sand which gives it that hue

[@lukestrawwalker]

@@HowFarmsWork Muck soil-- essentially peat moss... super fertile but really weird soil-- it's like pudding when it's wet and like flour when it's dry, and you can get stuck up to the axles in it in EITHER condition! Best to work on when it's a happy medium, not too wet OR too dry! Got some vids of us combining corn on muck soils about 30 minutes south of there in Indiana on my channel from a few years back... when you get stuck in muck, you get REALLY stuck! Stuff can be practically bottomless-- FWIU, it's basically ancient lake-bottom deposits from the end of the last ice age... SUPER fertile, in a "normal" year you can make 300 bushel corn EASY on muck, but getting it harvested in a wet fall, that's another story... cut around the wettest areas and then go through them emptying the combine out completely after each pass, and the BIL's 9600 Deere did MUCH better than their S670's, particularly when he had a 6 row corn head on it... Them new Deere rotaries are like 10,000 lbs heavier EMPTY than a 9600, and that weight makes ALL the difference! Later! OL J R :)

[@johnhejduk3620]

Ryan, I've been watching you and Travis for many years. You both keep me very interested in all the different subject's that you cover. Keep up the Great Job! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@lawrencelacenski9781]

Very interesting video I’ve seen mint being harvested as I drove past fields but always wanted to know how the oil gets collected so looking forward to the rest of the video series👍👍😀

[@patkins8319]

Looking forward to seeing the distillation phase of this mini series. I'm a long time viewer from the UK who last did a steam distillation as a undergraduate. It's simple to do, providing what you want to distill isn't hazardous.

[@Farmall450]

I love how they're running a 560!

[@davidkaufmann4513]

Really enjoy seeing how different crops are harvested and how they bare used in the marketplace. Thanks for showing us "How Farms Work!!"

[@nickbosler7198]

Really cool video, love seeing different types of crops being harvested and the different uses for it

[@tillisross2246]

Ryan...wow..how cool that you went to another type of farm to share. Spending you time and effort to share with us...very appreciated!

[@ronaldjennings8057]

By Ryan my name is Ronald Jennings I live in Indiana I've been watching your show for the last 3 years I love everything that you do this was a good video keep up the good work I always will be watching thank you

[@HowFarmsWork]

Thanks Ronald!!!

[@treytonlaw8592]

It was great and cool to see it happening

[@MrFireforge]

thank you on this video have you ever thought about a peanut harvest how farms work?

[@brandonthomas1298]

If you check out South Georgia farming on KZbin he films a lot of peanuts and cotton farming

[@MrFireforge]

lol I live in Mississippi I grew up on a cotton farm and my nephew farms peanuts but I know for a fact it's interesting to watch

[@brandonthomas1298]

adam childress o ok

[@DJMeal]

I like the idea of going to other farms and learning how different farms work with different crops. I also like how the videos are recorded and edited. Love the use of the drone footage.

[@meadowviewlawncarellc8079]

Pretty cool, never knew mint was distilled.

[@jacobwerner7334]

I live in Indiana and I didn’t know we had mint in our state. It is fascinating all the different crop types grown. We grow beans and corn, but I had no idea the northern part of the state grows mint. Thanks for the video Ryan.

[@ohio_dairy_farmer]

Like the video! You should come to my farm, I am a 4th generation dairy farmer and we use to robots to milk cows. We have been milk cows for over 200 years

[@joecnly]

Awesome video Ryan! My 5-year-old son and I really enjoy watching all of your videos, but this one is especially cool for me because I used to work on a large peppermint farm in that area about 15 years ago. The two summers that I worked there during my college years, Lawrence Bros had approximately 2000+ acres of peppermint. We would start harvesting around mid-July and it would take at least a month to do the first cutting, weather dependant. And I was told that they would come back for a partial second cutting around October. They used two MacDon swathers, followed by a pair of New Holland FP230's. All of their tractors were red. They had at least a couple dozen wagons, which they called "tubs". Their mint still had six drive-thru lanes that could handle two tubs at a time.

[@Tractors_Trucks_And_Pups]

I never new that we grew mint? I'm up in Washington, I will have to find a way to get some video of chopping!! Do you know how I could get in contact with them? Or just with farmers in general, there are plenty in my area but being the age I am (13) most of the time on bigger operations I can't because of saftey reliability. Just finished the video..never new they made 7600 toy, I collect them and I can never find one!!

[@DaebakMonkey]

I live in Oregon and a lot of the big fields just off of I-205 between Woodburn and Eugene are mint with some alfalfa fields mixed in.

[@lukestrawwalker]

@@DaebakMonkey Makes sense since the machinery for harvest is the same, more or less... Well, for dry hay you'd probably want to switch to a conditioning head on the windrower for alfalfa, and for mint you want it straight cut into a windrow without being conditioned. The choppers for making alfalfa silage or cutting mint are basically the same machine. The real difference is the mint wagons designed to steam out the essential oil, that's just used for mint, and the planter to plant roots or rhizomes like he said, which I'm guessing is similar to a potato planter... I know they grow a lot of potatoes just west of my BIL's place, in just east of Winimac, Indiana. Taters are of course planted from root stock (tubers), as is sugarcane (well sugarcane is usually stems, but the same basic idea) and hybrid bermudagrass (rhizomes-- the seed is sterile). Later! OL J R :)

[@chaseurban6806]

It's pretty cool seeing the process of how mint is harvested. I didn't know anything about how mint was harvested until recently. Thanks for showing the process Ryan and as always keep up the good work

[@andywintz959]

Never knew where mint came from. How did you find out about this farm that’s in these videos?

[@zackboone15]

Seeing mint being harvested is certainly a treat. I didn't know how it was grown, and it's cool seeing the equipment they use to do it.

[@bradwooten7510]

I like the videos of different farming and the process I’d never thought about someone farming mint. Keep up the good work.

[@stevem.8491]

Nice video. And thanks to Mr Lambert, he did a good job explaining how they work the mint.

[@HM-0410]

It is amazing to see the different farms that are in the US. I didn’t even know that mint was farmed here. You do a fascinating job interviewing and fly your drone. I think you should keep doing farms that a lot of people don’t know that are out there. Thank you for doing this and I look forward to your next video.

[@shanelundberg1818]

I love watching these types of videos and learning how other crops are produced. Thank you for sharing your experience.

[@jennyweitzel4458]

Video was great hope to see more videos about different abnormal crops or just different than the usual

[@jankotze1959]

Firstly it very kind of you to make time in your own busy schedule to make video's of other crops than you own for the benefit of your viewers, that is awesome

[@jmchau]

I'm an Oregonian and I used to drive by a mint farm when heading over east to our weekend property. You could smell the farm miles away during harvest. There are always a lot of mint scented products at our saturday markets and farmers markets.

[@normanzywicki2496]

Nice to see what other farmers are doing to make a living.... or to just stay a float! Thank you American farm families!!!!

[@matts9352]

My son gets so excited to watch your videos! It's pretty awesome how you got to do this, I hope to see more of them soon

[@robertwilson5598]

I really liked the smell of the mint when I was detasseling corn in Northern Indiana. It was also a lot of fun. Watching the process of the mint harvest on those long hot summer days.

[@trevorfink9505]

I liked the video cool to see different crops being harvested

[@OldAcres8690]

I never really thought about how to harvest mint. I would love to see more videos of different crops being planted and harvested😀

[@larrymeyers6913]

Pretty interesting. I'm not a farmer (machinist by trade) but enjoy watching farming channels to learning how food and other crops are grown and harvested

[@christ5076]

I love that you are checking out other crops. I wish we could have seen the whole steaming process.

[@TrevorWhite1979]

Really enjoyed seeing the different crop and seeing you enjoy another family farm operation. Cheers from Canada!!! Keep up the great content I look forward to each and every one of your videos!!!

[@jonathanwinkel]

Ryan, Keep up the great job on your videos! This has peaked my interest as I run a small farm and depend on diversity to keep it operational. Thank you for taking the time to get the word out there about different methods out there.

[@christaylor1533]

It’s very fascinating and it’s amazing how many crops that are out there that you don’t realize how they get processed for your different foods! Your videos are awesome!!!

[@daleatkinson3453]

Always like your videos, keep up the good work!

[@tayloa23]

I love seeing different crops being harvested to the farmers it may seem boring just my job is boring to me but somewhere out there are many people interested in learning how things work and are fascinated by this stuff thats why we watch. Great video hope to see many more unique crop harvests

[@nateamidon2370]

Nice to see how you can show people how peppermint is extracted. Great quality and hard work.

[@deanreinke1148]

Thanks Ryan, for stepping out of the day to day routine and going the extra mile to to bring us new content that we probably would have never thought of. Fantastic video! And piss off “One Lonely Farmer” for dissing this video series because it got a ton of views!

[@BWYinYang]

Thanks Ryan for taking the time to video and edit for us viewers/subscribers. And now, I'm gonna have to find the mint farm in my state which I didn't know.

[@andyb5273]

It is interesting to see different farming operations and how they harvest. I would love to see more of this from you! Keep up the good work Ryan!

[@wilbontrager8628]

Wow. Thanks Ryan for showing us how mint is made so far!

[@deanbushnell6596]

This has been interesting I like how you thought of something different to do it's a nice change. Not saying that your videos are boring. I live in Western Washington and didn't realize we did mint so close it's mostly dairy farms in my area. Keep up the great work. thank you

[@kpokuley]

Love seeing how other crops and commodities are grown and harvested!

[@jaybailey8044]

its great to see how mint is harvested in field. Without you showing this video I might never see this can of thing Thank you.

[@thomascosgray1921]

I loved seeing this. I don't live too far from North Judson, and have seen their operation and a few others on my way through. It was really cool to see this up close. Keep up the great work!

[@sturdivantfarms444]

Never knew how mint was harvested and never thought much about it. Thanks for filming this and educating us

[@lisamckinney9731]

My boys LOVED seeing this video! I bet the mint smelled amazing!

[@rburli]

Fantastic video, yet another view of how farmers take care of the world. Thank you very much

[@FoolOfATuque]

I saw a video about lavender harvest and they bale it like hay and then steam the bales to extract the oil. Very cool seeing how mint is done. I look forward to seeing the distillation process in the next video! Great interview as well. It's almost like farming isn't just putting a seed in the ground and watching it grow...

[@michaeldesjardinsseguin2632]

This series on the mint production process is very instructive.

[@timring1344]

This is great. I had no idea how mint is grown and harvested. Thanks for showing us. Awesome job!

[@dmurray36]

This is awesome!!! Around Green Bay, WI we see mostly corn, oats, soybeans. Not knowing much about agriculture to begin with, and not knowing what else grows in your area or surrounding areas makes it hard to make suggestions. Can’t wait for the next field trip!

[@caml.5195]

I loved that f 150 pulling the trailers!

[@shellysawatzky8956]

We grew wheat and grain sorghum on my family farm so I love seeing how other crops are grown and harvested. Thanks!!!

[@joshuatoro8977]

Must say I love this video this is very helpful in modeling how farms really work I'm making my models look more realistic for my model train table I would love to see a video on Hay harvesting and alfalfa harvesting if possible thanks for posting there always amazing

[@aubreymaxam7465]

I really liked this video. I just wish I was around when my grandfather grew it here in Michigan back in the 40s and 50s. Very interesting! Thank you!!

[@stevenmccandless2374]

Love seeing different crops that normally don’t see. Thank you!

[@cuernos42dd]

Love learning. More info on yields n price per would be nice

[@tylercavasos1288]

Love watching everything you record man from your farm and love seeing all the different types of tractors and the different ways yall use the equipment! Awesome video as always man keep em coming!

[@ianbenjamin5545]

Cool! I never thought about how Mint was grown and harvested! Interesting! Thanks Ryan!

[@judahcadwell5195]

Great job Ryan, I love seeing "how different farms work" its a blast watching these!

[@jaztinapplin4413]

Very interesting. I'm a farmer out in Southeast Utah/Southwest Colorado and it's really cool to see how different crops are raised in different areas. I hope to see more videos like this!

[@williamturner3353]

Honestly Ryan just keep the Vids rolling u do a great job and have been watching you for years now it always makes my day when I see How farms work vid on my phone!! Cheers for the great content!!

[@timwestendorf8303]

I like the knowledge/light being shed on the lesser known ares of agriculture! I never woulda guessed thats how mint was harvested and i own many of the same equipment to chop corn silage. We say the world is a small place but there are many corners un-traveled when you start to look.

[@klyonsden]

Very satisfying to see a harvest that I never even thought about! Really nice change up!

[@jddriver9565]

You are absolutely right Ryan.:) The machines are always the most interesting part.

[@jacobweeks2510]

This is awesome seeing other people doing other crops I hope to see more of these kind of videos in the future god bless u Ryan and your family keep up on the good videos

[@BlowinSoot93]

It's awesome seeing different crops being harvested especially in your area. Never knew mint was grown in Indiana

[@goldprospector8424]

Amazing video. I always love seeing other lesser known types of agriculture. I had no idea we even had mint farms in Wisconsin.. Keep up the great work .

[@thenortherndairyman2566]

really enjoy watching mint being harvested, im a dairy farmer and always chopping alfalfa and corn but watching mint being chopped is fascinating. almost wish i could grow it here in Canada.

[@chrishorner1003]

This is a sweet video series. I never thought about how mint is grown till now!

[@cramernurenberg6640]

Love seeing the different types of farming there are besides the typical corn and soybeans that’s I’m used to seeing. Never knew there were mint farms in my home state of Michigan until he said something about it in the interview on this video.

[@DenaliDaveB]

Awesome video series Ryan. So many of us never think about where the items we consume come from or who produces them. For those of us older folks don't forget mint schnapps! Lol. ~Dave~

[@bhurley5243]

It's interesting to see "How Farms Work" in other parts of the country harvesting different commodities.

[@Brownie39]

It's awesome to see some different types of crops, on the channel to be able to learn a different process.

[@jakeschmitt2196]

I really enjoy the drone footage. I think its great that your going beyond your own farm to show us how different crops are farmed. Being a farmer myself I definitely am curious how other farms work

[@DennysCountryLife]

That's pretty dang neat Ryan! Farming mint is something I never even thought about. Very interesting. Thanks for bringing us along!

[@jdaxelmarine8439]

It's very cool to see how mint is grown and harvested

[@WootTootZoot]

There are mint and spearmint farms north of where I live in Oregon. When harvest time comes, the air smells wonderful. We can also get Mint Mulch that's amazing in a garden.

[@marcusclifton3921]

Hey Ryan awesome video. I live just 15 minutes east of north Judson. I have never seen how they harvest mint, and enjoyed watching the video, along with all your videos. Keep up the good work