Onion harvest 2021 | Deutz-Fahr Agrotron 6215 TTV & MacLouis | Siebring Akkerbouw

Late August and early September is onion time for a lot of Dutch farmers. We see the impressive new harvesting outfit from Dutch arable farm Siebring Akkerbouw at work. Their Deutz-Fahr Agrotron 6215 TTV is using a MacLouis 3m wide topper and front harvester combined with a harvester/windrower at the rear. The onions are put in a windrow to dry for a couple of days before they are loaded up and stored. Normally harvesting is done using tractors on row crop tyres. As farmers want to increase capacity and use larger tractors there needs to be room for wide wheels. By means of a front harvester room is created. The harvester at the rear sieves out all the sand and lifts the inner rows.
Onions are an important crop for Dutch farmers. They are exported all over the world. They are sown in March or April on so-called beds. These vary in width. This machine harvests 1 large bed of 3m with 12 rows of onions. The harvest takes place in August, September and sometimes October. The tops die off and the onion ripes. Once its 'skirts' (the outer leaves of the bulb) have sufficiently dried they are ready for harvest. To further aid drying they are left in the field for a couple of days.
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[@nick11jl]

Deutz-Fahr tractors look so cool

[@VaupellGaming]

Love it, we have a Onion farmer close to where i live, and the smell EVERYWHERE when they are harvested is amazing, i get hungry just driving by. Some years, i also got the feeling he is cutting a little close, because everybody's eyes in the area are watery :D But still have the smell everywhere of fresh onions.

[@LU-Eble]

Great looking Deutz. Nice Video!

[@Agrifotodotnl]

Thank you!

[@thegrinch8161]

My favourite onion is spring onions rough chopped in a salad topped with sesame seeds and a glass of just iced water so I can enjoy the various flavours of greens that send my palate soaring

[@CanterburyKiwi]

Great Video and Machine👍

[@Agrifotodotnl]

Thanks!

[@maisspotters]

Nice video

[@anubis4835]

Question: how are all onions picked up without being damaged? Are onions always seeded it this big rows of 12? And how are all sorted and dried to prevent mold from spreading from one onion to another? I hope that i'm not asking stupid questions and hat u can answer them.

[@Agrifotodotnl]

These are not stupid questions. They can be drilled in different configurations. It is quite uncommon drilling one large bed with 12 rows. They will be left in the swath for a few days and then loaded up to be stored in bulk or boxes. They are dried with hot air so diseases can't spread.

[@ILHillbilly67]

So the front trims and scalps the soil and the back sifts the onions out of the dirt and places them on top for pickup??

[@Agrifotodotnl]

First the haulm is removed (sucked up and cut off). The outer rows are ploughed out of the ground so the wheels have space to run on. Then the middle rows plus the dirt is lifted by the rear harvester, cleaned and swathed.

[@sherzodboltaev4520]

What is the price for this machines?

[@luckydubeinrc5165]

Agrifoto, are these young onions 4 months old or 6 months, reason i ask , is the size of the onions, look younger that what we produce.

[@Agrifotodotnl]

These are sown in early April and harvested in September it is a full grown crop.

[@giorgioantonioninniriva633]

how do they pick em up after harvest?

[@Agrifotodotnl]

With a modified potato harvester.

[@ghillimanighillimani4199]

Hii Agrifoto Your video is amazing. Any agriculture job in netharlands .any agriculture job website in netharlands

[@Agrifotodotnl]

Thanks. Look on Agriholland.nl

[@ghillimanighillimani4199]

Thang you for replay

[@kenluyten3140]

agro

[@HI-cl3jj]

TECHNOLOGY

[@arnorhermannsson5493]

And then what?

[@squirrelhunter1300]

He stores them in his basement for winter for making soup

[@kenluyten3140]

ag

[@VENOMRUSH360]

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