We grew flu cured tobacco here in East Central Georgia until the early 80s but everything was so different then. 30 acres was considered to be a large allotment and most of the work was done by hand. The tobacco was cropped (picked) in stages, starting at the bottom of the plant and working up, lasting 4 to 5 weeks in July and August.
@kevineakes44464 жыл бұрын
My great grandfather would role I've in his grave seeing those machines in the fields..He didn't believe in tractors or anything like until his kids talked him into getting one in the early 60s mid 60s.Farming was his life especially Tobacco season, Back then the Bacca he was planting was called barn buster Tobacco.
@brunotulliani3 жыл бұрын
The most beautiful crop in my opinion. So much respect for the old timers who had no machinery.
@Carti172 жыл бұрын
Lotta Amish still plant and harvest like that
@jacksonmiles35327 жыл бұрын
I live right down the road from this operation in scuffletown. it is awesome to drive by and see it in action!
@thisisalwaysatest6 жыл бұрын
Is there a lot of tobacco growing down there?
@user-ie4en3sj7l Жыл бұрын
Какой это сорт?
@glindabeaven68052 жыл бұрын
Back in my grandfather's time raising burley tobacco they did most everything by hand and when they readied their crop for market they graded it into 4 separate grades trash lugs reds and tips .He took extreme pride in how it was raised tended to and what it looked like when it went to market
@prestonkerr44218 жыл бұрын
my grandpa would have wished he could harvest his tobacco like that 50 years ago.
@1979vojo4 жыл бұрын
My too...
@BJJRichard7 жыл бұрын
WOW! It's great to see how things have become modernized, but this video has left me with so many questions. Things have changed since I worked the fields. It used to be cut with a knife and spear and put 6 stalks to a stick (unless the plants were small). Hung it in the barn, then put it down after it cured (only when it was in case). Then stripped, but divided into flines (not sure about spelling), lugs, reds and then pressed (or tied and pressed). How is it sorted in this new process? Is this burley, or something different? What about plants that have "suckers"...how is it separated? What about plants that are unhealthy in the field and usually left out there so it doesn't make it to the barn? ...and my step-dad would have kicked my ass if I left so many leaves laying around! LOL!
@joefudd3 жыл бұрын
Same here. It was hot sweaty dusty work.
@kennethrandolph24953 жыл бұрын
You're Thinking About Burley Tobacco this I believe is Flue Cured. I raised Burley myself until the price to grow it got so high that it wasn't worth it money wise.
@marksnexus5 жыл бұрын
Wow. This was amazing. These farmers work hard and clearly play hard. Love it 👍🏽😎
@KandiKlover5 жыл бұрын
That's like the worlds largest motor Trike lmao
@Vortigan074 жыл бұрын
"Tobacco is a dirty weed. I like it"
@bojoga83543 жыл бұрын
They are about to get paid handsomely from that dirty weed
@aidyrazlan39022 жыл бұрын
Awesome video but would need more description.
@gleanerk8 жыл бұрын
Old tobacco farmers would turn over in there graves , if they saw this !
@indianarowcrop83137 жыл бұрын
Lol, true we did everything by hand
@JohnLeaf4 жыл бұрын
old tobacco farmers acctually were be quite impressed and astonished by how clean the process is
@wildbill69764 жыл бұрын
not really, picking tobacco by hand is one of the worst farming jobs you can do (even picking cotton or beans is easy by comparison), they'd have loved having a machine to do it with
@gleanerk4 жыл бұрын
What I meant was ; in the old days each leaf was handled with much care ,cured , then graded into different grades etc . I wasn’t implying anything to the way it’s handled today . I grew up at the end of that era so I had personal experience with it . That’s all I was saying
@Kevin792324 жыл бұрын
Not to go off topic. But I live in the city with no barn. Is it at all possible to flue cure at home. I have space to grow my own plants and my area and apartment have the proper humidity condition to air cure. I've been searching to no luck for a way to flue cure that could be done without a barn or some giant contraption. For now my plan is to purchase the flue cure and grow/cure the air cure plants
@nervousordo3 жыл бұрын
Who is here after watching the Amish harvest tobacco by hand? 🤣
@TheGhostHAG3 жыл бұрын
Damnit lol
@zachslate80845 жыл бұрын
That is some pretty tobacco. Good color to it. Great setup too.
@chadwaldron63295 жыл бұрын
Damn. I broke my back pickin. This is the only way to harvest. Thank goodness. I'll bet that tractor driver complains about how boring the job is. You can really get to market much faster if you mechanize.
@joefudd3 жыл бұрын
All we had when I was a kid was a machete and your own back to cut/harvest tobacco, no machines. Then we'd race to the barn to be the first one to climb up to tot he top to hang it because the bottom man always had it much harder having to hand up the heavy sticks.
@shawndamccormick2785 жыл бұрын
This makes me sad! So sad. So many ppl put out of work. This is how we survived as a child in the 80's. I know it's progress and good for the boss man buuuuut..... I don't like it. Sometimes I think that we are getting too big for our britches. Need to keep things simple. Idk, what do I know? Just a small town grrl from northern Kentucky.
@cnacma5 жыл бұрын
nothing like the fresh cut smell of cancer in the morning.
@BRPFan Жыл бұрын
Very interesting video! There is none grown up here in Manitoba Canada.
@robertojuniorhackenhaar25282 жыл бұрын
In Brazil, its not mechanical, is very hard and all manual the harvest. Amazing in the US. My dream Someday work a Farm in the US. Sorry my mistakes in english 😀👏
@Rokonroller2 жыл бұрын
Looks much easier than cutting by hand but the waste is relevant to mechanization
@JeramiId3 жыл бұрын
I'm from Indonesia I have a video of growing tobacco to harvesting in the fields, still in the traditional way
@geemeff3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video bud, what's that tobacco going to be used for?
@prafulpatel18782 жыл бұрын
Nice We see the process
@owencarey91546 жыл бұрын
How do they dry that? We have to hang ours in barns and let it air dry.
@graykilpatrick13192 жыл бұрын
Wow! What an operation. And right here in Georgia! Guessing it is Bright tobacco. Things sure are different from my Grand Pa's day. No market and auction or fairs. You contacted buy? Thanx for posting!
@chaserwin75656 жыл бұрын
I used to harvest with my dad, we used old school buses that had the backs broken off
@snowcatxx71176 жыл бұрын
Look at that green goodness
@joefudd3 жыл бұрын
Smells awesome as it hangs and cures in the barn!
@turkeyyman72902 жыл бұрын
1st machine I've seen that cuts the stalk as it strips it. Tobacco today isn't like it use to be. I've seen it 5ft tall.. no where near that nowadays.
@hoangpham44683 жыл бұрын
Back to old time, cigarettes very good quality and had unique of each brand. Now all have the same and low quality because harvest and mix with a lot off paper
@FindNewRoads4614 Жыл бұрын
I miss how we harvesting tobacco manually. We are producing tons of it one season a year luckily i never smoke cigar😂
@jdp72457 жыл бұрын
Is it normal to have so much waste on the ground everywhere? it seems like at every stage (of this video) there's a lot left on the ground. just wondering.
@ethancortes19357 жыл бұрын
Jamie Palmer of looks very minimal to me
@420growers36 жыл бұрын
Jamie Palmer Most of that waste u see is stalks and sucker leaves.
@rednecklive99476 жыл бұрын
Jamie Palmer it’s the stems of the plant
@chaserwin75656 жыл бұрын
No such thing as a tobacco stem. It’s called stalk.
@MrMG435 жыл бұрын
Hireath No such thing as a tobacco stem? Not including the veins in the leaves that are stems, you mean?
@sunset3052 Жыл бұрын
That's a lot of smoke!
@loborobertson72124 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed this very much 🤠👍😁
@mattphillips42608 жыл бұрын
how do you make any money without gradeing the tabacco out
@joefudd3 жыл бұрын
You don't make as much, that's for sure. We always had to grade and hand strip.
@mattphillips42603 жыл бұрын
@@joefudd even grading it out and hand stripping it with the support price off the table growers in my area have stopped growing got tired of getting screwed over all the contract is just a promise to look at what you havee to sell around here anyway
@jonathanlio29966 жыл бұрын
Does the tobacco grow back? Or do you have to replant?
@Its_Juan5 жыл бұрын
Jonathan Lio replant
@anhvuongky26132 жыл бұрын
So great!!
@fokkerd3red6183 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. Apparently this green tobacco doesn't mold after it's put in the metal container and put on the trailer to cure? Is there some kind of air circulation in this curing trailer? This really got my curiosity going.
@MrFeralhog11 ай бұрын
heat
@fokkerd3red61811 ай бұрын
@@MrFeralhog Does tobacco plants deplete the soil of nutrients faster, than let's say maze? Is this tobacco for smoking or chewing or both. Thank you for a response.
@MrFeralhog11 ай бұрын
Tobacco depletes the soil more than most common crops. I have no idea what type of tobacco they are harvesting in this video. Flue cured was what I worked in many moons ago. It required heat in the barns to cure. I hear some of the burley (cigar tobacco) air dries. If this is burley in this video the barns are probably just using fans to circulate air.
@252wes8 жыл бұрын
Wow. Amazing...
@hunsadersrockinranch3 жыл бұрын
That was very cool!
@user-hy8ih9nr6n Жыл бұрын
Can I buy the tobacco leaves in the video? fcv right?
@romap.85215 жыл бұрын
what sort of tobacco is this?
@charlesburns39465 жыл бұрын
Virginia flue cured. For cigarettes
@brb2247 жыл бұрын
"dont smell the flowers there an evil drug to make you lose your mind
@florentigold76174 жыл бұрын
i like this technology i want to try in Macedonia to have a lot of production
@user-tw7uo2ym5q2 жыл бұрын
Сколько листа на земле остаётся.....
@MrGalwechil7 жыл бұрын
What type of tobacco is that?
@ethancortes19357 жыл бұрын
Kristijan Fauković looks like Virginia
@bojoga83543 жыл бұрын
Isn't one of the fruit of the loom guys a tobacco leaf?
@Senukas56 жыл бұрын
Nice!
@derekrock35637 жыл бұрын
who is singing the song
@rbranch20087 жыл бұрын
Hank Williams, Jr.
@daneblackburn6138 жыл бұрын
Who built the picker
@rbranch20088 жыл бұрын
www.granvilleequipment.com/
@filipmac55776 жыл бұрын
Wonderful!
@yuvegotmale3 жыл бұрын
I thought it was hung up to dry....this must be the new method of drying it.....I suppose much faster...interesting
@phillipwatson44413 жыл бұрын
These are bulk curing barns and have been used for many, many years. Hot air is forced through the racks to cure it.
@arekmazurek27303 жыл бұрын
How much is tobacco in purchase per kg?
@tigerheaven67223 жыл бұрын
I want to do this kind of business too.
@terrymorgan43063 жыл бұрын
Ok No Drying from field to bailer , strange….
@justingill80572 жыл бұрын
You could make a business out of all the wasted leaves...
@alexanderx332 жыл бұрын
Salesperson about Harvester: *Slaps bin* This baby can fit so much fucking cancer in it!
@brentmorgan94556 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna be growing tobacco and selling it here soon you better up your game bro treat and grow it like organic medicine that has to be tested by gas chromatography for no trace minerals, chemicals, or pesticides, fungus, or foreign contaminants, etc, then sell it as a farmer should and don't drag your product in the dirt, and upon greasy rails from your poorly engineered "farming" equipment
@GoldsberryGirl4 жыл бұрын
If you knew anything about tobacco, you'd realize these guys are at the top of the food chain. You'll do well with your hand manicured small batches, but to challenge THEM to 'up their game'? My sides hurt from laughing. Let me know when you get close to catching up with them, I mean it's been two years since you posted that. LOL
@charlesyates66873 жыл бұрын
Lord knows I've smoked enough of that shit in the last 45 years
@KandiKlover5 жыл бұрын
BRB have to go smoke.
@christinamoneyhan56883 жыл бұрын
Interesting.
@capitalgains41943 жыл бұрын
No difference from these videos of the the people harvesting coca leaves in bolivia they profiting off peoples addictions or misery
@aleksandersuur94753 жыл бұрын
Hmmzz.. so how many lung cancers per acre is the yield?
@kukikuki6505 жыл бұрын
담베수확우리나라는 황색종기르다 80년들어 버지니아종제베하는걸로알지
@billysmith6284 Жыл бұрын
Tobacco has demonize beyond reality..
@W6LND4 жыл бұрын
mmmmmmm copenhagen winter green
@318SouthernCalifornia7 жыл бұрын
I run @georgia_agriculture on Instagram, do you mind if I repost this video? Will give you full credit.
@rbranch20087 жыл бұрын
Russell Chapman Certainly
@bryine.willis86833 жыл бұрын
Lap
@jeffcollins99956 жыл бұрын
you are not farmers, firstly, and you damn sure are not tobacco farmers. That may be the worst quality tobacco I have ever seen
@bradstephens61196 жыл бұрын
The worst quality tobacco you have ever seen? they aren't farmers? Go back to hiding behind your keyboard
@jeffcollins99956 жыл бұрын
That is not the way to handle tobacco. That's just a plain fact.
@YarickZan6 жыл бұрын
It's cigarette tobacco, not cigar tobacco. Do you also watch a video of how grapes bound for the supermarket instead of wine are handled and bemoan how that's not a way to treat a grape as well?
@jayahh99724 жыл бұрын
I’ll trust the guys with a multimillion dollar setup over your speculative ass any day
@jayahh99724 жыл бұрын
I’ll trust the guys with a multimillion dollar setup over your speculative ass any day
@brentmorgan94556 жыл бұрын
Really, I'm disgusted and would never ever ever treat any plant especially ones ingested like you do. You should take a few hundred steps back and rethink your process before karma gets you
@trentlu49955 жыл бұрын
Brent Morgan Good luck. I doubt you will hand produce in a lifetime what they do in a couple days. I’m all for organic growing and your assumptions their leaf is contaminated is very ignorant.