Threshing, Sifting, & Winnowing Wheat

Sifting and Winnowing grains on a small scale; this is Hard Red Winter Wheat. There aren't many efficient methods of growing and harvesting wheat on a small scale until your fields are large enough to justify a seed drill and plot combine, so most of us have to make do with the most efficient methods we can manage with our existing (or inexpensive) tools. I use my old hammermill shredder because i had it. I also had the plastic crates and bins I use for sifting.
CUTTING WHEAT AND RYE GRAIN
I also had an old brushcutter I didn't use, and made a grain cradle for it, which works great, much better than using my large bread knife to cut wheat, which was my first method. See cutting wheat with the brushcutter here:
• Cutting Wheat 2015
MY BLOG NOTES ON GRAIN, FLOUR, AND MAKING BREAD
ronnehrig.blogspot.com/p/bread...

[@jessicaaudate]

Thanks for the video. I was studying my Bible and this cleared up some things for me!

[@EchoWaveSound]

Yea same here

[@pixelhinatabecca989]

Yes, me too.

[@TonieToniTony]

Same here

[@ZEBADIAHPRIEST]

I clicked this video to see an example of this process to find out HOW Satan wants to sift us like wheat. This explains my life - seriously!!! Praise Lord Jesus Im HIS!!!

[@practicalitysensibility5592]

Me too Lady. I'm in Psalm 1, this 17th of August, 2020. His WORD will accomplish.

[@BerryCraftyBonet]

The process of purification. You will get sifted until the bare seed is all that remains, that which is of so much value and much more useful in the hands of it's master.. Thanks for this video☺

[@YAHSHUA-KINGOFGLORY]

👍🏽🙂Amos 9:9. Maranatha!

[@N4HNz]

Thanks for doing this video! It gave me a greater understanding of harvest process in a biblical context. Perfect visual.

[@ZEBADIAHPRIEST]

The sad thing though is how many people won't make it through the actual spiritual sifting process. Satan could have taken me out - but God has different plans🤙

[@marabethf7263]

Thank you, Ron! We too, watched this to understand the words of Scripture. There's nothing like seeing for understanding. So, thank you, once again, for posting this. Almost makes me want to grow some wheat and harvest it, too, lol! :o)

[@marabethf7263]

How on earth did you ever 'heart' comments?! How cool! :)

[@GjaP_242]

3:12

[@YAHSHUA-KINGOFGLORY]

👍🏽🙂 Amos 9:9. Maranatha!

[@delilahcruz3338]

I too is reading my Bible and wanting to know what this was. Awesome that someone put the video up.

[@_ArsNova]

Great video. Something timeless about seeing something done for countless millennia being done in the modern era.

[@RonNehrig]

Thanks for the comment, glad you like it.

[@BrotherofMuninn]

I really enjoyed that video. It was a very good and concise overview of getting the wheat separated from the waste. I’ve been studying how Heavenly Father and the Adversary are both at work trying to sift out who serves who. I was surprised by how rigorous the grain was sifted. No mistakes, nothing slips by.

[@viliameleqa9703]

Thank you Ron. One of the best 5 minutes I've invested in.

[@RonNehrig]

Thanks Bill, glad you found it useful.

[@user-bf6rh1lt5o]

I used this video to explain to my student's a scene from Frederick Douglass' novel. Thank you for sharing!

[@RonNehrig]

Thanks for the comment!

[@globalhealth4]

Thanks! Needed a visual of how God separates wheat from chaff…slow mo really helped me visually articulating mind.

[@latraiviacowart7266]

This was so eye opening! What revelation came just from watching this. Thank You so much for creating this. As others have commented, I was reading my Daily Word from Luke 22:24-32 and the word sifting came up and I wanted more visual clarity and this was phenomenal!

[@RonNehrig]

Thanks for your comment! 🙂

[@SilentKnightErik]

Wow, very informative video! I was researching about flours and came here trying to understand the word winnowing. Thank you so much for posting!

[@RonNehrig]

Thanks for the comment. You might also be interested in my blog notes on flour and wheat. ronnehrig.blogspot.com/p/breads.html

[@wildernesswarcry4882]

Thanks for the video. I am studying Lk 22:31, how Satan seeks permission to sift all believers as wheat. Also, Ps 1:4 reminds us the wicked are like the chaff which the wind blows away. The demonstration with the fan helped me understand this. Much appreciated. Thanks

[@YAHSHUA-KINGOFGLORY]

👍🏽🙂 Amos 9:9. Maranatha!

[@wildernesswarcry4882]

@@YAHSHUA-KINGOFGLORY amen. Thanks for the scripture 🙏

[@Seraphim7]

Whoa the winnowing process looks like chaff blown by the wind 🤯

[@mayday8982]

thank you for this video! I'm currently reading the Iliad and the term "winnowing" comes up, which is a word I hadn't heard before. Farming and agriculture was a vital aspect of Ancient Greek life and there are countless references to it throughout the scenes of battle. This actually clarifies a scene in the text, so thank you again!

[@RonNehrig]

You're very welcome, thanks for the comment!

[@williamwilliams7706]

Not quite what I was looking for but I watched because you did a great job on the video.

[@RonNehrig]

Thanks! 🙂

[@margarita1776.]

The Bible brought me here.

[@esosa.godsgirl6282]

Me too

[@erynstrapac]

Me three!

[@PROJECT.LUKE.ONE.75]

:D

[@nildameers3772]

Same here! Was researching for a dream I had... Sifting is a process we all go through.. if we allow for it..

[@fortuneakinremi8692]

Yessssss💃💃...i was reading Matthew chapter 3 then i found this video💝💝💝💝💝💥💯

[@rahnosborne]

this video was very helpful to me in understanding the scriptuires regarding Satans desire to sift the Disciples as wheat! Thank you Ron for the Awesome video! blessings!

[@Pfsif]

It is hell to go through.

[@MrCooklw]

This brings the book of Ruth into greater perspective.

[@jeffenriquez9929]

Wow! Winnowing wheat is cool. That part I can understand.

[@wabibunny]

Thank you for sharing this! Our professor in Chemistry used sifting and winnowing as analogies to understand mass spectrometry, one of the techniques we're studying. Learning from this video feels quite relaxing :)

[@RonNehrig]

Thanks for the comment, glad it is more relaxing than mass spectrometry :-), though I imagine that is interesting also.

[@nyreeartis4282]

This was very interesting. Thanks for the video. I was studying my Bible and this cleared up some things for me!

[@RonNehrig]

You're welcome. Thanks for the note! )

[@denisemarie5661]

You have made certain Bible phrases and parables extremely clear. Amazing. TY. 🤗

[@RonNehrig]

Thanks for your comment! 🙂

[@RodneyJonesTeachings]

thank you, I have to preach on this tomorrow, you have really helped me understand.

[@bradfordpiteau]

Thank you for this helpful video. I didn't know wheat needed to be sifted. Helps me to understand Lk 22:31 better.

[@RonNehrig]

A big combine does all of this "under the hood" but these small plots require cruder methods.

[@shandishandi2735]

SO cool!!

[@YAHSHUA-KINGOFGLORY]

👍🏽🙂 Amos 9:9. Maranatha!

[@blivey]

This was so fascinating to watch! Thanks for sharing!

[@RonNehrig]

Thanks for the comment! 🙂

[@emmaroylands6990]

Everyone's comments on how this related to education and literature. I'm here bc I made a small crop of wheat and really had no idea how to process it by hand haha I'm here to make a single cup of handmade flour for funsies!! Thank you so much for this video bro

[@RonNehrig]

Yeah, me too, and i'm still using wheat grown that year, though i also buy hard white wheat which i couldn’t get to grow here.… 😊

[@travisprice6234]

Thank you for this video. It was very well done and helped me understand something I had been looking for for a long time.

[@RonNehrig]

Travis Price Glad it was useful. Thanks for the comment.

[@practicalitysensibility5592]

Thank U so much for this informative video. I was reading Psalm 1 & 'chaff' stood out to me today. . . .I've read that passage so many times, however, today was the day for me to understand chaff & whear. I'm interested in how U were able to add words on the screen. I'm 60 & I learned years & years ago, there are no dumb questions. Thanks again. 👍👍👍 Very informative!

[@robertbolgeo782]

Excellent, informative, relaxing video. Makes me wish I had land to start growing wheat on.

[@toddylear8970]

Best video on the topic. We city slickers are pretty clueless on this stuff... Thanks for putting up such a detailed video.

[@RonNehrig]

Thanks very much.

[@WaltKosty]

Ron, thanks for the meditative and educational video. I appreciate you sharing this. Walk in peace.

[@RonNehrig]

You're welcome. Thanks for the comment.

[@HelpatHomeJim]

Very creative solutions. Great job!

[@RonNehrig]

Thanks very much. Also worked with Mustard seed.

[@jgvtc559]

@@RonNehrig the good wheat clearly goes through the entire tribulation

[@shandishandi2735]

Thank you so much for this video! I was trying to understand Isaiah 41:15. This video is absolutely FASCINATING

[@teresanooner5617]

My GOD my GOD metoo 😅 two yrs later tho😂

[@munchwithmadhavi]

very good picturization and also helped me to understand! THANKS A LOT!!

[@RonNehrig]

Thanks for the comment!

[@braydenheath2321]

I have seen lots of ways to collect wheat and this is the best one

[@sansaviera]

I agree, I would use this method for sure. Thanks so much for the video!

[@RonNehrig]

Thanks, it does actually go pretty fast, but is also pretty satisfying to do..

[@Seraphim7]

Wow I was looking for this this coz I just went through a Sifting.

[@100davidmartinez]

Thanks a lot for the clear demonstrations. Blesings from Costa Rica to you Ron.

[@RonNehrig]

Thanks so much for the comment.

[@amymiller4903]

Yes! This is a great video and fun to watch! Thank you!!

[@RonNehrig]

Amy Miller thanks Amy!

[@marcuschiu8615]

Thanks! This will help me in the future for sure

[@marvinak]

Showing this for my class on Psalm 1 tomorrow night. Great video. God bless and thanks.

[@RonNehrig]

Thanks, good luck in your class.

[@mssshep]

Lovely video!

[@RonNehrig]

Thanks very much! 🙂

[@keierrareenell877]

Thanks for making this video!

[@margarita1776.]

So educational!! :) Thanks for the upload!

[@zee-aaliyah]

Wow. I was reading The book of Ruth in The Bible and came to see what this process looked like out of curiosity. This was so relaxing to watch. May the work of your hands be blessed always. Thank you

[@RonNehrig]

Thanks for your comment, happy to supply a little relaxation. 😊

[@atarahchomah1463]

Thank you! Bible brought me here too!

[@shelly3317]

Great informative video! Thank you!

[@RonNehrig]

Thanks for the comment Shelly!

[@faithmercy7647]

Beautiful. Thank you.

[@braydenheath2321]

Amazing video

[@RonNehrig]

Thanks Brayden.

[@found_theplace]

Excellent vid, just excellent. Thank you

[@RonNehrig]

Karl Covington , Thanks Karl!

[@gwendolynbell9714]

That was very educational. Thank you

[@RonNehrig]

You're welcome. Thanks for the comment.

[@impkson]

Thanks for your video. It's very informative and now I know what it means in the bible about the winnowing and threshing.

[@RonNehrig]

You're welcome, it was very satisfying to do.

[@SEXINUNOIT]

This simple video opened my understanding of Isaiah 41:16. And even help me to understand Hebrew 12:27

[@YAHSHUA-KINGOFGLORY]

👍🏽🙂 Amos 9:9. Maranatha!

[@ChristopherBotelho3052]

good work

[@armondooley5442]

Wow thank you for this!

[@RonNehrig]

You're welcome. I still have Wheat and Rye in the closet. :-)

[@wafjdf7759]

Great great video

[@RonNehrig]

Thanks very much!

[@psychokidproductions6433]

I liked your video better than everybody else's

[@RonNehrig]

+PsychoKid Productions Thanks very much.

[@NashtheImmortal]

good vid mate, thanks!

[@RonNehrig]

Thanks for the comment. You're welcome!

[@llloveyouuu]

I like window wheat 🌾

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[@tijanahajdari8223]

Thank you so much!!!

[@RonNehrig]

You're very welcome! Thanks for the comment! 🙂

[@richardpugh9330]

thanks. studying Psalms 1...this makes a clear understanding...

[@A3Kr0n]

Makes you appreciate modern combines and diesel fuel.

[@RonNehrig]

Yes, if only they made a combine this small...🙂 Actually some countries do have very small combines, but not in the U.S., though still too much for my small patch.

[@diamondwebb5749]

Awesome

[@chopsddy3]

Really fine instructive video. If you can’t figure it out after seeing this, your going to have to stick to salads.

[@RonNehrig]

Thanks very much.

[@jeffenriquez9929]

"Careful not to shred the hands, which are needed later." lol I would hope you save your hands xD I don't know what you mean by hands but I don't think you meant your body or maybe you did.

[@RonNehrig]

I did actually mean hands...it is always good to remind myself to keep focused when working around machines.

[@shandishandi2735]

That was funny made me laugh lol

[@suilaynio9367]

Thank you i learn to know how to proceed wheat to flour in biblical time.

[@kimberlywood7783]

"Being careful not to shred the hands - which are needed later" 😅😇 2021 brought me here.

[@QueenCityFilmsComm]

Great educational video! Our Lord is at work in His or sifting process. Glory to God!

[@devsgaming1025]

I knew all the process except threshing after seeing the vedio I am clear the uncle👍

[@cali7150]

Wow.

[@gillyazie55]

Kool

[@kimcavagna2082]

❤

[@lukespringer4325]

5 stars

[@HalaSialeMohe]

The Bible brought me here (Luke 3:17)Thank you for the great video, God bless.

[@YAHSHUA-KINGOFGLORY]

👍🏽🙂 Amos 9:9. Maranatha!

[@MMFr3ak]

Hello Ron, might I ask you what you do with the threshing remains? Meaning the culm fragments that are left after sieving. Do you re-use these as a, for example, a fuel or do you simply throw it away? Very informative video by the way.

[@RonNehrig]

MMFr3ak most of it goes back into the wheat field, or sometimes as mulch on the garden or in the compost heap.

[@AB-bc9tf]

I’m watching this to understand my Bible study too.

[@MzladyGrinn]

Could you tell me, what kind of sifter do I need to sift bulk wheat grain . To prevent pebbles from going into my home use grain mill? Any advice you could offer would be appreciated! Thank. You!

[@RonNehrig]

I make all of my own bread, and use only grain I have milled in a Womdermill, so I regularly mill many kinds of wheat; white, red, Khorasan, Durum, Spelt, as well as Oats and Corn, some I grew, some I didn't. I've never seen pebbles in any of it, so sifting them out has not been a concern for me. I don't know what size pebbles you are concerned with, but my first thought to sift that finely would be 1/8" Hardware cloth (which is actually heavy steel screen), I think that would let wheat through; it is stiff enough that you could probably cut a square and bend the edges up into a shallow box, though you would probably want to tape the edges with a thick tape like Gorilla tape to prevent getting cut on it, or maybe fasten a piece to the bottom of cardboard box with the bottom cut out.

[@audleynick]

Thanks but what about a nice Austrian scythe?! Did you make bread? I like the pace and sort of suburbanness of it. Audley, West Wales.

[@RonNehrig]

+Audley Nick Yes I make many kinds of bread, always multiple grains. I grow the Hard Red Winter Wheat, Rye, and Corn, and use those in most of my breads together with Hard White Spring Wheat, Khorasan, Oats, Barley, and many others in small amounts. I mill with a Wondermill, a great machine. I didn't have an Austrian Scythe (which would need a grain catcher to be most effective), otherwise I might have used it, but I did have the brush cutter that was fairly easy to adapt (after some messing about) so that's what I used,, and it works quite well.

[@gardenguys9273]

Very informative video. Your wheat plot looks beautiful and though relatively small, is much larger than our 4x4ft plot! Please check out our newest video to see our technique of processing wheat. We had a lot of fun!

[@CheddarBayBaby]

Studies of Early Agricultural societies brought me here.

[@greenleyacresfarm4916]

Where did you get those plastic trays to separate the wheat berries from the straw? Great Video!

[@RonNehrig]

They were in the garage when I bought the place...I think they were used to carry milk bottles. If I didn't have them I would have made a frame with pine or cedar 1x4's or 1x6's and fastened hardware cloth on the bottom, or maybe cut the bottom out of a plastic bin and put hardware cloth in.

[@greenleyacresfarm4916]

Okay...I made a frame like that to sift my compost before using...Thanks for responding so quickly

[@RonNehrig]

Yeah, same idea as sifting compost. The winnowing takes care of the small stuff.

[@avibhandari5594]

He is king of knee caps

[@welderman4406]

How big would you say your plot of wheat was? I'm thinking of doing this myself and i don't know how to start.

[@RonNehrig]

+welderman440 This doc should answer your questions: Growing Wheat and Making Bread drive.google.com/file/d/0B5Gue_t44dNJSXl5czlkaU1EX1U/view

[@welderman4406]

Thank you!!

[@aleciawimer8506]

The Bible brought me here too!

[@jonathans1472]

Is it the same process for barley?

[@RonNehrig]

I haven't done Barley, but i would think so. I've done Rye and it is exactly the same.

[@YAHSHUA-KINGOFGLORY]

Amos 9:9 Gracias!

[@JonAcostaArt]

Would you be willing to share roughly what quantity is harvested from a field that size (as should at beginning)?

[@RonNehrig]

I thought this was in the article I wrote, but it wasn't, though I know I wrote it somewhere. I looked all over and finally found it in the caption of a picture...too much stuff I guess. ...And the Answer is I harvested around 50 lbs of Hard Red Winter Wheat from a 26'x28' area, 10 lbs of Soft Red Winter Wheat from a 12'x16' area. I think the numbers were similar for Rye grain.

[@JonAcostaArt]

@@RonNehrig Fascinating! Thank you for taking the time to show this and for your reply.

[@RonNehrig]

@@JonAcostaArt Did you see the links in the description? There are more links in the description of the "Cutting Wheat 2015" video including my article on growing wheat.

[@JonAcostaArt]

@@RonNehrig Just took a look at them. Thank you! I am in dire financial state right now but it is my biggest dream (as with many) to have a small rural plot of land and live as efficiently as possible.

[@jeffenriquez9929]

This is confusing o.o I thought this would be much easier to learn but I don't even know what part of wheat are berries.

[@RonNehrig]

Wheat is called "berries" after it is all processed, like grains of rice, grains of wheat...except they're called berries.

[@lashauncurrie134]

Scripture brought me heat.....

[@YAHSHUA-KINGOFGLORY]

👍🏽🙂 Amos 9:9. Maranatha!

[@mjolnir9855]

This is what was done every Shavuot (Pentecost), which was the time of the wheat harvest. God used this time to institute a feast in remembrance of the same day Israel received the Law from God on Mt. Sinai. That very same day, Israel broke the blood covenant, requiring the offending party to die. Though 3000 died that day, Moses pled with the almighty for mercy. God agrees to show mercy by sending His son, Yeshua/Jesus to be a sacrificial offering on behalf of the offending party (Israel). In the day the Blood covenant was broken by man by transgressing Yehovah’s Law, 3000 people died as a result. But when the man, Messiah Yeshua died for the sins of that broken covenant, on the very next Shavuot/Pentecost (Feast of weeks), 3000 souls were added onto the Church. (Acts chapter 2). By one man, death came upon the world. But by that man, Yeshua, life came upon the world. And so we see God actively at work, undoing the death and destruction done to his creation by sin and disobedience. What sinners have destroyed, God has redeemed back unto Himself. And as the Farmer harvests, threshes, sifts, and winnows the wheat in order to gather together his wheat, so our Father in heaven separates us into Messiah, and sifts us (tests our hearts), winnows us (separates us from sinners), and gathers us into His store house (His Kingdom under Messiah when He returns and rules forever and ever), to be one with us (complete union with God). Praise be to YeHoVaH, the God and Father of our Lord, Yeshua the Messiah. Who gave himself a ransom for us, to redeem us from the curse of judgement, and to separate us unto himself to be a holy people; obeying the commandments of God, and separated unto Good works!!!

[@MickzoDeepAuthentic]

The bible brought me here too 😭😭😭 🇿🇦

[@Vercippu]

In our spiritual life it can be a painful process.

[@mohammadmohtashim8392]

Sir we need your permission to use a part of your video in our educational video. We will give courtesy note for your name. We want to use 10-15 second clips to show winnoing.....Kindly let me know if we can use it?

[@RonNehrig]

I do not currently allow use of my videos by other video makers. Sorry.

[@mohammadmohtashim8392]

Sir would you like to charge for a 45 second video, we need it from 3:35 to 4:25.

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[@stephenroberts8361]

blanket tossing

[@RonNehrig]

If you're serious, yes, I've seen that done, but it would require at least two people and fine enough cloth that the wheat and chaff wouldn't stick to it.

[@astridcarter8121]

I came here while study ruth 3

[@GloryBeToGodForever]

“And the *Lord* said, "Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. But *I* have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to *Me,* strengthen your brethren."

[@YAHSHUA-KINGOFGLORY]

👍🏽🙂 Amos 9:9. Maranatha!

[@suilaynio9367]

One i still lack to know is treshing in biblical time because there no machine that time.

[@BigBoss89189]

Matthew 3:12 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

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