Picking Peanuts - 2009

[Casonwithhonor]

These videos are awesome man, I'm trying to get in farming my self.



[splinterdhed]

Dr. Suess said peanuts grew on peanut TREES. Dang! I really believed that...

[mrdann42]

@splinterdhed just think of them as "cousins" to potatos, they pretty much grow the exact same way anyways

[SidneyBou]

Verry good and ccomplete vidio, thank you.

[MultiBaldEagle]

Just another question, if you will.....about what ground speed are those combines running? Look like they are going at a pretty good clip. Much faster than a pull type combine is capable of. The separator and blower must really be strokin' for that kind of picking speed.

[MultiBaldEagle]

This is just a random question since I don't know anyone around here in Jenkins Co. with a self-propelled Amadas, but How big of a difference in time savings are you looking at with the 6 row self-propelled unit with unload on the go, as compared to a 6 row Magnum Force pull-type combine? I would think 1 self propelled unit with UOG would about equal 2 4row pull type units. And would it be worth the expense ?

[MultiBaldEagle]

Cool how they took that Deere cab and blended the green in with the Amadas blue!

[wexfordman20]

nice vid, whats the name of that banjo song?

[finderoftheway]

Somebody's making lots of money with all those green high dollar tractors around.

[MultiBaldEagle]

Whose Broiler houses in the background?

[rbranch2008]

@MultiBaldEagle Those belong to Aubrey Lynch, a cousin of mine.

[MultiBaldEagle]

I switched from 3 Hi-cap Lilliston 2 row combines to one 6 row Amadas Magnum Force pull-type combine and my harvest losses were cut dramatically. How do those self-propelled units do so far as leaving nuts in the field?

[peteacher52]

I would like to echo the sentiments of chivone21 below. I don't usually like music added to videos like this, but you did it discretely and the mechanical sounds of the machinery could still be heard. A question, please; with that big rig full of peanuts, do the peanuts create heat within the load, and if so, what is the optimum time for getting the crop to the processing plant? Greetings from New Zealand.

[heiltruckfan]

Those Amadas combines are awesome!! I love seeing the "windrow pickup" method with the special windrow heads on the combines. definitely a fav!!

[walkenshaw2000]

What time of year are they harvested? What happens next after they leave the field?

[MultiBaldEagle]

@walkenshaw2000...... here in Georgia we usually dig in early to mid October and wait a week and half (depending on weather) to begin picking. Some farmers let thier peanut land lie idle thru winter and some plant wheat. A newer crop in this part of the country that can follow peanuts is carrots.

[walkenshaw2000]

@MultiBaldEagle Thanks

[ford4373]

nice truck

[diedrag4]

pedazo d maquina!! buen video

[chivone21]

Aww....this was a NEAT informational video. Thanks so much for putting something like this on. GOOD JOB!

[71chevellesupersport]

Really cool, but I thought peanuts grew underground? Can you tell me ?

[rbranch2008]

@71chevellesupersport They do grow underground. When they are mature, the farmer will "dig" them. See my video on peanut digging.

[71chevellesupersport]

@rbranch2008 Wow, your video's are great ! Thanx 4 posting :) Its very interesting to see the process !

[TheBerkeleyGirl]

this is hilarious!!!!!

[balquhidder]

really nice videos bud. how many acres of peanuts do you normally raise each year?

[rbranch2008]

This past year my family had approx. 1600 acres of peanuts.

[KODAKGUYNUMBER1]

@rbranch2008 Do you go by bushels or is there another measurment used for peanuts?

[kingballer220]

Do you have wild hogs on your farm and can i come hunt them ? I will do it for free !

[rbranch2008]

No....we don't have a lot of trouble out of wild hogs in our area. Some other areas do.

[C0DxFAIL]

we use 2 pull combines and do pretty good, and we would have one of those but money is getting tight for us farmers. but one of our neighboring farms has one and they let me drive it. they are really fun to drive.

[jwarbin1]

Are you able to pick faster with the self-propelled than a pull type Amadas?

[rbranch2008]

The self-propelled Amadas runs about 4 mph so you can cover ground quicker as well as unloading on the go. That greatly increases efficiency.

[pasqualelp87]

che cos'è?

[rbranch2008]

Siamo arachidi raccolta.

[nicomore]

Hi rbranch2008, we're going to establish a new plantation in Africa... and I'm planning to come to US just to visit some plantation, any suggestions?