Potato Farming

[SpudcuttersInc]

I watch this video for 9 damn minutes and not once did they tell me how many ways they can cut a spud. DISLIKE

[ndfcowboy]

thanks for shooting this!



[peipotatoguy]

nice to see how the others in the potato industry do things. Cheftains would be a variety that will take the heat as a red, and Kennebec would also take the heat if you are looking for a round white.

[IIFlippy]

REBOOT GlaDOS

[whonow09]

WE WILL NEED TO USE THOSE POTATOES TO REBOOT APERTURE SCIENCE LABRATORY

[MunchyToast001]

So much potato , that could supply the aperture science GLaDOS for a another bunch of years.

[Petervg1]

slow down those primary and seconday chains on that digger! they are going approximatly 2 times faster then they should be, all those pototoes you see hopping, dancing and jumping shouldnt happen, they should be fairly settled as they ride up the digger chains...

[Chad01234]

I'm trying to understand how difficult potato farming was in Ireland (Post 1845 blight). Say one had 5 acres (prob max size allowed at the turn of the century). How much harvest would this produce. How many laborers? How difficult to bring a yield? Thank you if anyone knows the answers to this.

P.S. what is the Arab music I hear after the banjo selection? Thank you!

[Chad01234]

I'm trying to understand how difficult potato farming was in Ireland (Post 1845 blight). Say one had 5 acres (prob max size allowed at the turn of the century). How much harvest would this produce. How many laborers? How difficult to bring a yield? Thank you if anyone knows the answers to this.

[TheMorsader]

awsome video mate i work for a potato farmer in nz and our process is kinda the same ill post videos of how we do it over in little new zealand lol watch this space.

[VikefanTony]

Nice job folks, I love potatos!

[Zam77772moons]

hey im trying to do a research report on Idaho's industries and i know the potato is one can any body help?

[clones98]

thank you for growing one of my favorite foods!!

very cool that mechanics leverage your work so much - and still a lot of people involved. I can't imagine the effort there was before all the gear was available.

[TomSnakeRiver]

"Toto - we're not in Idaho" very interesting video, keep up the good work. Nice to see a DOUBLE L harvester made it down from Idaho. I still have an old I.H. truck like that on the rock pile.

[radumser]

Well George, I've have to say congratulations and that I am very impressed. Only saw you a few times and then it looked like you were trying to avoid being seen, behind a post or with you back to the camera. Your friend, Ricky-D

[pointyfinger]

To Margie (Shanghia)

There's a rumour going round,

amongst the women of the town.

The're saying someone's tater got filled in

for saying people get killed in,

the business of...... chip building (With apologies to what's 'is face)

[beto46133]

the name of the video is idaho potatoe

[beto46133]

if you want to wacht real potatoes watch potatoe harves in idaho nonpareil harvest.............

[Tobiquer2]

Thanks for sharing the video, it's awesome!! I work inpotatoes in northern New Brunswick, Canada. It's great to see different ways of doing things.

[killthemonkey4evr]

how much is a potatoe worth how much mney could iget off of 3 acres...

[habsfan898989]

not very many potatoes coming out of the ground.....i agree with sanders

[helicopterdriver]

Not a very good yield because of a late frost that stunted most of this part of his crop. Any of you farmers? He is the only commercial potato farmer in the state and has started with nothing.

This video was shot solely for fun and nothing was staged. I could have spent hours making everything perfect but we were working 16 hour days. Educational at best.

We shipped several hundred thousand pounds.

Perfect potatoes? I've never seen one. Free lessons gladly accepted....

[habsfan898989]

Yeah I am a potato farmer actually. Sorry to hear about the late frost. What state is this taken place in? I'm from PEI, Canada. We had some problems with late blight this year, mainly due to the perfect blight conditions

[helicopterdriver]

South Carolina is where this facility is. He started farming in New Jersey and brought his skills and love for farming to South Carolina many years ago. He is experimenting with various types of potatoes to maximize the yield for the climate. So far he has given up on red potatoes because they won't hold the color in the heat here. 100 degrees is not uncommon here.

Not familiar with the blight but I'm sure it is disheartening after all the expense and effort to plant and cultivate.

[sandersd21]

Most all of the spuds look like crap and the digger you filmed that guy needs a lesson on how to grow spuds crappy yeild.

[warabi1979]

amazing nice work

[cnrailman2]

fantastic video of potato production thanks for sharing with the world.

[ultima4200]

wow, thats a big production line, i live in a small town, and the same crew harvests, grades and bags, must be odd having multiple crews, but wow, everything essentialy looks the same I think ima post a vid of our production line, and how simple it is, very long hours tho.

[GermanTHR]

way to many points where they can fall deep... you should take a look at our farm here in germany, potatos shouldnt fall at all

[HurricaneTeen]

ha ha, our potatoes do some falling here...But our potatoes generally go straight to the factory to be chipped, so that may be the difference.

[helicopterdriver]

Remember that this is a process that has been created from old equipment to fit the space he has. This year the flume and washer are much bigger and the process is much faster... constantly improving. Most people in the US have never even had a fresh potato....

[bobbykoedkotto]

are you serious? we have fresh potatos all the time in england. we all have our own allotments too were we grow our own crops. everything i ate today was grown myself. potato, peas, carrots and french beans. the salmon was caught by me too with my fishing rod!!!

[HurricaneTeen]

Oh, this brings back so many good memories of helping grade potatoes on my family's farm here in St. Johns County, FL...Chipping potato capital of the world!