Southside Virginia Burley Tobacco Harvest

Burley tobacco harvest operations in south central Virginia in August 2009.

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Science & Technology

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• burley
• tobacco
• Danville
• pittsylvania
• county
• farm
• farming
• Virginia
• va
• Southside
• agriculture
• harvester
• harvest

[trimbletobacco]

Would love to see video of take-down and stripping procedure

[vtfarmin]

Unfortunately I dont have any videos of the stripping process. We do have that process semi-automated using a locally produced stripping line that conveys the whole plant by the workers and it seems to work out fairly well but still has some room for improvement. I will try to get some video of that this season.

[Milverton68]

Great video..

[vtfarmin]

Thanks, be sure to check back for new equipment videos.

[frontrowna]

Looks like they are packed in there pretty tight. Do you have any problems with house burn?

[cbohar84]

Very interesting line of work

[mogges1]

Also how many plants will on of those rack hold.I like the set up on those rack.I grow around a 100 to a 150 plant will one of those racks hold that much

[mogges1]

For some one with a small tobacco crop wouldnt it be better to split the whole plant and then hang it.instead of stripping the leaves.and then when the plant is dried strip the leaves.

[Crazyman1212]

harvester/factory....thats awesome

[mrchakabot]

really cool !!! thank you!!

[kodiaksioux]

What's the smell like on a tobacco field? Can you grab a leaf and have a quick chew?

[mate0107]

wow

that is beautiful

[OneManSmoke]

Get er Done boys ! Great machine there. Thanks for posting it.