Sugar Cane Harvest Footage

I asked my brother to drive the four-wheeler as I filmed while we darted through the cane fields of Franklin, Louisiana, getting some cool footage of the harvesting machinery in action in mid-December of 2006. In the second half, we make our way to Sterling Sugars, a local mill, and film the process at full steam, but we're eventually approached and told to back off. It was a great afternoon.

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• fivewindows
• sugar
• cane
• harvest
• franklin
• louisiana
• caffery
• cooper
• garff

[FiveWindows]

i'm an idiot. at 3:55, i say that those are giant piles of brown sugar. they're not. they're piles of bagass, the shreddings left over from the process of pounding and grinding up the cane.

i have memories of climbing all over those piles as a little kid, and i remember them being outside, but i spoke to someone recently who confirmed that the raw sugar is now kept in giant piles in enclosed warehouses on the same property. i bet it still tastes pretty good, though...

[qr2605]

It's suprising to see an Australian made harvester working in the heart of Cameco country

[FiveWindows]

actually, that's St. Mary Parrish in southern Louisiana in the United States.

[qr2605]

Yep, I know that. Cameco's are built in Thibodaux. The company is now owned by John Deere and the harvesters are painted the sickly green colour :-) My employer is part of a Co-op that owns a 2007 model. The harvester shown here is an Austoft which was either made in Australia or Brazil (after the company moved there)

[FiveWindows]

ahh, haha. now i feel stupid. i'm unfamiliar with the makes and models of the equipment used in the area (and i've never heard of Cameco), but perhaps i'll pay attention next time.

[takaesuyoshiji]

Hi, I am looking for sugar cane harvest machines , if you know made in USA , would you tell me name of machine and companies and site. If you this machine , I would appreciated. ]

[takaesuyoshiji]

Hi, I am looking for sugar cane harvest machines , if you know made in USA , would you tell me name of machine and companies and site. If you this machine , I would appreciated. 

[cataMelbourneStyle]

yea i have to watch this for a science project

[alonir77]

just for my curiosity, in the video I see that the cane were burnt before harvest. any reason why not to harvest green?

BTW: happy ne 2010..

[farmerjbird]

Great video here! You did a good job. I spent most of my time growing up in corn/wheat/soybean country in Indiana, so it's neat to see the agriculture of the southern states. All the other comments were great input, I think we all learned a great deal. I tinker with antique farm machinery, get it working again, mostly corn pickers, etc, but it's neat to see the newer stuff in action too!

[hudskej001]

co je to za křáp?

[camel555]

That machine was built in Australia, i'm pretty sure its a 99' model but could be a 97' or 98'. They started painting them red in 97' and changed the cabin in 2000, thats how i know it was made within those 3 years. Anyway shes a rough looking paddock but good machine, cuts way better than any of those cameco bulldozers. Pretty much only use Toft's here back home.

[ddn1985]

Very refreshing to see a well made video, well done guys :)

[lsucowboy]

Alot of people use Austof and now Case harvesters because they are cheaper and lighter. We use Cameco at our farm though.