As someone who did not see tomato harvest machines at all until recently, I am always intrigued to watch these. I have always been a huge fan of Red Gold products: (1) They far and away taste the best. (2) As a physician patients would ask me about the potassium content of various juices and fruit and vegetable products. I wrote a letter (yeah, it was that long ago) to the Red Gold people and they replied within three days with a detailed electrolyte breakdown (emphasizing the potassium) on their products. Great service.
Thanks Mike. First time I've seen tomatoes harvested from the field. Slow harvest speed and narrow swath. Must take forever to complete a field. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Mike. This is the first time i have seen tomatoes harvested. That old Veratile still earning it's keep. I thought cultivating soy bean for the first time as a kid was a good way to fall asleep, this would be the same if tried.
Scruffy 61 Cultivating soybeans, planting tomatoes, driving the truck next to the potato harvester, cultivating tomatoes. This seems to be right up there!
That's why Red Gold products taste so good! They use Massey Ferguson Tractors! LOL Awesome video. I bet the Massey Ferguson DynaVT Transmission is a dream to match the best speed to harvest. Love to learn more about what happens inside the harvester. Is that a custom harvest crew or do farmers own the harvesters that each raise tomatoes. Really Really Cool to learn how they harvest tomatoes!
Interesting vid I seen tomatoes been harvest very similar. I surprised they not using trax tractors but as you said it got wet before harvest. I work in glasshouse growing tomatoes years ago very interesting job harvesting was different. Enjoy vid👍
Love that Video. Do they still have 2 or 3 Versatiles? I thought a couple falls ago they had a 895 & 950 Versatile. Would love to get some video of them.
It would be interesting to know about the inner workings of the harvester. From the front shots, it appears both fruits and vines are taken into the machine. But, what happens then? The fruits appear on the conveyor out to the trailer, but how are they separated from the vines? I presume the fruits are largely damaged when getting to the trailer, but the damage is not important for the intended use.
Thanks Mike. Interesting to see something other than the usual grains being grown! I wonder how that was done back when tomatoes bruised? Hand picking into one-layer flats?
That is really something to see . Yup field looks a wee damp eh. Do the tractor's have air for the gladhands or do they just back the brakes off on the trailer. I know what kind of soup your having for lunch Mike. Another Interesting video, thank you.
Mike thanks for sharing. What type Tomato plants are these they seem to grow on the ground unlike the ones we plant in the back yard that grow up right more like a vine?
The versatile in this video is the same model the dairy farm had where I grew up at they used the 875 did all the hay and corn chopping for the dairy operation out in the field.
Very interesting video, never seen it done like that in the UK, mind you a lot of ours are grown in 'greenhouses' ready for the table. Most of the sauce and puree etc is imported. Do they have to clean most of the mud off the wheels on those semi's before they leave the field, - you have to over here or else you get fined and heavily. Any agricultural vehicle that leaves mud on the road is causing an offence.
As someone who did not see tomato harvest machines at all until recently, I am always intrigued to watch these. I have always been a huge fan of Red Gold products: (1) They far and away taste the best. (2) As a physician patients would ask me about the potassium content of various juices and fruit and vegetable products. I wrote a letter (yeah, it was that long ago) to the Red Gold people and they replied within three days with a detailed electrolyte breakdown (emphasizing the potassium) on their products. Great service.
Thanks Mike. First time I've seen tomatoes harvested from the field. Slow harvest speed and narrow swath. Must take forever to complete a field. Thanks for sharing.
Pretty slick set up.what kind of rotation are the tomatoes fields set up on.
Thank you Mike. This is the first time i have seen tomatoes harvested. That old Veratile still earning it's keep.
I thought cultivating soy bean for the first time as a kid was a good way to fall asleep, this would be the same if tried.
Scruffy 61 Cultivating soybeans, planting tomatoes, driving the truck next to the potato harvester, cultivating tomatoes. This seems to be right up there!
Wow had no idea how tomatoes were harvested, cause I never thought about it. Thanks as always for the great videos.
Wow, im only used to tomatoes grown in greenhouses. This is something else. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!
I have to admit that this was very interesting harvesting video. I never knew had they harvested tomatoes 🍅
Lol we grow tomatoes and we p ok them by hand I had no clue a tomato harvester existed
How many tons of tomatoes do you harvest per hectare?
That's why Red Gold products taste so good! They use Massey Ferguson Tractors! LOL Awesome video. I bet the Massey Ferguson DynaVT Transmission is a dream to match the best speed to harvest. Love to learn more about what happens inside the harvester. Is that a custom harvest crew or do farmers own the harvesters that each raise tomatoes. Really Really Cool to learn how they harvest tomatoes!
i love watching these cause i know where everything is at
Nice Harvester 👍
Interesting vid I seen tomatoes been harvest very similar. I surprised they not using trax tractors but as you said it got wet before harvest. I work in glasshouse growing tomatoes years ago very interesting job harvesting was different. Enjoy vid👍
Thanks Mike for your video,i just souscrire now.i like that.how can i get thoses tomatoes seeds Red gold variety please.
awsome. I never saw tomato harvest. great video 👍✌
Love that Video. Do they still have 2 or 3 Versatiles? I thought a couple falls ago they had a 895 & 950 Versatile. Would love to get some video of them.
Nice video Mike. I like to take video all species of plants harvest.
It would be interesting to know about the inner workings of the harvester. From the front shots, it appears both fruits and vines are taken into the machine. But, what happens then? The fruits appear on the conveyor out to the trailer, but how are they separated from the vines? I presume the fruits are largely damaged when getting to the trailer, but the damage is not important for the intended use.
they are shook off the vine and optics scan color and kicks out the unwanted ones
shocked there is such a machine. are these tomatoes undamaged or are they going to be tomato ketchup?
I know the Jersey guys take them to furmano's and it's made into gravy and pizza sauce. I take loads in as tomatoes and also take loads out canned
undamaged made into salsa, paste and sauce's as well as ketchup
Thanks Mike. Interesting to see something other than the usual grains being grown!
I wonder how that was done back when tomatoes bruised? Hand picking into one-layer flats?
That is really something to see . Yup field looks a wee damp eh. Do the tractor's have air for the gladhands or do they just back the brakes off on the trailer. I know what kind of soup your having for lunch Mike. Another Interesting video, thank you.
Our dolly has a hydraulic pump for air
Mike you hit the nail right on the head I love tomato harvest😃 so thank you very much for this video🇺🇸👍🏻 take care my friend🌟🐝
I was wondering how the machine gets the tomatoes off the branches without damaging the fruit?
First time seeing tomatoes harvested. It would be interesting to see how the "picker" works.
What herbicides are used in controlling weeds in the tomatoes field looks decently clean of weeds?
Mike thanks for sharing. What type Tomato plants are these they seem to grow on the ground unlike the ones we plant in the back yard that grow up right more like a vine?
The versatile in this video is the same model the dairy farm had where I grew up at they used the 875 did all the hay and corn chopping for the dairy operation out in the field.
An 875 with a PTO can’t be a common thing by any means. That’s neat.
How much of this equipment belongs to custom harvesters and how much to the grower?
are those tomatoes going to grocery stores or will they be used for ketchup or tomato sauce? they looked like roma type tomatoes.
He said they were going to Red Gold, so I would guess sauce, ketchup
Grocery store tomatoes are hand picked. These will be juice or sauce
they are the roma variety salsa's paste's ketchup, and juice
Excellent video
Wonder how the tomatoes don’t get smashed when the first ones are dropped in the trailer?
Very interesting video, never seen it done like that in the UK, mind you a lot of ours are grown in 'greenhouses' ready for the table. Most of the sauce and puree etc is imported. Do they have to clean most of the mud off the wheels on those semi's before they leave the field, - you have to over here or else you get fined and heavily. Any agricultural vehicle that leaves mud on the road is causing an offence.
Nice vid Thanks! 👍
Red gold is right here in my neck of the woods.
Nice seeing blue equipment
Massey Ferguson tractors! 👍👍👍😁😁😁❤️
WATER weight crop..you bet that trailor is heavy....
Verry interesting,that's something you don't see in the EU👍🏼
Nice Video 🚜👍🏻
Nice 👍
That's something I've never seen before.
Hello, Mike! I'm now in Stuttgart, Germany! Could I, please, work with you? 🎉
i grew up in union city nj.
Hi ray,how can i get this seeds variety i am vers interresting .thanks
I was always under the impression tomatoes were grown on vines, these are flat to the deck (ground), you learn something every day.
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