00:01Hello my friends, today we are going to sweet corn farms in several states of the United States to see
00:08how millions of corn are harvested.
00:11In terms of yield and value, sweet corn is the second largest processed crop in the United States, behind only
00:19tomatoes.
00:21In 2021, the total value of the sweet corn crop in the United States was around $777 million.
00:36The first place we will visit in this video is a farm in Florida.
00:42Here, millions of sweet corn are handpicked by workers from Mexico and Guatemala.
00:49Every October, more than 5,000 workers flock to sweet corn farms to work,
00:55and the average salary each worker receives is about $17 per hour.
01:02Currently, Florida is the largest sweet corn producing state in the United States.
01:08In 2021, the sweet corn planting area here is about 37,300 acres and the yield is around 327,000
01:21tonnes.
01:42Next, we'll go to a sweet corn farm in Riverside County, California.
01:49Due to the hot weather during the day, sweet corn harvesting at this farm is done at night.
01:56Here, millions of sweet corn after harvest will be packed right in the field, instead of having to go to
02:03packing factories.
02:06According to statistics released in 2021, the area planted to sweet corn in California is about 23,500 acres,
02:17and the yield is about 169,000 tonnes, accounting for 16% of the total sweet corn production in the
02:27United States.
02:43The third location we will visit in this video is a sweet corn farm over 30 acres in Yakima Valley
02:52in Washington State.
02:57During the period from 2010 to 2016, Washington was always the state with the largest sweet corn growing area in
03:06the country, with about 93,000 acres.
03:11However, the state's sweet corn acreage has fallen sharply in recent years and has seeded the title of largest sweet
03:18corn producer to Florida.
03:21After harvesting, thousands of sweet corn will be transferred to these boxes thanks to the conveyor system.
03:32We are currently at a sweet corn farm in Michigan to see how the process of harvesting thousands of corn
03:39goes.
03:41Instead of using dozens of workers, the process of harvesting millions of sweet corn on this farm will be done
03:48with this machine.
03:51Currently, sweet corn acreage in Michigan is 9,500 acres and yields about 71,000 tonnes per year.
04:04Thousands of sweet corn after harvest will be transported to a warehouse for packaging.
04:21Next, we will go to another sweet corn farm in the state of Florida to see how the process of
04:27harvesting tons of sweet corn here happens.
04:31Millions of corn will be cut and loaded onto trucks.
04:36Here, these workers will arrange it so that the truck can hold as much sweet corn as possible.
05:00In the next part of the video, we will go to the vast grain corn fields in the states of
05:06Indiana and Ohio in the United States,
05:09to see how farmers here cultivate and harvest millions of tons of corn.
05:17The end of April is when most corn farmers in the United States begin the seeding process.
05:26This modern agricultural machine is used to sow about 335,000 seeds per acre.
05:35Currently, in the United States, there are about 316,000 corn farms and 95% of them are family owned.
06:07According to statistics from 2020, up to 30% of the arable land of the United States is used to
06:15grow corn,
06:16which is the equivalent of 91 million hectares.
06:21The time from sowing to harvesting corn in the United States usually lasts about 115 days.
06:29Most of the corn varieties grown here require about 600,000 gallons of water per acre.
06:39These plains are used to spray probiotics that help prevent pests and aphids from attacking corn crops.
06:48The United States is one of the most modern agricultural countries in the world,
06:53so most of the work in the farming process requires very few workers.
07:00Nearly four months after seeding, most corn fields across the United States are ready to harvest.
07:10Giant harvesters will move to the fields to work.
07:21In recent years, the United States has always been the world's largest corn producer,
07:26with about 350 million tons per year and accounts for 34% of global corn production.
07:38In 2020, the United States exported 69 million tons of corn and earned about $9.2 billion.
07:48Currently, China is the largest buyer of U.S. corn, accounting for 31% of corn exports.
08:43So, let's look at that region of corn and a half.
08:46tons of corn will be transported to warehouses for drying and storage.
09:46I'll see you next time.
10:00How do you feel about the process of cultivating and harvesting corn in this video?
10:06Let us know what you think in the comments section of the video.
10:10Goodbye and see you in the next video!
10:32Thank you for listening!
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