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00:00Hello my friends, today we are going to some large fields in the United States
00:06to see how great agriculture in this country produces billions of tons of
00:11food. In recent years major food crops grown in the United States include
00:17soybeans, corn, potatoes, wheat, sweet potatoes and barley. Currently the United
00:26States only imports 20% of the food it consumes because its agriculture can
00:33produce a large amount of food for the entire country.
00:41Here's what's going on in a warehouse near a soybean farm in Minnesota. These
00:48farmers are preparing billions of soybean seeds to start a new crop. According to
00:56statistics in 2021 soybeans are grown in 15 states across the country of which
01:05Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota are the states with the largest soybean growing
01:11areas. After billions of soybean seeds have been prepared this tractor will be
01:20used to sow the seeds. Its task is to sow about 128,000 seeds per acre. Each year in
01:31Minnesota about 7.7 million acres of farmland are used to produce soybeans.
01:38Meanwhile soybean growing areas across the country account for 88.3 million acres.
01:50These are two week old soybean plants. The time from sowing seeds to harvesting soybeans usually lasts about 85 days.
02:02Basically soybeans are a very easy plant to cultivate. The main task of the farmers here is usually spraying herbicides
02:11and fungicides and providing enough water for soybean
02:16plants to grow.
02:23This is a field of soybeans more than two months old and they are only about two
02:29weeks away from the harvesting process. In Minnesota most soybeans are grown in
02:37counties like Waseca, Nobles and Nicolay. After nearly three months since seeding,
02:45everything here is ready to start a new harvest season. Thousands of harvesters and workers will flock to the soybean
02:53fields to work.
02:54In 2021 soybean production in Minnesota is about 356 million bushels or 21.3 billion pounds.
03:08Meanwhile soybean production across the country is 4.4 billion bushels.
03:15Currently Illinois is the state with the largest soybean production in the country with 672 million bushels accounting for 16
03:28% of the national production.
03:30Iowa is also a major soybean producer with 494 million bushels or 11% of production.
03:40In the United States, up to 79% of soybeans are used for animal feed with poultry being the largest
03:49consumer of soybeans.
03:52In addition, the country also exports about 1.7 billion bushels of soybeans per year with an export value of
04:02about 26 billion dollars.
04:07Next, we'll go to a field in Michigan to see how billions of bushels of corn are cultivated and harvested
04:14here.
04:16The end of April every year is the time when the sowing process takes place in this cornfield.
04:23This giant machine is used to sow about 34,000 seeds per acre.
04:29In 2021, in Michigan, about 2.25 million acres of farmland will be used to grow corn.
04:40Meanwhile, the total corn area in 2021 in the United States is about 96.3 million acres.
04:51This is a one-month-old cornfield.
04:54Currently, each acre of corn in the United States needs about 600,000 gallons of water over its lifetime.
05:04Most corn varieties today need about 100 to 115 days to be harvested.
05:11According to statistics from the United States Department of Agriculture, Iowa is the state with the largest corn growing area
05:21in the country with 12.9 million acres.
05:25In second place is Illinois with 11 million acres.
05:31Almost four months after seeding, millions of corn plants in this field are ready to be harvested.
05:38Dozens of agricultural machines and trucks will be moved here to work.
05:44In recent years, the United States has always been the largest producer of corn kernels in the world, with about
05:5215.1 billion bushels per year, accounting for 34% of global corn production.
06:01The states with the largest corn production in the United States are Iowa with 2.7 billion bushels, Illinois with
06:112.2 billion bushels, and Nebraska with 1.7 billion bushels.
06:17Currently, 45% of corn kernel production in the country is used for animal feed, 44% is converted to
06:27ethanol, and just 10% is used for food.
06:56This is the ongoing harvest of a wheat field in Kansas State.
07:01Mid-June is the time when the harvest takes place in most of the wheat farms in Kansas.
07:09According to data, in 2022, the wheat area in Kansas is 7.6 million acres, which is also the state
07:20with the largest wheat area in the country.
07:23Currently, nationwide, 37.7 million acres of agricultural land are used to grow wheat, and the yield is 1.65
07:35billion bushels.
07:38After harvesting, billions of bushels of wheat will be transported by truck to warehouses for storage.
07:52In the next part of the video, we will go to almond farms in California to see how the process
07:59of cultivating and harvesting tons of almonds happens.
08:10The process of planting almond trees usually begins in mid-February.
08:16This is the right time for the seedlings to develop buds.
08:43These covers will be used to protect seedlings from stem borers and limit sunlight.
08:59After about two years from planting, the almond trees will need to be pruned.
09:04Pruning almond trees is usually done at the beginning of winter.
09:12The time from planting almond trees to harvesting the first crop usually lasts three to four years.
09:22If the seedlings to be a spurt, it may be more expensive than one year because it is to use
09:27a carot,
09:32a候otment to create a water-intensive plant.
09:32It can be used for 100 years from the year to 18 year olds.
09:34Almonds are a water-intensive plant, so this trip irrigation system needs to be operated on a regular basis.
09:42Almonds are a water-intensive plant, so this trip irrigation system needs to be operated on a regular basis.
09:45Almond trees usually have an average lifespan of 22 years ago.
09:4925 to 28 years, and from the 20th year onwards, the fruit yield of this tree begins to decrease.
10:05Arwen blossoms usually appear between February and March, and during this time, millions
10:11of honey bees are used to pollinate the flowers.
10:23If you look at it from a distance, you will see the almond flower looks quite similar to
10:28the flowers plum and pear trees.
10:35The time from flowering to harvesting almonds usually lasts from 5 to 6 months, depending
10:42on the climate.
10:57Do you feel satisfied looking at these images?
11:03Everything here is ready to start a new harvest.
11:16This machine will be used to shake the almond tree until all the fruit on the tree falls
11:21to the ground.
11:39The process of harvesting almonds is quite similar to the harvesting of olive or cherry orchards.
11:57The process of harvesting almonds in the province is quite similar to the fruit.
11:58The printing of the hemp tree is very similar to the fruit farm.
11:58In the wine там, the fruit of the harvest is one of the fruits of the harvest.
12:20The whole almond will then be loaded up onto the truck by this machine.
12:26In some countries in the Middle East, the almonds after falling to the ground are dried
12:31in the sun for about a week before being harvested.
12:53This machine is used to harvest in the fields of several years old almonds.
13:22Hundreds of tons of almonds after harvesting will be transported to the factory for processing
13:28and packaging.
13:33Because the number of almonds is too large and cannot be processed all at once, they will
13:39be gathered here before being transferred to the factory.
13:42This is the end of the year.
13:48This is the end of the year.
14:22These are the activities that take place inside the Almond Nut Packing Factory.
14:28How do you feel about the process of cultivating and harvesting almonds in this video?
14:34Let us know what you think in the comments section of the video.
14:37Goodbye and see you in the next video.
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