Almond Harvesting: Shaking, Sweeping, Harvesting & Stock Piling (in California)

This video demonstrates the almond harvesting process, including shaking, sweeping, harvesting and stock piling in California. This video was taken at RPAC and Perreira Almond Processing in Los Banos, California and follows the three step almond harvesting process that includes shaking, sweeping and harvesting with different machines in the field. You can also see how the harvested almonds are stock piled and fumigated while they are stored, waiting to be processed. Please check out https://www.theproducenerd.com/2018/1... for more information related to the California almond harvesting process. FREEBIE: Get a copy of The Produce Nerd’s free eBook focused on the harvesting and postharvesting methods of fruits and vegetables here: https://www.theproducenerd.com/harves... FREEBIE: Learn how to select and store 35 of the most common produce items here: https://www.theproducenerd.com/grocer... What I use to film (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/3AUOtx9 Video Chapters 0:00 Harvesting almonds in California 0:21 Shaking almonds to remove them from the trees 0:54 Sweeping the harvested almonds into a windrow with a sweeping machine 1:20 Harvesting machine sweeps up all of the harvested almonds, while removing extra soil and field debris 2:12 The harvested almonds are unloaded into a self-propelled trailer for transport 2:49 The harvested almonds are piled into stock piles 3:24 Fumigating the almond stock piles #almondharvesting #almondshaking #almondsweeping #harvestingalmonds #californiaagriculture #RPAC #almondstockpiling #almondmachineshaker #almondfumigation