We grew flu cured tobacco here in East Central Georgia until the early 80s but everything was so different then. 30 acres was considered to be a large allotment and most of the work was done by hand. The tobacco was cropped (picked) in stages, starting at the bottom of the plant and working up, lasting 4 to 5 weeks in July and August.

My great grandfather would role I've in his grave seeing those machines in the fields..He didn't believe in tractors or anything like until his kids talked him into getting one in the early 60s mid 60s.Farming was his life especially Tobacco season, Back then the Bacca he was planting was called barn buster Tobacco.

The most beautiful crop in my opinion. So much respect for the old timers who had no machinery.

Back in my grandfather's time raising burley tobacco they did most everything by hand and when they readied their crop for market they graded it into 4 separate grades trash lugs reds and tips .He took extreme pride in how it was raised tended to and what it looked like when it went to market

I live right down the road from this operation in scuffletown. it is awesome to drive by and see it in action!

That is some pretty tobacco. Good color to it. Great setup too.

Wow. This was amazing. These farmers work hard and clearly play hard. Love it 👍🏽😎

my grandpa would have wished he could harvest his tobacco like that 50 years ago.

Awesome video but would need more description.

Wow. Amazing...

WOW! It's great to see how things have become modernized, but this video has left me with so many questions. Things have changed since I worked the fields. It used to be cut with a knife and spear and put 6 stalks to a stick (unless the plants were small). Hung it in the barn, then put it down after it cured (only when it was in case). Then stripped, but divided into flines (not sure about spelling), lugs, reds and then pressed (or tied and pressed). How is it sorted in this new process? Is this burley, or something different? What about plants that have "suckers"...how is it separated? What about plants that are unhealthy in the field and usually left out there so it doesn't make it to the barn? ...and my step-dad would have kicked my ass if I left so many leaves laying around! LOL!

Wonderful!

"Tobacco is a dirty weed. I like it"

How do they dry that? We have to hang ours in barns and let it air dry.

Awesome video bud, what's that tobacco going to be used for?

Damn. I broke my back pickin. This is the only way to harvest. Thank goodness. I'll bet that tractor driver complains about how boring the job is. You can really get to market much faster if you mechanize.

Wow! What an operation. And right here in Georgia! Guessing it is Bright tobacco. Things sure are different from my Grand Pa's day. No market and auction or fairs. You contacted buy? Thanx for posting!

Very interesting video! There is none grown up here in Manitoba Canada.

So great!!

Old tobacco farmers would turn over in there graves , if they saw this !

Enjoyed this very much 🤠👍😁

Who is here after watching the Amish harvest tobacco by hand? 🤣

Look at that green goodness

That was very cool!

I used to harvest with my dad, we used old school buses that had the backs broken off

In Brazil, its not mechanical, is very hard and all manual the harvest. Amazing in the US. My dream Someday work a Farm in the US. Sorry my mistakes in english 😀👏

I'm from Indonesia I have a video of growing tobacco to harvesting in the fields, still in the traditional way

All we had when I was a kid was a machete and your own back to cut/harvest tobacco, no machines. Then we'd race to the barn to be the first one to climb up to tot he top to hang it because the bottom man always had it much harder having to hand up the heavy sticks.

Looks much easier than cutting by hand but the waste is relevant to mechanization

Does the tobacco grow back? Or do you have to replant?

Very interesting. Apparently this green tobacco doesn't mold after it's put in the metal container and put on the trailer to cure? Is there some kind of air circulation in this curing trailer? This really got my curiosity going.

Nice We see the process

i like this technology i want to try in Macedonia to have a lot of production

I miss how we harvesting tobacco manually. We are producing tons of it one season a year luckily i never smoke cigar😂

Nice!

Who built the picker

1st machine I've seen that cuts the stalk as it strips it. Tobacco today isn't like it use to be. I've seen it 5ft tall.. no where near that nowadays.

Сколько листа на земле остаётся.....

That's a lot of smoke!

who is singing the song

"dont smell the flowers there an evil drug to make you lose your mind

what sort of tobacco is this?

nothing like the fresh cut smell of cancer in the morning.

Back to old time, cigarettes very good quality and had unique of each brand. Now all have the same and low quality because harvest and mix with a lot off paper

What type of tobacco is that?

Is it normal to have so much waste on the ground everywhere? it seems like at every stage (of this video) there's a lot left on the ground. just wondering.

Isn't one of the fruit of the loom guys a tobacco leaf?

how do you make any money without gradeing the tabacco out

How much is tobacco in purchase per kg?

Can I buy the tobacco leaves in the video? fcv right?

I want to do this kind of business too.

This makes me sad! So sad. So many ppl put out of work. This is how we survived as a child in the 80's. I know it's progress and good for the boss man buuuuut..... I don't like it. Sometimes I think that we are getting too big for our britches. Need to keep things simple. Idk, what do I know? Just a small town grrl from northern Kentucky.

I thought it was hung up to dry....this must be the new method of drying it.....I suppose much faster...interesting

Interesting.

BRB have to go smoke.

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Ok No Drying from field to bailer , strange….

I run @georgia_agriculture on Instagram, do you mind if I repost this video? Will give you full credit.

Lord knows I've smoked enough of that shit in the last 45 years

mmmmmmm copenhagen winter green

You could make a business out of all the wasted leaves...

Hmmzz.. so how many lung cancers per acre is the yield?

No difference from these videos of the the people harvesting coca leaves in bolivia they profiting off peoples addictions or misery

Lap

Salesperson about Harvester: *Slaps bin* This baby can fit so much fucking cancer in it!

Tobacco has demonize beyond reality..

I'm gonna be growing tobacco and selling it here soon you better up your game bro treat and grow it like organic medicine that has to be tested by gas chromatography for no trace minerals, chemicals, or pesticides, fungus, or foreign contaminants, etc, then sell it as a farmer should and don't drag your product in the dirt, and upon greasy rails from your poorly engineered "farming" equipment

you are not farmers, firstly, and you damn sure are not tobacco farmers. That may be the worst quality tobacco I have ever seen

Really, I'm disgusted and would never ever ever treat any plant especially ones ingested like you do. You should take a few hundred steps back and rethink your process before karma gets you