dry bean harvest

jbp · Aug 27, 2013

Have seen dry bean fields growing while on trips,just wondering how they are put into windrows for combining? It just doen't seem possible they would be direct cut because of high header loss.

When I was a kid my mother would fuss about all the rocks in beans, that does not seem to be a problem nowadays though. Joe

rrlund · Aug 27, 2013

They pull them with what looks like a cultivator with a long knife that slides under the row. Then they're picked up and windrowed with what looks like a windrow merger for hay.

37chief · Aug 27, 2013

Things are probably a lot different now. When Dad raised Lima beans, he would cut the head rows, and rake then into a rows. Then cut the rows two rows at one time, with his F12. He would cut at night to keep the beans from shelling out, then rake them into rows. After they finished drying they would be hauled to the tresher. We ate a lot of lima beans back then, Mom sure know how to fix them. Stan

JLeus · Aug 27, 2013

I work in rice milling, and as with most any growing and harvesting of agriculture commodities, methods have changed little over time. The capacity of the machinery has increased. Couldn't even begin to tell you how they harvest dried beans but can tell you the removal of foreign materiel in the preparation and packaging of food stuffs is highly demanded by the consuming public. USDA and FDA standards are decades behind what is expected by the public. To answer your question about the rocks, the processesor must remove them to have a product that is saleable. You would be amazed what shows up on those first screeners.

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