Michigan Sugar Beet Harvest near Ruth

Michigan Sugar Beet Harvest near Ruth - In this video I am out in a sugar beet field near Ruth Michigan as they are digging, piling and hauling beets out of the field that will be hauled to a nearby processing plant and made into sugar. In this video you will see a Grimme Rexor 630 self propelled sugar beet harvester topping and digging beets and side loading them into a crop cart pulled by a Challenger MT755D tractor which stock piles the beets at the edge of the field. Then in another field they are loading the stock piled beets with a Rope Maus into semi truck where they will be hauled to the processor.

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[cameronsimonton]

Quite interesting beet harvesting process; great quality; the soundtrack has a nice beat. Thanks for posting.

[jamesbarbour]

Another well filmed and informative video - thank you Mike.
Good to see the use of tracks to reduce soil compaction.

[jhlane]

Plenty of those types of machines over here in the Uk where I live. Not so many Grimme machines, but plenty of Vervaet, Agrifac, ROPA and Holmer self propelled models. Most farms have a contractor come and lift their beet. 6 row machines like this most common due to road width limits but there are 9 and 12 rows around. There used to be conversions built mainly I think in the 60s and 70s of tractors as the power unit sat on top of a harvester- quite odd looking but if you Google standen solobeet you’ll see what I mean. There are four factories for beet in the UK, mainly in the eastern part north of London.

[johnfranklin]

I love seeing the ingenuity of different types of farming equipment.

[christiandietz]

The crab-steering always amazes me. Many thanks for the video!

[SoerenBruunJensen]

The reason the Grimme has that ‘kink’ in its ‘tail’ is to spread the load for less compaction and better grip in wet soil.
The selfpropelled harvester has also the advantage, that it doesn’t stomp the beets in the ground in wet conditions, so the quality and yield is better.

[SimonKL]

A contractor near me runs ropa beet harvesters. Some years ago they had holmer harvesters, sometimes three machines worked in one field.
Almost every farm around me make silage from the 'trash' that is left over, when the beets get processed, it makes great feed for the dairy cows.
Nice video again, hopefully we'll see more beet harvest videos from you😉👍Greetings from germany👍

[masterofdisaster]

I love Sugarbeets Cool video and great Music Choice Buddy

[andyhutch]

The front toppers have steering sensors, bit like GPS, it steers to the rows, also you see the wheels crabbing, this is to spread the machines weight to prevent compaction, each wheel is running on fresh ground, we have had these machines quite a few years now in the UK.

[geoffreycattanach]

Hi Mike Less me and my son ❤️ watching your videos every morning you have done a great job with the machinery and explaining how they work on the farm thanks Mike Less

[tamiller]

Thanks for the great video and aerial footage. Sugar beets are grown in Western Minnesota as well. There is a processing plant near Renville, MN. In that area, there is typically a separate topper and a lifter pulled by tractors. The lifter typically is dumping directly into tractor trailers and the trucks then head to the beat dumps in the area. Great to see different equipment. Thanks Mike.

[pd]

Very nice to see german machinery on big American fields showing their true potential. Beet harvest is in full swing here in Germany, and maybe next week I get to drive the Maus some time... Stock piling is common here as well, when the temperatures get below freezing the piles are covered with wheat straw or cloth for frost protection.
Yields here are quite good this year due to rain, but sugar content is not perfect because not enough sunlight.

[alexthomson]

Great video Mike nice to see something different to corn harvest what a massive machine thanks again 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍👍

[sarah_farm]

I never missed one video of yours, the food you made for your family looks very delicious and healthy, you are blessed to have an extraordinary talent, thanks for sharing your life with us

[plowboy]

We have them here in western Nebraska. My neighbor has a Ropa sell propelled digger. He was the first around here to have one. Has run one for 10 to 15 years. They have a beet cart them made themselves. I would like to compare the Ropa to the machine you have shown here. Beets are a major crop here. I get the beet pulp that is left our from the processing plant and pack it like silage. Then feed cows in the winter. I enjoy watching the beet harvest. I just don't like all the truck traffic. Back in the 40s they used to load the piles on trains to haul to the factory. A lot of moves parts for sure.

[garylyczewski]

Southern Alberta Canada sugar beet grower too! Maybe you can make a trip this way one day.

[chrissyfrancis]

I’m amazed at all the AG equipment ingenuity! I wonder what farmers from a 100 years ago would think.

[MonkPetite]

Nice to see a Dutch machine roaming the world

[kristinarp]

I used to live in Michigan (Frankenmuth). My neighbor used two Amity lifters and a topper. A topper removes the foliage off the beet and the lifter moves the beet from the ground to a trailer.