Off-Ground Harvesting Equipment
News Reporter With California Ag Today, I’m Tim Hammerich.
Almonds have traditionally been harvested by shaking the tree and sweeping the nuts into a windrow. Many are now looking for ways to skip this sweeper pass by harvesting the almonds off ground. One advocate of off ground harvesting is Scott Hermann of TOL, Inc in Tulare. They sell equipment to make off ground harvesting possible.
Hermann… “We ve proven that we have a machine that can right now in the orchards that exist in California, shake those almonds, catch the almonds and put it right down into a windrow and therefore eliminating the need to sweep during harvest.”