hello everyone today we are going to pie apple farms in several States like Hawaii Florida and California to see how Farmers here grow and harvest millions of pie [Music] apples every year from June to August farmers in the United States carry out the pineapple breeding process by separating young pineapple plants from the mother plant Farmers choose strong and healthy young Pine Apple plants to separate from the mother plant the Y Pai Apple plant is separated from the mother plant by carefully cutting off parts of the root system and the original trunk before planting Yung Pine
Apple plants an important step in the process it a stimulant spray to help them easily grow deep and strong in the ground enhancing the root system and ability to obsorb nutrients from the soil Pine Apple plants are planted in horizontal or dional rows with suitable distances between plants to ensure good growth and facilitate future plant care farmers in the US can grow from 1,000 to 1,800 Pine Apple plants per acre 2,471 to 4,447 plants per [Music] Hector P apple is a drown tolerant crop that is adaptable to Aid conditions however to ensure the pine Apple
plants Thrive and Achieve maximum ELD regular watering is necessary in the process of growing Pine Apple farmers in the US often apply the method of periodic watering this includes providing enough water to ensure that the soy around a pine Apple plant stay wet but not too water loged typically a pine Apple plant in the US may need about 2 to 4 gallons about 7.5 to 15.1 L of water per week during dry periods in the United States there are several popular varieties of pine Apple grown on a large scale namely Hawaiian Pine Apple Cayenne Pine
Apple Queen Pine Apple smooth Cayenne Pine apple and red Spanish Pine Apple most Pine Apple varieties grown in the United States take about 14 to 16 months to grow from planting to harvest before harvesting Pine Apple farmers will check the size weight ripeness sweetness of the pine Apple to make sure that they are ready for [Music] Harvest the pine apple harvest begins when millions of pine apples are handpicked by Farmers every year thousands of worker moves to the United States to participate in the pine Apple harvesting process it is estimated that between 50,000 and 60,000
people from Mexico Central America and South America come to the United States each year to work in the agricultural sector including harvesting Pine apples normally Pine apple harvest workers are ped a salary according to to the agricultural industry and this salary can range from about 10 to 15 USD per hour according to the United States Department of Agriculture USDA by 2021 the total area under pine Apple cultivation in the United States is about 1,000 Acres mainly concentrated in Hawaii the USDA estimates the average production per acre for Pine apples in the United States to be
about 20 tons as a result Pine Apple production in the United States is about 20,000 tons annually on our average each American person consumes about 8 to 10 kilog of pine Apple per year Pine apple is a popular and favor fruit in the taste of American people known for its sweet and nutty flavor pineapple is not only eaten fresh but is also used in many desserts juice and other [Music] dishes millions of pine apples after being harvested are transported to factories for packaging and processing into other products such as Pine apple juice frozen Pine Apple
Pine apple jam dry pineapple jam and many Pine Apple processing products this is what happened at the cane Pine Apple Factory here the pine apples are washed and peeled this process is usually done automatically by specialized machines to ensure efficiency and uniformity in the removal of a necessary part the pine apple is then cut into thin slices and small pieces and the slices are placed in tins or cans finally the sealed Pine Apple cans are checked for quality and packs ready for shipping next we will visit a frozen Pine Apple Factory to see the specific
process and advanced technology to preserve fresh pine Apple in Frozen condition before freezing pineapple needs to go through pre-treatment steps to keep its quality and freshness these steps include rinsing socking in preservative solution and heat treatment to kill bacteria and enzymes after going through the pre-treatment steps Pine apples are placed in special trays or bag and put into the freezing system after freezing Pine apples are packed and canned to protect from exposure to Air and ensure good preservation specialized boxes of packaging will be used to pack Frozen Pine apples and ensure safe and convenient [Music]
Transportation currently Costa Rica is the largest Pine Apple exporter in the world in 2020 Costa Rica is sported about 1.9 m million tons of pined apples regarding the US this country is not the top exporter of pine Apple instead the US is one of the largest importers of pine apples in TR tr0 the US imported about 1.1 million tons of pine apples from other countries such as Costa Rica Mexico and Honduras we hope this video will help you better understand the pine Apple industry in the US and how American people ensure the quality and availability
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