Sugar Cane Harvest Footage

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I asked my brother to drive the four-wheeler as I filmed while we darted through the cane fields of Franklin, Louisiana, getting some cool footage of the harvesting machinery in action in mid-December of 2006. In the second half, we make our way to Sterling Sugars, a local mill, and film the process at full steam, but we're eventually approached and told to back off. It was a great afternoon.

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very raw! ( 1 year ago by madelo45)

very raw!

It's suprising to ... ( 1 year ago by qr2605)

It's suprising to see an Australian made harvester working in the heart of Cameco country

actually, that's St ... ( 1 year ago by FiveWindows)

actually, that's St. Mary Parrish in southern Louisiana in the United States.

Yep, I know that. ... ( 1 year ago by qr2605)

Yep, I know that. Cameco's are built in Thibodaux. The company is now owned by John Deere and the harvesters are painted the sickly green colour :-) My employer is part of a Co-op that owns a 2007 model. The harvester shown here is an Austoft which was either made in Australia or Brazil (after the company moved there)

ahh, haha. now i ... ( 1 year ago by FiveWindows)

ahh, haha. now i feel stupid. i'm unfamiliar with the makes and models of the equipment used in the area (and i've never heard of Cameco), but perhaps i'll pay attention next time.

Alot of people use ... ( 11 months ago by lsucowboy)

Alot of people use Austof and now Case harvesters because they are cheaper and lighter. We use Cameco at our farm though.

Very refreshing to ... ( 6 months ago by ddn1985)

Very refreshing to see a well made video, well done guys :)

That machine was ... ( 1 month ago by camel555)

That machine was built in Australia, i'm pretty sure its a 99' model but could be a 97' or 98'. They started painting them red in 97' and changed the cabin in 2000, thats how i know it was made within those 3 years. Anyway shes a rough looking paddock but good machine, cuts way better than any of those cameco bulldozers. Pretty much only use Toft's here back home.

That's not piles of ... ( 1 month ago by kirtxpress)

That's not piles of sugar. It's what's left after the grind the cane. Bagass

no, that's not ... ( 1 month ago by FiveWindows)

no, that's not bagass... bagass is the fibrous remains of the cane itself after it's been processed. if it were bagass it would look almost like brown grass clippings... i've climbed up those piles myself... at stirling sugars, the bagass gets deposited in the back of the property, closer to the fields where it's easier to distribute as a fertilizer...

uh, i have eaten it ... ( 1 month ago by FiveWindows)

uh, i have eaten it. i used to climb all over those piles as a kid.

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