Rice Harvest

Have you ever wondered how the rice is harvested?

Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day! My parents, younger sister and I drove two hours north east to the farm to watch how the rice was harvested. We pulled our car over at the side of the path and walked passed the 10,000++ dragonfruit trees with bright red fruits hanging on the trees and a few golden paddy fields. It was quite some walk for an urban person like me especially on the uneven surface.

Finally, we heard the sounds coming from the gigantic harvesting vehicle that was cutting the rice crops at the field next to us. It was an interesting activity to watch. The gigantic vehicle moved around in the muddy rice field and wherever it passed by, the rice crops were cut neatly at a certain height. The machine inside the vehicle segregated the stalks from the grain. Then, the stalks of the crops were expelling out from the back of the vehicle and falling on the ground. The grains were remained in the storage of the vehicle. When it reached a certain capacity, all the grains were transfered from the harvesting vehicle to the pick-up truck through an extended sucking-and-release pipe.