Harvesting sesame can take over 33 hours, but with a combine harvester, it can be done in just 20 minutes.
Published 2025년 8월 25일
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(Jeju=Yonhap News) Reporter Go Seong-sik = A pilot project to replace manual sesame harvesting with machinery in Jeju is being pushed.
The Jeju Agricultural Technology Institute's East Agricultural Technology Center announced on the 25th that they tested the cultivation of a new variety of sesame, 'Haniol', developed for mechanical harvesting, on 19 hectares of farmland in Gimnyeong-ri, Gujwa-eup, and Susan-ri, Seongsan-eup, last May, and harvested it with a combine harvester on the 21st and today.
Developed by the Rural Development Administration's National Institute of Crop Science, Haniol has the characteristic of sesame seeds sticking together rather than scattering like sand, allowing for seed loss-free mechanical harvesting.
While manual harvesting takes 33.5 hours per 10 ares, mechanical harvesting is completed in just 20 minutes, significantly reducing labor.
Using a combine harvester allows for simultaneous cutting of stems and threshing, greatly reducing the repetitive work required in the hot summer.
The East Agricultural Technology Center explained that after cultivating sesame in the spring and summer, the same farmland can be used to grow winter vegetables with different harvest times, which is expected to increase farm income.
One farmer who participated in this pilot cultivation said, "Harvesting sesame in the hot summer required a lot of labor and time, but it is much more convenient to be able to do it all at once with machinery."
Sesame harvesting is done annually in August in hot weather, with most of the harvesting process, such as cutting with a sickle and bundling, being manual and requiring a lot of labor.
After 1-2 weeks of outdoor drying, the seeds are threshed about two times, and care must be taken to prevent the sesame from getting wet or blown away if it rains or if there is strong wind, which requires a lot of attention.
The Jeju Agricultural Technology Institute's East Agricultural Technology Center announced on the 25th that they tested the cultivation of a new variety of sesame, 'Haniol', developed for mechanical harvesting, on 19 hectares of farmland in Gimnyeong-ri, Gujwa-eup, and Susan-ri, Seongsan-eup, last May, and harvested it with a combine harvester on the 21st and today.
Developed by the Rural Development Administration's National Institute of Crop Science, Haniol has the characteristic of sesame seeds sticking together rather than scattering like sand, allowing for seed loss-free mechanical harvesting.
While manual harvesting takes 33.5 hours per 10 ares, mechanical harvesting is completed in just 20 minutes, significantly reducing labor.
Using a combine harvester allows for simultaneous cutting of stems and threshing, greatly reducing the repetitive work required in the hot summer.
The East Agricultural Technology Center explained that after cultivating sesame in the spring and summer, the same farmland can be used to grow winter vegetables with different harvest times, which is expected to increase farm income.
One farmer who participated in this pilot cultivation said, "Harvesting sesame in the hot summer required a lot of labor and time, but it is much more convenient to be able to do it all at once with machinery."
Sesame harvesting is done annually in August in hot weather, with most of the harvesting process, such as cutting with a sickle and bundling, being manual and requiring a lot of labor.
After 1-2 weeks of outdoor drying, the seeds are threshed about two times, and care must be taken to prevent the sesame from getting wet or blown away if it rains or if there is strong wind, which requires a lot of attention.
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(Jeju=Yonhap News) Reporter Go Seong-sik = A pilot project to replace manual sesame harvesting with machinery in Jeju is being pushed. The Jeju Agricultural Technology Institute's East Agricultural Technology Center announced on the 25th that they tested the cultivation of a new variety of sesame, 'Haniol', developed for mechanical harvesting, on 19 hectares of farmland in Gimnyeong-ri, Gujwa-eup, and Susan-ri, Seongsan-eup, last May, and harvested it with a combine harvester on the 21st of this month. Developed by the Rural Development Administration's National Institute of Crop Science, Haniol has the characteristic of sesame seeds sticking together rather than scattering like sand, allowing for seedless mechanical harvesting. While manual harvesting takes 33.5 hours per 10 ares, mechanical harvesting is completed in just 20 minutes, significantly reducing labor. Using a combine harvester allows for simultaneous cutting of stems and threshing of seeds, greatly reducing the ...
Source: Yna
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