Olivenernte mit unseren Kompakttraktoren - Farm Vibes

In this German‑Spanish Farm Vibes episode, the presenter takes viewers to Jaén, the world’s largest olive‑growing province in southern Spain. He outlines the scale of the Spanish olive harvest (≈6 million t / year, ≈2 million t from Jaén alone) and the export volumes to Germany (≈24 000 t olive oil, ≈21 000 t table olives). The harvest runs from October to January and faces major challenges such as excessive rain, muddy soils, low temperatures, disease, transport to mills and labor shortages. The episode then details the John Deere compact tractor lineup used for harvesting: Series 6M for traditional, low‑density orchards (100‑200 trees / ha, Italian‑style), Series 5M for high‑density Spanish orchards (2 000‑2 500 trees / ha), and the 5ML for specialty crops. All tractors are equipped with a loader‑mounted tree‑shaker (Baumshüttler) that clamps around the tree, shakes off olives, and deposits them into a net or inverted shield, after which the olives are hauled to an olive‑oil mill.











