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A man in northeastern China has been missing for five days, after the hydrogen balloon from which he was picking pine nuts became unsecured on Wednesday. The balloon went “out of control,” one of the ...

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For each bag of 70 kilograms of nuts (about 154 pounds), which takes about eight hours to fill, a harvester earns the equivalent of about $40 - Copyright AFP/File ...

A man who lost control of his hydrogen balloon while harvesting pine nuts in China has been found and rescued — after landing in a forest two days later and more than 300 kilometers (186 miles) away.

Mechanical shakers grab trees and shake out nuts—mainly walnuts, almonds and pecans. The nuts, plus unwanted leaves and twigs, fall to the ground and are swept into windrows. Pick-up machines then ...

Good morning. I'm A Martinez. Harvesting pine nuts is no easy job. It's usually done by climbing really tall trees, which can be dangerous. So a harvester in China used a hydrogen balloon, but this ...