Janel: Cuttin’ wheat time

Western Nebraska — It’s been cuttin’ wheat time since we began May 20. We just had the busiest (and windiest) June, and it’s continuing on now in July. We were so lucky to get finished up in western Kansas on July 3. After we left there they received a rain storm and hail.

We got to western Nebraska just in time. We unloaded and went straight to the field. The wheat is good. The test weights have been 60+ pounds per bushel. Harvest is just beginning here, and the elevator lines aren’t too bad yet.

The last few evenings we’ve been seeing the usual pop-up thunderstorms. Sometimes we see a few raindrops and have to stop, but sometimes they miss us and we can keep on cutting wheat. We’ll be in western Nebraska for awhile. I enjoy harvesting here, and it’s nice to see a good wheat crop in this area. We have nine combines here and a full crew!

Janel Schemper can be reached at janel@allaboardharvest.com.

Thank you to our 2024 All Aboard Wheat Harvest sponsors: High Plains Journal, Kramer Seed Farms, Lumivia by Corteva Agriscience, Merit Auctions, Shelbourne Reynolds, Unverferth Manufacturing Co., and U.S. Custom Harvesters, Inc. 

Harvesting wheat in western Kansas.

Another beautiful day of harvesting wheat in western Kansas.

I love my combine shadow and this time of day!

It looks like it could rain.

Harvesting wheat and we thought we’d get rained out.

All we got was a few sprinkles and luckily got finished up late at night on July 3 in western Kansas.

We loaded up and moved north.

Moving north on July 4.

Cutting wheat in western Nebraska. It’s a nice crop.

A beautiful wheat field to cut.

We were full and waiting on a truck to arrive.

Pop-up thunderstorms.

Beautiful wheat in western Nebraska.

Cutting wheat July 6 in western Nebraska.

Cutting wheat July 7 in western Nebraska.

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