They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. And, boy, is it true. Last summer was the first summer in more than 20 years that I wasn’t on the harvest trail with my parents and sisters – the hands and the faces of our family...
Manley, Neb. - Another harvest season has come and gone. It's the time of year that most custom harvesting crews are wrapping up their summer wheat harvest and heading home to cut fall crops or beginning their fall harvest route. We (Zeorian Harvesting) finished our summer...
Jordan, Mont. - It's been a whirlwind of a week...
Jordan, Mont. – The Zeorian Harvesting crew is now in Big Sky country – but let me back up a bit. In my last post, we were still in Limon, Colo., battling rain, high moisture wheat and eventually weeds. I don’t think we had one...
Limon, Colo. – After spending nearly an entire month in Deerfield, Kan., Zeorian Harvesting has finally, finally relocated. Don’t get me wrong – we’re quite fond of Deerfield – but in an occupation that normally requires moving every one to two weeks, being somewhere for...
Deerfield, Kan. - Last time I posted, I was spending the Fourth of July weekend in Deerfield, Kan., with my family. I was able to spend that Friday and Saturday in the field before we finished cutting the last of the wheat at that stop...
Photos from Friday, July 1st. Getting ready to start the day. Dad checking the oil in the combine. Time to get to work. View from the combine cab. In this field, there were areas that made up to 110 bushels per acre. "Look, Ma! No hands!" My first time...
Deerfield, Kan. - On Wednesday morning, I woke up and thought, "I'm going to visit the family this weekend." Rather spur-of-the-moment. The Zeorian crew had been on the road for over a month and I was missing my family and harvest. I called Dad to see...
Deerfield, Kan. – When I last posted, about 10 days ago, Zeorian Harvesting had just finished cutting in the Arnett, Okla./Canadian, Texas, area. Since then, the crew has migrated north to Deerfield, Kan. Deerfield is located on the western side of the state, about 20 miles west of Garden City.
Arnett, Okla. – The Zeorian Harvesting crew arrived in Oklahoma two weeks ago today. After a couple of days of waiting for the wheat to ripen, we were able to get to work and haven’t looked back since. We started the 2011 harvest season in Arnett,...