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13 Aug The U-turn

Posted at 08:00h in 2015, All Aboard, Crop Updates, harvest, High Plains Journal, Laura, New Holland, Photos by Laura Haffner 0 Comments

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Harvest is full of goodbyes and hellos. It starts early pre-season when crew members leave their families, friends, and sometimes significant others to start their adventure. It happens throughout the season with our customers and other acquaintances when we come and go from our respective stops. It even...

09 Aug Michael

Posted at 09:57h in 2015, All Aboard, Crop Updates, harvest, High Plains Journal, Laura, New Holland by Laura Haffner 0 Comments

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Throughout the summer you have heard about the harvest experience from my point of view. However, the perspective that I see through my eyes is different as a wife, mother, and owner than what our crew members see or experience due to the different hats...

07 Aug Northern Montana

Posted at 12:00h in 2015, All Aboard, Crop Updates, harvest, High Plains Journal, Laura, New Holland, Photos by Laura Haffner 1 Comment

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Cut Bank, Montana—The crew with Mark is now approximately 35 miles northwest of Cut Bank. That's just shy of Canada, folks! Mark reports that there is unpredictable cell phone service and no stations come in on either the A.M. or F.M. radio! However, the XM...

30 Jul Montana

Posted at 08:01h in 2015, All Aboard, Crop Updates, High Plains Journal, Laura, New Holland by Laura Haffner 6 Comments

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Hardin, Montana—The crew with Mark has finished up in Nebraska and moved into Big Sky Country—Montana. They have been cutting for several days but were out of the field yesterday due to rain. Late last week, Mark reported that he was seeing yields in the...

29 Jul Brush!

Posted at 13:53h in 2015, aawh, All Aboard, Crop Updates, harvest, High Plains Journal, Laura, New Holland, Photos by Laura Haffner 2 Comments

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Brush!, Colorado—One of the fun things I've found about harvest is the opportunity to "live" in other towns. Obviously, "live" has to be used loosely because sometimes its only for a couple of days, but sometimes we end up staying for weeks. The longer the...

26 Jul Colorado harvesting

Posted at 22:32h in 2015, aawh, All Aboard, Crop Updates, harvest, High Plains Journal, Laura, New Holland by Laura Haffner 6 Comments

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Morgan County, Colorado—This was our first year for our Brush job. We have been in touch with a harvester who retired from full- time harvesting after last season, and his farmers were needing a new harvester. This job as well as our first Texas job...

22 Jul Simple beauty

Posted at 16:13h in 2015, All Aboard, High Plains Journal, Laura, New Holland by Laura Haffner 1 Comment

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Morgan County, Colorado—As if wheat harvest weren't beautiful enough, the sights you see on the way to or at the field are sometimes just as spectacular. This plaque I discovered in the park reflects my thoughts about nature perfectly! I couldn't have said it better! [embed]https://www.flickr.com/photos/allaboardtour/19784749516/in/datetaken/?cr[/embed] [embed]https://www.flickr.com/photos/allaboardtour/19706897648/in/datetaken/[/embed] [embed]https://www.flickr.com/photos/allaboardtour/19899984411/in/datetaken/[/embed] [embed]https://www.flickr.com/photos/allaboardtour/19900025641/in/datetaken/[/embed] [embed]https://www.flickr.com/photos/allaboardtour/19868823076/in/datetaken/[/embed] [embed]https://www.flickr.com/photos/allaboardtour/19708168969/in/datetaken/[/embed] [embed]https://www.flickr.com/photos/allaboardtour/19886698932/in/datetaken/[/embed] [embed]https://www.flickr.com/photos/allaboardtour/19274161313/in/datetaken/[/embed] [embed]https://www.flickr.com/photos/allaboardtour/19868793046/in/datetaken/[/embed] All Aboard...

17 Jul An update from the crew with Mark

Posted at 08:25h in 2015, aawh, All Aboard, Crop Updates, harvest, High Plains Journal, Laura, New Holland, Photos by Laura Haffner 1 Comment

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Stoneham, Colorado, and Sidney, Nebraska—The crew with Mark is currently working in the two locations listed. It has been a very busy few days. Mark reported that while he was in Colorado, he was seeing yields in the 25- to 65-bushel-per-acre range. There was some freeze and...

16 Jul Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug

Posted at 06:30h in 2015, aawh, All Aboard, Crop Updates, harvest, High Plains Journal, Laura by Laura Haffner 2 Comments

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Brush, Colorado—I'm back to using song lyrics themes for my posts. This one, from "The Bug" by Mary Chapin Carpenter, is quite appropriate as it feels like we've been more bug lately than windshield, but that is starting to turn around. Let's back up a...

11 Jul A word of thanks

Posted at 11:56h in 2015, aawh, All Aboard, Crop Updates, High Plains Journal, Laura, New Holland, Photos by Laura Haffner 1 Comment

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I admit it. I enjoyed my two-ish weeks at home (really, family, friends, and a fully equipped, full sized kitchen for harvest meals—what more could you want?). If you would have asked me just a few days ago, I probably would have said I wasn't...

Author: Laura Haffner

13 Aug The U-turn

09 Aug Michael

07 Aug Northern Montana

30 Jul Montana

29 Jul Brush!

26 Jul Colorado harvesting

22 Jul Simple beauty

17 Jul An update from the crew with Mark

16 Jul Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug

11 Jul A word of thanks

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