Some days repairing combines can feel tedious and frustrating if things do not go according to the plan. Other days, things go exactly like you thought and that one little cloud in the sky seems to hover directly over you as if to say, "hey,...
After a cloudy and wet morning, our header was finally reacquainted with wheat around 4pm this afternoon. Before we got going, Brandon and dad sent mom and I on a parts run. Surprise, surprise, right? While on the phone with Brandon, he described the parts...
There may not be much to harvest for Misener Family Harvesters, but we have work that needs to be done at home. We have hired help for the past few years. This year we hired Austin. He was born and raised on his family's dairy farm in...
The thing about rain is that even though it has quit, the side effects still continue to be a kink in our harvest plans. The wet ground is causing us to run into swamp-like areas throughout the field that we must avoid. These areas paired...
What is this falling from the sky? It is raining in Western Oklahoma! We received two and a half inches in the past two weeks. We have had more rain in the past two weeks than we have had in the past three years. There is more...
Although rain has held up harvest since last Thursday evening, we have still been able to find, as dad calls them, "piddly jobs" to do. These jobs have consisted of spit shining the combine cab, tightening belts and chains, changing bushings on the engine fan pulley,...
As you read in my previous post, there is no wheat to cut in western Oklahoma. Some were lucky to have a scattered shower at the right time to let the wheat grow a tiny head and they are attempting to harvest what they do...
Manley, NE (Home): Yes, you read the title correctly! Wednesday morning Dad and I will be taking the first trip south. Dad will pull the combine with the semi and I'll be hauling down the header behind the pickup to Garden City, Kansas. Mom is going...
Hemingford, Neb. – “Move ‘em on, head ‘em out!” In case this doesn't ring a bell, here's a little refresher: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKC8pSFg1Vw Although this classic is a theme song to the old-time American Western TV series, Rawhide, it is often heard across our radio frequency as we...
Texas- Wheat harvest continued across most of the state. Precipitation slowed wheat harvest in Southeast Texas. Harvest was in full swing in areas of the Cross Timbers Oklahoma- Condition of the winter wheat in Oklahoma remained virtually unchanged despite the recent rains, with 76 percent rated...
