Louisville, NE - To say that the past couple of days have been crazy, is an understatement. On Thursday, we had to make a trip to Great Falls because Jenna was flying in. Jenna flew in so that she could make the trip back home...
After almost two weeks on the job we finally finished harvest in North Dakota earlier this week. We ended up having three days of rain that delayed us a bit but besides that we pushed through and got ‘er done. Since this was our first...
Well, I lost my floater status. I knew it was inevitable but having it for a day sure did make me feel important. I did miss the combine so I guess I can handle dealing with the auto-steer again. Yeah, they really had to twist my arm to get...
When we are harvesting at home, there is always someone in the crew who is the 'floater'. The floater doesn't have a specific piece of machinery to run. They get to supervise, so to speak. Since our machines are split up yet again, it gives...
The lovely rain this past Friday has halted harvest here in the Red River Valley. Till today that is. I am still combining by myself north of our hometown and was on the last 50 acre piece to finish before I could then reunite with the...
As you know, Roland Harvesting has had an unusual harvest run this summer and our abnormal routine isn’t stopping anytime soon. We have had to separate our crew several times in order to make it to all of our jobs and to keep all of...
You know what's fun? Auto steer. Since my last post, I have shifted to driving combine for a different farmer north of our hometown. I've been utilizing all the fancy gadgets we have on our 2010 machine from GPS to clearing out the bushel count...
After our move to northern Wyoming we spent a few days scouting the area and checking out the slowly ripening malt barley. Many of the fields still had green patches in them so Corporate (Dad) sent Brandon, James, Jose, and I on a mission to...
Well folks, we're back in the field again! Order has been restored. We were able to start this afternoon and go till 9pm this evening. Both of our combines are going again but home is just like everywhere else. The wheat is ready everywhere at...
Jordan, MT- It's been pretty uneventful here with the Z Crew. Last week, we were able to pick up a few extra acres, but that's about it. We hope to finish up here and move on to our final stop in the next week. Pretty...
