Thursday did not go quite as smoothly as I had hoped for in my previous post, but my ultimate wish did come true since we were lucky enough to get back to harvesting wheat again! My mom always says you have to keep having faith...
We made it to the first stop on our way to Gregory, South Dakota.Mom, Dan and I left Elk City, Okla., on Saturday and headed Grinnel, Kan., where we dropped off the John Deere all-crop head that we had been working on at home....
Scott talks about preparing the combines to harvest in wet conditions. Storms have also been rolling through parts of South Dakota and there’s a chance the ground conditions may be a bit muddy when it’s time to begin harvesting the wheat up there. This means we...
For the first time in a long time it feels like we are back into the swing of things. We actually cut without getting interrupted by rain or green wheat yesterday and today. It turns out Andreas and Roly were getting along better than I thought. This morning...
Yesterday, Hoffman Harvesting packed up a portion of our crew and headed to Limon, Colorado. We didn't just say goodbye to Goodland and Kansas, we also said goodbye to four of our crew members. Roly and Andreas will continue to cut seed wheat in Goodland...
Scott Clark shares about American Quality’s trailer manufacturing, and his family’s homemade RV trailer. I’ve been waiting for a rainy day to tell you all about how American Quality passes the time during the winter but the fact is—we had to get out of Texas, Oklahoma,...
This is Part II of my post from yesterday...
Before we head out to the field today I wanted to share some positive affirmations with everyone. My hope for the day is that our field is completely dry with no mud, the sample comes back at 13% moisture and our combines are kicking up...
If you see harvesters on the road or parked in campgrounds, you will often see 10 wide, silver campers. They may not necessarily look pretty like new campers on the outside but harvesters love these campers which are quite "homey" in the inside. They are...
It seems to be the general consensus among a number of harvest crews scattered between the Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado borders that the weather does not want to cooperate with us for the time being. Imperial, our current stop, has seen many rounds of rain during the...
