Hoffman Harvesting wrapped up cutting in Gooland, KS last night right before a thunderstorm struck. Once we got started harvesting, the whole harvest here has thankfully been a hit and miss with the storms that kept brewing almost daily. The wheat was good averaging around 55 -...
Last Chance, Colo.- I would like to first point out that we are actually cutting much closer to Last Chance, Colo. rather than Limon, Colo. where we are staying. I say this because there has been so much weather in the area that if the...
As harvest begins to wind down in the southern regions of wheat country, temperatures were lower than average. The cooler weather may give farmers a break, but wheat in the northern regions of the wheat belt lags behind a typical year. Texas – Harvest has...
The following photo was submitted to High Plains Journal by reader, and professional photograher, Terry Spreier, Oklahoma City, Okla. Terry says he has not worked on a farm in 40 years, but this year came back for wheat harvest to drive a tractor/grain cart for Mike...
Limon, Colo. - We're back in Colorado for another harvest season and finally back to work. After making the second and final trip from Deerfield, Kan., to Limon, Colo., on Saturday and letting the wheat have another day to dry and ripen on Sunday, we hit...
Limon, Colo.-A whirlwind of events has happened the last couple of days, starting before we even finished in Dumas three days ago. It turned out that we only had 300 acres of wheat left to cut in Dumas during our 10-day hiatus. With four machines, that...
Guest correspondent Scott Clark updates us on his wheat harvest journey to Goodland, Kan. Scott writes about weather and flooding near Tribune, Kan., and shares photos from along the way. An inch of rain fell Wednesday in Tribune, Kan., and the crew was able to...
After sitting waiting on wheat that was just not quite dry enough and spending days testing without being able to cut, Hoffman Harvesting was back in the field yesterday in the late afternoon. Unfortunately, weather reports made our return to the field look like it wouldn't last...
Hoffman Harvesting is in Goodland, Kansas and is unable to harvest because moisture is at 14%. Normally that would be acceptable; however, since the wheat is going into a dry bin, it needs to be at 13.5 % moisture or lower. As a result, we have been...
Deerfield, Kan. - The Z crew is finally on the move again after almost a week of downtime. We finished here in Deerfield on July 3 but stuck around for a few days because of the wet conditions and green wheat at our next stop...
