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...
Guest correspondent Emma Misener shares some recent photos of her harvest journey.The Misener crew has made it to Oberlin, Kan., but wet weather is threatening progress. Wheat lines the dirt road in Oberlin, Kan., and the sight of the first fields to be cut -...
Across much of the wheat belt Hurricane Alex made its presence known by saturating much of Texas and driving precipitation up through Oklahoma and Kansas over the holiday weekend. Harvest still continues to progress and nears completion in several areas. Texas – Hurricane Alex dumped excessive...
The All Aboard crew has received several excellent fan submissions to the Facebook Fan Photo Gallery. Thanks to all for sharing your harvest photos with the All Aboard community. Keep 'em coming! Post your favorite harvest photos directly to the wall,...