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29 Jul Janel: Busy being a wheatie

Posted at 12:00h in 2021, aawh, AAWH21, All Aboard, Brent Avalanche, High Plains Journal, HPJ, Janel, John Deere, Kansas, Kansas Wheat Harvest, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Schemper Harvesting, Shelbourne Reynolds, South Dakota, Uncategorized, uschiharvest2021, www.SchemperHarvesting.com by Janel Schemper 2 Comments

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Western Kansas–I’ve been here in western Kansas for almost a month and am the last cutter in town but that is OK because we have been staying busy in the fields. We ended up staying in western Kansas with two combines while the rest of...

27 Jul Brian: Bunny trails and rabbit holes

Posted at 12:00h in Uncategorized by Brian Jones 0 Comments

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As the combines make their way through the field we chase a lot of wildlife out from the wheat. I can't help but feel a little bad, forcing them from the shelter and shade of their temporary home. The wheat rustles in strange zig zag...

20 Jul Brian: Wild West weather

Posted at 12:00h in 2021, aawh, AAWH21, All Aboard, Brian, Combine Goals, harvest21, High Plains Journal, HPJ, Kansas Wheat Harvest, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma Wheat Harvest, Tough Conditions, Uncategorized, uschiharvest2021, wheat, wheatharvest by Brian Jones 1 Comment

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Near Dodge City, Kansas–Have you ever been in a shootout? You know, like in a gun fight on one of those old Western TV movies? The crew has arrived here just south of Dodge City, Kansas. Of course this area is known for its Wild...

19 Jul Janel: Dirt, dust and rainstorms

Posted at 12:00h in Uncategorized by Janel Schemper 3 Comments

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Western Kansas–We’ve been rained out three times while we’ve been harvesting wheat in western Kansas. Some of the wheat has been laying flat on the ground. The conditions haven’t been the greatest while we've been here trying to get the wheat harvested. While combining, the...

16 Jul Christy: Western Kansas

Posted at 12:00h in 2021, AAWH21, All Aboard, Christy, harvest21, Uncategorized, wheat, wheatharvest, winter wheat by Christy Paplow 5 Comments

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We felt a little relief this week wrapping up our stops in Anthony and Pratt, Kansas. Six machines pulled into Tribune, Kansas, Tuesday and we started on one field Wednesday before running into wet wheat. The service isn’t the greatest out here, so I ended...

15 Jul Janel: Oceans of gold

Posted at 12:00h in 2021, aawh, AAWH21, All Aboard, Brent Avalanche, High Plains Journal, HPJ, Janel, John Deere, Kansas Wheat Harvest, MacDon, Schemper Harvesting, Shelbourne Reynolds, Uncategorized, uschiharvest2021, www.SchemperHarvesting.com by Janel Schemper 7 Comments

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Western Kansas–Harvest has been full blast for weeks now and we have been staying very busy. All eight of Schemper Harvesting's combines are out here in western Kansas and we are certainly working the days away. The dry land wheat has been yielding in the...

14 Jul Brian: Winning weather, weary crew

Posted at 12:00h in Uncategorized by Brian Jones 6 Comments

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Thomas, Oklahoma–If you measure success by the number of consecutive days you harvest, the crew is totally winning in Oklahoma. We are having ideal weather here in Thomas, the wind and sun are pushing temperatures into the upper 90s and even into the 100s. Sometimes...

13 Jul Laura: Eat, sleep, cut, repeat

Posted at 12:00h in 2021, AAWH21, HPH, Laura, Oklahoma, Photos, stories, Uncategorized, wheat, wheatharvest, winter wheat by Laura Haffner 117 Comments

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Oklahoma–Once the rain cleared up in Texas, we had a stretch of strong cutting conditions. It was truly a time of eat, sleep, cut, repeat for the crew. Unseasonably warm temperatures in the 100s, in mid-June, stretched across the plains causing wheat to ripen quickly...

07 Jul Christy: Dodging rain

Posted at 12:00h in 2021, AAWH21, Christy, harvest21, High Plains Journal, Uncategorized, winter wheat by Christy Paplow 7 Comments

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This week on harvest we’ve become seriously busy. We started the week split into three crews, working hard to try and wrap everything up to get on to our next stops. Playing catch up has become the general theme this year. Gary and Rhonada have a...

06 Jul Janel: In high demand

Posted at 12:00h in 2021, aawh, AAWH21, All Aboard, Brent Avalanche, Combine Goals, harvest21, High Plains Journal, HPJ, Janel, John Deere, Kansas, Kansas Wheat Harvest, MacDon, Schemper Harvesting, Uncategorized, uschiharvest2021, wheat, wheatharvest, winter wheat, www.SchemperHarvesting.com by Janel Schemper 8 Comments