Great Falls, Montana — Not all heroes wear capes. Sometimes they're disguised in work clothes and carrying boxes of famous Hempl donuts, a Great Falls favorite. 

Alison Vergeront, executive vice president, shares a doughnut with Conner.

Throughout the years of telling our story of harvest, I've tried to shed light on some of the important people who keep us going behind the scenes. We've talked about harvest support, coops, grocers, cafe staff and many more. Recently, I was able to add another group to that list. Our team had

Ocheydan, Iowa — Zoey and I made it home for school to start. We brought Cael back with us, and his Dad picked him up. It was cool to catch up with Chase and get Cael on his way back home for school. I was so happy to be home and see that our basement wasn’t full of water. I got Zoey in bed and sleeping and Penny

Strasburg, North Dakota — I'm not sure what it takes to be considered a resident of South Dakota, but no one anticipated our stay would stretch past seven weeks. Cool weather, rain days, high humidity, blah blah blah.... Trust me, I'm as tired of writing about harvest delays as you are reading about them. With four young boys needing to return home soon to resume learning, our divide and conquer protocol was put into action.

Splitting up the family is never easy, but we knew all these harvest delays made it inevitable. High school football practice sent

Montana — The crew has been in Montana for more than a month now. With the exception of fall harvest, this is our longest stop of the year.

It truly starts to feel like a home away from home.

My Instagram account, with its all-knowing nature, agrees. In the past, due to our lengthy stays, the app has reminded me that I need to register to vote in Montana. Don't worry. I'm only registered in my home state. There is no double dipping here, although I am now quite familiar with the state's political candidates

Way up north, North Dakota — I love the feeling of being at the last stop on wheat harvest. We've come such a long way, and it feels great knowing that once we finish we'll be headed back south for fall harvest. I left home May 18 and haven't been back. It'll be nice to return one of these days!

We got moved from southern to northern North Dakota on August 25 and went straight to the field to start cutting durum. It's yielding around 50 bushels per acre. Three other Schemper combines arrived

Onida, South Dakota — Technology is an amazing thing. From digital phone assistants to electric vehicles, there's no shortage of cutting-edge products that promise to improve our lives. Of course, you have to be smarter than the tech to operate it, and sometimes that can be a real challenge. Supposedly artificial intelligence (AI) is about to change all that. Now I've been called artificially intelligent a few times in my life, but I've always been pretty good with gadgets. That's good because agriculture has fully embraced a new era of technology with harvesting advancements