Pulling into the campground last weekend was a great feeling. Zoey finished up school; we closed up the house and made it to Texas in about 12 and a half hours. It was thankfully an uneventful trip.
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On the road—We left home—Holdrege, Nebraska—early this morning. I am hauling my combine and header. Today is May 23 and I just checked the forecast for where we're going in southwest Oklahoma and it's not too good for 10 days. It looks like it'll be the usual June 1 start and will be awfully muddy.
Our luck has been down recently. We lost a combine on May 17 due to a horrible wreck. I've never seen anything like it and don't understand it. It's always been amazing to me how drivers slow down
The wheat isn’t quite ready for us in northern Texas, so I’ll take a moment to catch you up on what has transpired since I said goodbye from Montana last summer.
Upon returning to Kansas, we jumped into fall harvest.
Remember when you were back in middle school? Class seemed to drag on forever, and you struggled to maintain your attention because all you could think about was one thing.....recess. You spent hours sitting in anticipation, counting down the minutes to play time. Recess finally came, but you struggled to enjoy it because you dreaded knowing it was going to end soon.
What an exciting week! It’s also the week that I dread the most. Getting our home and camper ready for moving south is a big undertaking. It all comes together though, and not always in the way we expect.
Hello all! It’s been awhile. My name is Christy Paplow with Paplow Harvesting & Trucking from Worthington, Minnesota.
Paplow Harvesting & Trucking entered the world of wheat 32 years ago. Gary Paplow made a name for himself after beginning with one combine. He has built his legacy over the years to now run nine Case IH combines, and some pretty impressive Peterbilts.
These days, Gary and his son, Paul, have grown into a well-run family operation combining all throughout the Midwest starting in Texas, and working through Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and as far as Montana and North Dakota
Lindsey Orgain
Orgain Harvesting
Lindsey Orgain is somewhat new to the harvest trail.
She and her husband, Jason, have Orgain Harvesting in Cheyenne, Oklahoma.
It is the 11th season in the business, but it was in 2014, two years after she married Jason, that Lindsey decided to quit her job and come aboard full-time for the annual harvest journey.
Brian Jones
Jones Harvesting
For 35 years, Jones Harvesting, based near Greenfield, Iowa, has made an annual trek from Oklahoma to North Dakota, harvesting golden fields of wheat for farmers who have become like family to the Jones family.
Tracy Zeorian
Z-Crew
Tracy Zeorian has followed the ripening trail of wheat since she was 12 years old.
Zeorian’s grandparents, Elvin and Pauline Hancock, had been making the annual harvest run from Texas to Montana since 1951.
Janel Schemper
Schemper Harvesting
Janel Schemper was 6 months old when she made her first harvest journey.
“Harvest for me is a way of life,” the third-generation custom cutter said.
Schemper Harvesting, based in Holdrege, Nebraska, goes back more than a half-century, started by her grandfather.
Laura Haffner
High Plains Harvesting
For Laura Haffner, there is not a better way to see the Great Plains.
She and her husband, Ryan, have High Plains Harvesting based in Park, Kansas. The couple, along with their two young children and a crew of about a dozen, travel from Texas to the Canadian border to harvest wheat, canola and peas.
