The snow we received in the middle of our fall harvest slowed us down a little bit, but once it warmed up and started to melt we were able to get back in the field. Once we got back in we were able to cut until we were done.
Kimberly Neumiller
My name is Kimberly Neumiller from Neumiller Harvesting. I grew up in the small town of Fessenden, North Dakota, which is 25 miles from where I live now. My husband, Mychal, and I along with our two kids, Bentley and Payzlee, live near Bowdon, North Dakota.
Neumiller Harvesting is a family-owned operation that started in 1984 with Roger Neumiller combining for people around home and continued when his sons were old enough. Mychal and his cousin were the first ones to take the journey south in 2004 with one combine. That is when Neumiller Harvesting was created.
As the years went on Neumiller Harvesting added a few more machines and more employees. Today, Roger, Mychal, Cole, and Logan, along with their families, start the harvest journey in Texas with 10 Case combines, three Haul Master grain carts, and 15 semis. We are usually split up with machines running in four different areas. Our run continues through Oklahoma to Kansas, over to Colorado, then up through Nebraska and back to North Dakota.
We harvest spring wheat, winter wheat, canola, and durum in the summer and soybeans and corn in the fall. In the past years we have also done lentils, chick peas, and barley. Our fall harvest stays in North Dakota and we usually add a few more employees, another combine, and a grain cart. So, in total we will have 11 Case combines and four Haul Master grain carts running during fall harvest. In addition to the family, we will have about 20 employees. I am always treating them as one of my own because I know what it is like to be away from your family.
We are so grateful for all of our employees; some have been with us for six years and some employees will stay during the winter months to help in the shop or truck.
Since my last post it has been a hectic couple of weeks around here. There was a little mix up with my article so it will be a little out of order but you will get it figured out. So, let me try to remember all that has happened so you can follow along and see just how crazy and chaotic this life can get.
We potentially have fourteen days left for our fall harvest but it seems like it's going to be in the span of 3 weeks. After the 8 to 14 inches of snow we have received, we are finally starting to see some movement in the fields.
Bean harvest is coming to an end and corn harvest has begun. The rain and snow moving in. Karlie and I started to clean out crew campers last week as we do not need all of them on the road anymore.
We have been staying pretty busy the past few weeks and putting in some long hours. The employees are still enjoying their time in the field and know that you have to have a little fun every once in a while.
We have been staying busy during bean harvest here in North Dakota. We have five machines in Westhope, two in Bowdon, one in the Elgin and Lemmon, South Dakota, area and two in Kensal, South Dakota. Thankfully, this weather has finally turned around and allowing us to get things done.
Well, we finally got back in the field for two days before we got more rain here in North Dakota.
Mychal headed back to Hazelton after spending a week at home to finally start combining. He started on beans as the wheat was still wet from the four days of rain and finished them up in two days.
The clouds and rain have finally given us a chance to start our bean harvest. We still have a day or two left of wheat in Hazelton but the moisture was still too high so Mychal decided to jump onto beans for a few days to let the wheat dry.
Our theme from this summer has continued to follow us into the fall. The entire state of North Dakota got rain on Sept. 20 and we are finally seeing the sun after six days. It rained for roughly four days and has been foggy, cloudy and the temperatures have been cooler.Roger did get to start combining canola in New England two days ago but Westhope and Hazelton are still too wet. We were so close to being done with wheat but Mother Nature wasn't ready for us to be done.We have tested beans and corn in the Westhope area but
Hello everyone, I am so excited to be back and let you all follow in on our fun. My name is Kimberly Neumiller with Neumiller Harvesting out of Bowdon, North Dakota. My husband Mychal and I have 2 kids, Bentley and Payzlee.