Not like it’s anything we all aren’t used to by now but harvest really couldn’t care less what day it is … or what time or what month or what season for that matter. When it’s time to go, it’s time to go. Around home,......
29 September, 2022 Uncategorized 1 Comment0 LikesHi y’all! My name is Sherry Zimmerman from Bishop, Texas. I am co-owner of Zimmerman Farms. I have been farming and custom harvesting with my husband Brian for over 20 years. He is a fourth-generation farmer and harvester. We have four kids: Wailynn and Wyatt,......
28 September, 2022 2022 All Aboard Allaboardfallharvest Cotton Fall Harvest harvest High Plains Journal HPJ Oklahoma Photos Sherry Texas 4 Comments0 LikesI am so happy to have you all follow our fall harvest again this year. We finished our south run at the beginning of August and had about a month until we started here in North Dakota. As many of you have read from the......
27 September, 2022 Uncategorized 2 Comments2 LikesRound Lake, Minnesota and Elkton, South Dakota—Paul brought one machine home last weekend to combine early beans, and we rounded out this weekend making a trip back up to Elkton, South Dakota, to start picking corn. All our crew aside from Paul and I are......
26 September, 2022 2022 All Aboard All Aboard News Allaboardfallharvest CaseIH Christy Corn Corn and Soybeans Crop Updates Fall Harvest harvest High Plains Journal HPJ Minnesota PaplowHarvestingAndTrucking South Dakota Soybeans 1 Comment1 LikeWe’d like to hear your feedback on this year’s program. Do you have suggestions you would like to make? Here’s your opportunity to share your thoughts. We look forward to celebrating the 15th anniversary of the All Aboard Wheat Harvest program with you in 2023!......
20 September, 2022 Uncategorized 15 Comments0 LikesFortuna, North Dakota—It’s been a whirlwind of a weekend. Zoey and I made our way back out to Plentywood, Montana, and helped Paul’s crew get campers moved over to Fortuna, North Dakota. Crops look great in this area and are already disappearing quickly, even since......
12 September, 2022 2022 aawh All Aboard All Aboard News CaseIH Christy Combine Goals harvest High Plains Journal HPJ North Dakota PaplowHarvestingAndTrucking 7 Comments2 Likes
Western North Dakota—We got moved further west and north and are near the Montana North Dakota state line. When we got here, we went straight to the field. We have been cutting barley and hauling it to air bins. The barley has been yielding 70......
09 September, 2022 Uncategorized 7 Comments3 LikesNo two harvests are just alike and this has been an interesting one. We had the stress of not knowing when our new combines would arrive and couldn’t get an answer. We got five new ones right before harvest and then three in late June.......
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As Jones Harvesting celebrates our 40th anniversary of harvest, it’s been hard to not be sentimental. Every wheat run year is different, defined by a handful of events unlike any other. Every single day for the past 40 years has been chronicled in a hand-written......
07 September, 2022 Uncategorized 5 Comments2 LikesIf the 2022 harvest season was a Broadway drama musical, the weather would be the lead role and the rest of us would merely be the supporting cast. This year was marked with widespread drought across much of the wheat growing states with a bit......
06 September, 2022 2022 All Aboard All Aboard News Colorado High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH Kansas Laura Nebraska Oklahoma Photos Texas 8 Comments1 LikeOcheyedan, Iowa—Zoey and I made the twelve-hour trip home last Sunday from Plentywood, Montana. We brought with us my nephew, Aaden, who came out to help run grain cart and combine for a couple weeks before he, too, needed to come home for school. It’s......
06 September, 2022 2022 aawh All Aboard All Aboard News CaseIH Christy High Plains Journal HPJ Montana North Dakota PaplowHarvestingAndTrucking 1 Comment0 LikesWhen we load up and head out each year, I’m a worrying mess. Did I shut everything down? Is all the garbage out? Are all the doors locked? There are so many things that go through my mind. Once I hit the road, and fall......
05 September, 2022 Uncategorized 4 Comments1 Like
Greenfield, Iowa—I woke up at 10 a.m. in my own bed this morning, one large enough to lay sideways on with a stack of pillows. That’s weird. The house is silent, and I’m all alone for the first time in months. Also weird. I groggily......
01 September, 2022 Uncategorized 4 Comments1 LikeNorthwest of Great Falls, along the Canadian border—It is Aug. 22, and rain chances start tonight and are in the forecast through the weekend. As much as one hates to see rain interrupt harvest, the area needs the moisture. Our crew could really use a......
31 August, 2022 2022 Crop Updates harvest High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ Kansas Laura Montana Photos spring wheat Uncategorized wheat 4 Comments3 LikesSouthwestern North Dakota—When the weather is good, North Dakota is a really amazing place to harvest. We’ve been staying busy cutting spring wheat and canola. The spring wheat has been yielding 50 to 70 bushels per acre. The test weights have been around 60 pounds......
30 August, 2022 2022 aawh All Aboard All Aboard News Brent Avalanche Canola High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere MacDon North Dakota Schemper Harvesting Schemper Harvesting and Trucking spring wheat US Custom Harvesters www.SchemperHarvesting.com 8 Comments3 LikesPlentywood, Montana—My last week with the crew on harvest is a tough one. But I am really proud to report that Zoey jumped in with her dad and decided she wanted to try her hand at the controls. She ran a couple rounds for Paul......
29 August, 2022 2022 aawh All Aboard All Aboard News CaseIH Christy Field Peas harvest High Plains Journal HPJ Lentils PaplowHarvestingAndTrucking 3 Comments1 LikeMontana—On Sunday, Aug. 14, I was typing the beginning of this article from the back of the pickup on the way to the field, on what should be our final hours in southern Montana. Yesterday, half of the machines in Montana made the pilgrimage to......
25 August, 2022 2022 aawh All Aboard All Aboard News Canola Chickpeas Crop Updates harvest High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH Laura Photos Sponsors stories Uncategorized wheat wheatharvest 1 Comment2 Likes
Onida, South Dakota—Where do mushrooms go to get a drink? To the salad bar of course! Did you find that joke a little dull? Don’t worry … it will grow on you (like a fungus). Maybe I’m not the best comedian, but I promise you......
24 August, 2022 Uncategorized No comment1 LikeMontana—One staple that can be found in my pantry is canned chicken. About any casserole can be made with the pre-cooked goodness on the fly, and “on the fly” is the story of my life in the summer. While east of Billings, I had......
24 August, 2022 2022 aawh All Aboard High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH Laura Montana Recipes winter wheat 1 Comment2 Likes
Southwestern North Dakota—We finished up in South Dakota on Aug. 10 and hustled to get loaded and on the road to the next job. We got moved on up to North Dakota on Aug. 11. We left very early in the morning and traveled in......
23 August, 2022 2022 aawh All Aboard All Aboard News Brent Avalanche High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere MacDon Moving north again North Dakota Schemper Harvesting Schemper Harvesting and Trucking South Dakota spring wheat US Custom Harvesters www.SchemperHarvesting.com No comment4 LikesFort Benton, Montana—We started the week seeing most of the crew off to Plentywood, Montana, while keeping only three combines here to finish up chick peas, lentils, and flax. All three crops were low yielding, and a little tough to cut due to weed issues.......
22 August, 2022 2022 aawh All Aboard All Aboard News CaseIH Chickpeas Christy Crop Updates Field Peas harvest High Plains Journal HPJ Lentils Montana North Dakota PaplowHarvestingAndTrucking wheatharvest 4 Comments2 Likes
Agar, South Dakota—When people ask me what I do for a living, sometimes it’s hard to explain. It’s almost like having a bunch of part-time jobs all at once. Some days I play a mechanic, fixing broken widgets with duct tape and tarp straps. Occasionally......
18 August, 2022 Uncategorized 3 Comments1 LikeSouth Dakota—It’s no surprise that the spring wheat is yielding well after finishing an excellent winter wheat crop. The spring wheat is yielding over 75 bushels per acre. It’s a heavy crop weighing 63 to 65 pounds per bushel. We are binning the spring wheat......
17 August, 2022 2022 aawh All Aboard All Aboard News Brent Avalanche Crop Updates harvest High Plains Journal Janel John Deere MacDon Photos Schemper Harvesting Schemper Harvesting and Trucking South Dakota spring wheat US Custom Harvesters wheat www.SchemperHarvesting.com 8 Comments4 LikesSouthern Montana—After the hailstorm debacle listed in the previous post, the weather turned off very hot and dry here east of Billings. With temperatures in the upper 90s and 100s, the crew was able to cut for nearly 10 solid days, and take care of......
16 August, 2022 2022 All Aboard News Crop Updates High Plains Harvesting HPH John Deere Laura MacDon Montana Photos stories US Custom Harvesters wheat 2 Comments0 LikesFort Benton, Montana—This week on the wheat trail found us wrapping up most all jobs here in Fort Benton. We did odds and ends that have us sitting in a position to be idle for a short while. Today Gary is going to take a......
15 August, 2022 2022 aawh All Aboard All Aboard News Barley CaseIH Christy Crop Updates harvest High Plains Journal HPJ PaplowHarvestingAndTrucking wheat wheatharvest 4 Comments2 LikesMontana: I am so incredibly thankful that High Plains Journal has afforded me this platform to share High Plains Harvesting‘s version of the story of harvest. Showing the world agriculture through words, photographs and videos is one my of absolute favorite things. However, you and......
12 August, 2022 2022 harvest High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal Montana Sponsors stories wheat winter wheat 10 Comments1 Like
South Dakota—The winter wheat has been excellent overall here north of Pierre. It’s been outstanding to tell the truth. One quarter we cut yielded 95.1 bushels per acre. The test weights have been 63 to 65 pounds per bushel and the protein 12 to 14%.......
11 August, 2022 2022 All Aboard All Aboard News Brent Avalanche High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere MacDon Schemper Harvesting Schemper Harvesting and Trucking South Dakota US Custom Harvesters www.SchemperHarvesting.com 3 Comments1 LikeFort Benton, Montana—We encounter a lot of wildlife in the field, and of that wildlife, rattlesnakes are my least favorite. You see them down south in Texas and usually most places we travel to they are around. If you leave them alone, they’ll leave you......
10 August, 2022 2022 aawh All Aboard All Aboard News Barley CaseIH Christy Crop Updates Elmer's Manufacturing Field Peas harvest High Plains Journal HPJ Lentils MacDon Montana PaplowHarvestingAndTrucking wheat wheatharvest 7 Comments1 LikeMontana—As the kids have grown, Ryan and I are continually trying to achieve a work-life balance for them and that looks different each season. There are so many amazing lessons to be learned on the road, but there are also valuable experiences to be had......
09 August, 2022 2022 All Aboard All Aboard News Crop Updates harvest High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ Kansas Laura Montana Photos US Custom Harvesters wheat winter wheat No comment1 Like
Onida, South Dakota—Everyone can use some good advice from time to time. After 40 years of harvesting, we probably qualify to offer some helpful harvesting pointers. But there is always something more to learn in life, and I recently stumbled across an old saying that......
08 August, 2022 Uncategorized 4 Comments0 LikesSouth Dakota—We got here July 20 and the winter wheat had green in it yet so we waited a couple of days to let it ripen. When we did sample it was 12.4%. So we’ve been staying busy cutting excellent winter wheat north of Pierre,......
04 August, 2022 2022 All Aboard All Aboard News Brent Avalanche High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere MacDon Moving north again Schemper Harvesting Schemper Harvesting and Trucking South Dakota spring wheat Uncategorized US Custom Harvesters wheat wheatharvest winter wheat www.SchemperHarvesting.com No comment3 Likes
Onida, South Dakota—No matter where I go or what state I am in, I’ve been noticing a trend while traveling the harvest trail. Maybe everyone’s schedule is so busy there’s simply no time to take decorations down. Perhaps people are just so enthusiastic they can’t......
03 August, 2022 Uncategorized 8 Comments0 LikesFort Benton, Montana—It has taken a few days for me to get caught up after our long move to Montana, but I’m so glad we’re here. We started combining right away starting just east of Fort Benton picking up wind rows. The first fields averaged......
01 August, 2022 2022 aawh All Aboard All Aboard News CaseIH Christy Crop Updates Field Peas High Plains Journal HPJ Montana PaplowHarvestingAndTrucking wheat 1 Comment1 LikeSidney, Nebraska—Full disclosure, this is a catch-up post. There are times in the season where the motherhood, harvest, and life all collide and the last week has been just that. I’m currently overnighting in western Nebraska on my way to join back up with the......
01 August, 2022 2022 Colorado Crop Updates High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal Laura Photos Uncategorized winter wheat 4 Comments1 LikeNebraska—If you have been involved with farming, I think you can smile at this exchange because everyone has a relatable landmark story. The other day, we were out riding with our farmer inspecting the next fields. One of the conversations went something like this, “You have......
28 July, 2022 2022 All Aboard Crop Updates harvest High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ John Deere Laura MacDon Nebraska Photos stories 4 Comments2 LikesSouth Dakota—We just recently finished cutting wheat in western Nebraska and it’s been very hot and dry. Sadly, it was the worst crop I’ve ever cut there. The wheat production was down because of the moisture deficit. It’s been abnormally dry going on three years......
27 July, 2022 2022 aawh All Aboard All Aboard News Brent Avalanche High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere MacDon Moving north again Schemper Harvesting Schemper Harvesting and Trucking South Dakota US Custom Harvesters wheat wheatharvest winter wheat www.SchemperHarvesting.com 6 Comments2 Likes
Onida, South Dakota—The crew always looks forward to moving to South Dakota, but getting there is always the hard part. It’s the longest move of the summer, and our route takes us through the desolate Sandhills of Nebraska. The beautiful scenery is filled with wild......
26 July, 2022 Uncategorized 10 Comments1 LikeFort Benton, Montana—After a long move over the last two days, we pulled into Fort Benton, Montana, last night. It hasn’t changed from last year. It’s still one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. From what I could see on the way......
25 July, 2022 2022 aawh All Aboard All Aboard News CaseIH Christy Crop Updates Elmer's Manufacturing harvest High Plains Journal HPJ MacDon Montana PaplowHarvestingAndTrucking Soybeans wheat wheatharvest 3 Comments0 Likes
Grafton, North Dakota—In the simplest of simple terms, you could currently describe my day-to-day existence in two words; crops and kids. Between the task of growing baby girl Cronje till Aug. 17—yes, a date has been set unless Mother Nature ‘kicks’ in before that—attempting to......
22 July, 2022 2022 aawh All Aboard Corn Corn and Soybeans Crop Updates High Plains Journal HPJ John Deere North Dakota Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children Photos Sponsors Stephanie stories Syngenta Thank the Heavens for Harvest US Custom Harvesters uschiharvest2021 wheat wheatharvest 16 Comments0 LikesWestern Nebraska—We traveled north to the Sidney, Nebraska area on July 4. I again had an uneventful holiday. I’ve spent almost every 4th of July of my life in the wheat field running combine. However, when we got here we did go straight to the......
21 July, 2022 Uncategorized 4 Comments2 LikesWallace and Greeley County, Kansas—One of the best things of being out in the middle of somewhere on the High Plains, is that you can actually feel your soul take a deep breath and a much needed sigh. Some people see a desolate plain, if......
20 July, 2022 2022 harvest High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ Kansas Laura Photos Shelbourne Reynolds stories winter wheat 4 Comments1 LikeOgallala, Nebraska—It’s been a slow week on harvest. In Ogallala, Nebraska, we had the majority of the crew working on dry land wheat, and now we’re waiting on the irrigated wheat to dry up so we can get completed here. The wheat here has been......
19 July, 2022 2022 aawh All Aboard All Aboard News CaseIH Christy High Plains Journal HPJ PaplowHarvestingAndTrucking wheat wheatharvest 7 Comments2 Likes
Big Springs, Nebraska—It’s a pretty long pull from southwest Kansas up to Nebraska. With nearly 400 miles to cover, the crew has to be on the ball if we want to make it in one day. Last night we worked late loading machines in the......
18 July, 2022 Uncategorized 17 Comments0 LikesWallace County—Last week started off hot and dry so wheat was drying down in a hurry. By Tuesday afternoon, everyone and their cousin was cutting and you know what can happen next. You guessed it. The lines started to back up at local elevators due......
14 July, 2022 2022 All Aboard harvest High Plains Journal HPH HPJ Kansas Laura Photos wheat winter wheat 4 Comments3 LikesWestern Kansas—To my surprise, we had a big time wheat crop to harvest out here in western Kansas. The farm had 22 inches of snow in late January and a few timely rains this spring. The wheat I harvested averaged around 70 to 75 bushels......
13 July, 2022 2022 aawh Brent Avalanche Combine Goals High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere Kansas Wheat Harvest Schemper Harvesting Schemper Harvesting and Trucking Shelbourne Reynolds Uncategorized US Custom Harvesters winter wheat www.SchemperHarvesting.com 10 Comments5 Likes
Plains, Kansas—The crew has finished up harvesting in Minneola, and we are eager to get moved to Plains, Kansas, as quickly as possible. This is the only time during the summer we have two jobs in such close proximity to each other. It’s a lot......
12 July, 2022 Uncategorized 4 Comments1 LikeOgallala, Nebraska—After making our stop in Tribune, Kansas, it wasn’t long before we needed to split crews in a couple different directions. Gary took a crew to Colby, Kansas, for a few days, and Paul and I left a small crew in Tribune to take......
11 July, 2022 2022 aawh All Aboard All Aboard News Brent Avalanche CaseIH Christy Crop Updates Elmer's Manufacturing harvest High Plains Journal HPJ Kansas Kansas Wheat Harvest MacDon Nebraska PaplowHarvestingAndTrucking wheat wheatharvest 2 Comments1 LikeNorthwest Kansas—Like every good mom of my generation—said jokingly—I have been indoctrinating my children with some 80s and 90s country the last few years. Recently, Alabama has been appearing on our playlist. I mean, who doesn’t like a good fiddle solo in the middle of......
08 July, 2022 2022 harvest High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ John Deere Laura Photos Shelbourne Reynolds winter wheat 5 Comments2 Likes
Minneola, Kansas—The colorful dirt of Oklahoma slowly shifts its hue from red to brown every mile we draw closer to the Kansas state line. The hot afternoon sun beats down on the grasslands of southern Kansas, and the pastures look pretty parched. This area has......
06 July, 2022 Uncategorized 8 Comments0 LikesWestern Kansas—We’ve had many days recently where the wind has been 25 to 30 miles per hour with gusts up to 40 and 50 miles per hour. We call them “hang on to your hat” kind of days. We loaded up in the afternoon heat......
05 July, 2022 Uncategorized 2 Comments4 LikesNorthwest Kansas—I see a lot of memes that float around on social media that say something to the affect, “If you ate today, thank a farmer.” Now, we are a farm family in addition to being harvesters, and that is certainly a nice sentiment, but......
04 July, 2022 2022 High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH Kansas Kansas Wheat Harvest Laura Photos stories 2 Comments0 LikesTribune, Kansas—As we seem to do in Texas, we’re doing now in Kansas. We’ve brought the rain with us and while we’ve still been able to cut, it’s been pretty short days in the field. Rain and a little hail hit pretty hard as I......
04 July, 2022 2022 aawh All Aboard All Aboard News CaseIH Christy Crop Updates Elmer's Manufacturing harvest High Plains Journal HPJ Kansas Wheat Harvest MacDon PaplowHarvestingAndTrucking wheat wheatharvest 5 Comments0 LikesCentral Kansas: Yesterday, June 20, was another hot one. Dust was flying as we approached the south side of the field. The crew has been making fast work of the assigned acres due to the heat and the wind. There’s a small chance of rain......
01 July, 2022 2022 harvest High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ Kansas Laura Photos stories wheat winter wheat 2 Comments0 LikesNew York, New York—Was NYC the last possible location you thought you’d see on today’s post? If you would have asked me a few short months ago, I would have felt the same way. Unless I’m forgetting something, for over a decade now, my Junes......
01 July, 2022 2022 harvest High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH Kansas Laura Photos Uncategorized No comment0 Likes
Thomas, Oklahoma—I think the crew is suffering from weather whiplash. Weather is always in the driver’s seat at harvest time, and we are just along for the ride. With eleven inches of rain, the weather had pulled the crew over at a rest area. While......
30 June, 2022 Uncategorized 5 Comments0 LikesOklahoma—The heat wave continues and was the gift that kept on giving yesterday for Father’s Day. Temperatures have been hovering near 100 degrees. The faucet in the sky has turned off and the winds have picked up. Wheat is ripening at a very rapid pace......
29 June, 2022 2022 All Aboard News Crop Updates harvest High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ John Deere Laura Oklahoma Oklahoma Wheat Harvest Photos Sponsors stories wheat winter wheat No comment0 LikesWestern Kansas—We’ve been staying very busy cutting wheat because it’s been hot (100-plus degrees) and windy most days lately. We spent the past week in southern Kansas cutting wheat. The wheat yielded around 50 bushels per acre and the test weights were 62.5 to 64.9......
28 June, 2022 Uncategorized 4 Comments1 LikePratt, Kansas—We’ve made a couple moves since my last update. Anthony, Kansas, was half complete when we arrived from Kingfisher, Oklahoma. It was one heck of a hot move. My pickup was reading 111 degrees out. I don’t think it was quite that hot, but......
27 June, 2022 2022 All Aboard All Aboard News CaseIH Christy Crop Updates Elmer's Manufacturing harvest High Plains Journal Kansas Kansas Wheat Harvest MacDon Oklahoma PaplowHarvestingAndTrucking Texas wheat wheatharvest 4 Comments0 LikesOklahoma-We just finished cutting wheat here June 12 and, overall, I cut quite a bit of short wheat in Oklahoma this year. Short wheat means the header is nearly constantly in the dirt. I don’t know how many times I had to get out of......
24 June, 2022 2022 aawh All Aboard Brent Avalanche High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere Kansas Kansas Wheat Harvest MacDon Oklahoma Schemper Harvesting Schemper Harvesting and Trucking Uncategorized US Custom Harvesters www.SchemperHarvesting.com 3 Comments1 LikeNorthern Oklahoma—The boys are back in town. You may recall I recently toured All Aboard Wheat Harvest’s sponsor, Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children’s Edmond campus, the Boys Ranch Town. It was wonderful to be able to see the facilities and really get a feel for......
24 June, 2022 2022 Crop Updates High Plains Journal John Deere Laura Oklahoma Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children Oklahoma Wheat Harvest stories US Custom Harvesters 2 Comments0 Likes
Thomas, Oklahoma-The equipment is no longer new. Straw, chaff and the dust swirl around the machines as they make their way across the first field for the season. We squint through smudged windshields as we drive into the setting sun. The unmistakable red mud of......
23 June, 2022 Uncategorized 1 Comment1 LikeNorthern Oklahoma-Cheers to being back in the field. Wow! Who would have thought the weather would have turned out like it has considering how terribly droughty it has been. Maybe we shouldn’t be surprised because, more often than not, harvest has brought heavy rains to......
22 June, 2022 2022 Fall Harvest High Plains Journal Laura Oklahoma wheat 3 Comments0 LikesKingfisher, Oklahoma-Well, if you followed along last year, you’ll remember I didn’t quite make Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children’s visit last year due to some major pickup issues. This year, everything went well and we had an amazing visit with two pretty special kids. OBHC......
21 June, 2022 2022 aawh All Aboard All Aboard News Brent Avalanche CaseIH Christy harvest High Plains Journal HPJ MacDon Oklahoma Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children Oklahoma Wheat Harvest PaplowHarvestingAndTrucking Photos wheat wheatharvest 3 Comments0 LikesSouthwest Oklahoma–It’s June 6 and I’m still at first stop on wheat harvest. Here I thought we’d be in and out of here so fast but once again we get here and it rains and the wheat harvest is delayed. We’ve been cutting off and......
20 June, 2022 Uncategorized 1 Comment1 LikeThomas, Oklahoma–And just like that, the day you thought would never arrive finally arrives. It doesn’t matter anymore what didn’t get finished, what isn’t packed or what was failed to be checked off the to-do list. Most days it seemed impossible to be ready in......
16 June, 2022 Uncategorized 3 Comments2 LikesEdmond, Oklahoma–Those who have been part of the All Aboard Wheat Harvest Family for awhile may remember that Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children has helped sponsor the blog for several years. As part of their relationship with the program, they bring youth from their campuses......
15 June, 2022 2022 All Aboard High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ Laura Oklahoma Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children Photos Sponsors stories Uncategorized wheat 2 Comments0 LikesWichita Falls, Texas–We’ve moved most all of our machines up into Oklahoma but decided to keep all the campers parked in Wichita Falls, Texas, for the impending rain. And rain it did. Our crew by Frederick, Oklahoma, saw three inches dumped pretty rapidly last week,......
14 June, 2022 2022 All Aboard All Aboard News CaseIH Christy High Plains Journal HPJ MacDon Oklahoma Texas wheat wheatharvest 5 Comments1 LikeTexas: It was a quick in and out stop for Texas this year, a far cry from the time we normally put in through this region. What was the culprit for the change? Drought. The drought is widespread through the country this year and affects......
08 June, 2022 2022 aawh Kansas Laura stories Texas wheat winter wheat No comment1 LikeNorthwest Kansas: The first moving day of the season is one to behold. Actually, they all are, but the first is a little extra. There is something about sound of motors firing up and the smell of diesel in the morning. I’m convinced that even......
08 June, 2022 2022 aawh Crop Updates harvest High Plains Harvesting HPH Kansas Laura Photos Sponsors stories Texas US Custom Harvesters winter wheat 2 Comments1 Like
Southwest Oklahoma–I left for harvest on May 18 and arrived in southwest Oklahoma on May 19. We parked the campers and unloaded the equipment in 107-degree heat. Then we went to the field and sampled right away and the grain wasn’t quite dry enough yet.......
07 June, 2022 2022 aawh All Aboard Brent Avalanche High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere MacDon Oklahoma Schemper Harvesting Schemper Harvesting and Trucking Uncategorized US Custom Harvesters wheat wheatharvest winter wheat www.SchemperHarvesting.com 6 Comments1 LikeWichita Falls, Texas–Everyone made it safe and sound to Texas. Only Gary, Rhonada, and one crew member are still back by home trying to complete our planting. We are hoping to see them make the trip down here in the next few days. I made......
06 June, 2022 2022 All Aboard All Aboard News Brent Avalanche CaseIH Christy High Plains Journal HPJ MacDon PaplowHarvestingAndTrucking Photos Sponsors Truck Goals Uncategorized wheat wheatharvest 2 Comments0 LikesKansas–Sometimes I feel like I live on two different worlds. Both are very real, but so very different. My worlds are that of home and on the road. On the road, my time is governed by the crops, weather, sun and moon. At home, my......
01 June, 2022 2022 aawh All Aboard harvest High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH Kansas Kansas Wheat Harvest Laura Photos stories wheat winter wheat 2 Comments0 Likes
Greenfield, Iowa–What dreary weather. Brisk winds carry a fine mist through the air, remnants of soaking rains earlier in the week. The ground is a soggy mess, and muddy boots and shoes track everywhere we go. Hoodies and heavy coats are required as we plan......
31 May, 2022 Uncategorized 7 Comments2 LikesOcheyedan, Iowa–What a busy winter it has been! Unlike the last couple of years, things have not slowed down since fall harvest ended last year. Usually it is a welcome break at the end of the season. This year, we kept on three wonderful guys......
31 May, 2022 2022 All Aboard All Aboard News Brent Avalanche Christy Elmer's Manufacturing harvest HPJ MacDon PaplowHarvestingAndTrucking Texas wheat wheatharvest 3 Comments1 LikeHey from the 308–but not for long. It’s nearly time to cut wheat. My name is Janel Schemper. I am a third-generation custom harvester from Holdrege, Nebraska. I’ve been a harvester forever and my combine career keeps me very busy. I am a combine operator,......
27 May, 2022 2022 aawh Brent Avalanche Combine Goals Corn and Soybeans High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere MacDon Nebraska Schemper Harvesting Schemper Harvesting and Trucking Truck Goals Uncategorized US Custom Harvesters www.SchemperHarvesting.com 6 Comments1 LikeHarvest hasn’t always been apart of my life. I grew up right outside of Atlanta, Georgia, and made the move to Lake Park, Iowa, in 2006. It was there in Lake Park that I met my husband, Paul, in 2008. I knew nothing about custom......
26 May, 2022 Uncategorized 2 Comments0 Likes
My name is Brian Jones of Greenfield, Iowa, and I am a second-generation farmer and wheat harvester. I was born and raised on a family farm about 50 miles southwest of Des Moines in the rolling hills of southwest Iowa. During the tough financial times......
25 May, 2022 2022 aawh All Aboard High Plains Journal HPJ Uncategorized 1 Comment0 Likes
Northwest Kansas–It is 7:18 p.m. on Monday, May 2. The temperature is 40 degrees with a wind chill of 30. NOAA tells me the wind is blowing out of the north at 22 miles per hour with gusts up to 30. Wind has been abundant......
24 May, 2022 2022 All Aboard All Aboard News Canola Chickpeas Colorado Corn Crop Updates Field Peas harvest High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ John Deere Kansas Kansas Wheat Harvest Laura Nebraska North Dakota Oklahoma Oklahoma Wheat Harvest Photos Shelbourne Reynolds Sorghum Soybeans Sponsors Texas US Custom Harvesters wheat wheatharvest winter wheat 5 Comments1 Like
Grafton, North Dakota—With the help of a few unexpected calls and texts, it came to my attention that this will be my tenth year contributing to the All Aboard Wheat Harvest program. Oh, the places I have been and the things I have seen and,......
23 May, 2022 2022 aawh All Aboard All Aboard News Combine Goals Corn and Soybeans Crop Updates High Plains Journal HPJ John Deere MacDon Moving north again North Dakota Photos Soybeans Sponsors Stephanie stories Syngenta Thank the Heavens for Harvest US Custom Harvesters wheat wheatharvest 1 Comment2 Likes
Greenfield, Iowa – It’s hard to believe how fast the calendar pages turn some times. It seems like I was updating you on wheat harvest progress just a few weeks ago, but in reality nearly 12 months have flown by. But this year Jones Harvesting......
23 May, 2022 Uncategorized 1 Comment0 Likes
After our crew in Roscoe, South Dakota, made their way home Wednesday, I felt sure we were done. That wasn’t the case. We got another call for more acres around home where a farmer was looking for help to finish up. We just can’t turn......
07 December, 2021 2021 All Aboard All Aboard News Allaboardfallharvest Christy Corn harvest harvest21 High Plains Journal HPJ PaplowHarvestingAndTrucking stories 1 Comment4 Likes
Our harvest journey has ended after 178 days. We finished up our corn last week and got everything moved into the shed until we start doing repairs on them. We have had quite the fall harvest this year. The way things started we thought we......
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The weather has once again defeated us from finishing our corn. As of now we only have 145 acres left and our season will be finished. Once we got done with the last of the beans, we put two of our machines on our own......
23 November, 2021 Uncategorized 3 Comments4 LikesIt’s been a great week of finishing customers and beginning the process of bringing all our equipment back home. Pretty soon Gary’s yard will be busy and full; cleaning up equipment and getting everything stored for winter. The Roscoe, South Dakota, crew is still chipping......
22 November, 2021 2021 All Aboard All Aboard News Allaboardfallharvest Christy Combine Goals Corn Fall Harvest harvest21 High Plains Journal HPJ PaplowHarvestingAndTrucking 16 Comments1 LikeBy Dave Bergmeier Wet weather has delayed the corn harvest for Craig Huxtable, but past experience has taught him to be prepared for any fall harvest scenario. Huxtable is also a Hoegemeyer seed salesman and cow-calf operator near Wood River, Nebraska. He plants 1,350 acres......
16 November, 2021 2021 All Aboard All Aboard News Allaboardfallharvest Crop Updates Dry Corn Fall Harvest harvest harvest21 High Plains Journal HPJ Irrigated Corn milo Nebraska Sorghum 2 Comments1 LikeWell, we almost had our customers done around home. Paul got a call for help on one last quarter by Round Lake, Minnesota. We started that quarter today, and will get it done hopefully tomorrow. It’s hard to turn down extra work. We are, as......
15 November, 2021 2021 All Aboard All Aboard News Allaboardfallharvest Christy Corn Fall Harvest harvest21 High Plains Journal South Dakota 11 Comments1 LikeBy Dave Bergmeier The fall harvest is in the bins for a southwest Nebraska producer who readily says when she headed into spring planting she knew it was going to be one with ups and downs. Tracy Zink is from Indianola near McCook and operates......
11 November, 2021 All Aboard All Aboard News Allaboardfallharvest Fall Harvest High Plains Journal HPJ milo Nebraska Sorghum Soybeans 5 Comments1 LikeIt has been a while since my last post and after a very long rain delay, we have been pretty busy around here. After spending seventy-seven days in Westhope they finally made the journey home. Once they got home, they had a couple days to......
08 November, 2021 Uncategorized 12 Comments1 LikeThroughout the harvest season, we face a large array of challenges. Besides the wet weather conditions all over this fall, we have had one other major challenge in the last week that is serious enough to have us park a couple machines, a cart, and......
08 November, 2021 2021 All Aboard All Aboard News Allaboardfallharvest Christy Corn Fall Harvest harvest21 High Plains Journal HPJ PaplowHarvestingAndTrucking 94 Comments1 LikeWe all finally got going after a little over a week-long delay. The fields are a little muddy but we have gotten use to that in years past. The two combines that were in Esmond, North Dakota, finished and moved home. We stopped at a......
02 November, 2021 Uncategorized 14 Comments2 LikesThis fall is turning out to be a very wet one. Wednesday dropped an inch of rain around home, and not quite as much by Fulda, Minnesota, and Hartley, Iowa. Out in South Dakota, the rain parked our crews by Roscoe and Elkton. I think......
01 November, 2021 2021 All Aboard All Aboard News Allaboardfallharvest Christy Corn Corn and Soybeans Crop Updates Fall Harvest harvest21 High Plains Journal MacDon PaplowHarvestingAndTrucking 8 Comments1 LikeThree years ago, we had a huge snow storm come through our area and dropped 30 inches of snow and a month prior we ended up with about 13 inches of rain in a 24-hour time period. Since it never really had a chance to......
26 October, 2021 Uncategorized 8 Comments3 LikesWe had a pretty special delivery in the field this last week. For about three or four hours Paul had the opportunity to test out the John Deere X9 combine, complete with a 16-row folding John Deere corn head. C & B Operations out of......
25 October, 2021 2021 All Aboard Allaboardfallharvest Christy Corn Corn and Soybeans Fall Harvest harvest21 High Plains Journal PaplowHarvestingAndTrucking Soybeans 5 Comments2 LikesWe have a small rain delay here in North Dakota. As much as we need the moisture, we wish it would have held off a few days. The Westhope crew got lucky and finished the beans before the rain but the Esmond and Jamestown crew......
19 October, 2021 Uncategorized 4 Comments3 LikesAfter more rain days than we would like, we’re back in the fields. Paul is running one of our nine machines on corn by Round Lake, Minnesota, and most everyone else is still working on soybeans. The fields are a little soft after all the......
18 October, 2021 2021 All Aboard All Aboard News Allaboardfallharvest Christy Corn and Soybeans Fall Harvest harvest21 High Plains Journal Minnesota Nebraska PaplowHarvestingAndTrucking South Dakota Soybeans Uncategorized 31 Comments1 LikeOne of our sponsors this year for All Aboard Fall Harvest is US Custom Harvesters, Inc. USCHI is an organization that began in 1983 and represents and promotes the harvesting industry and those who harvest. Members are harvesters who do not only grain harvest but......
11 October, 2021 All Aboard Allaboardfallharvest Christy Corn and Soybeans Fall Harvest High Plains Journal PaplowHarvestingAndTrucking uschiharvest2021 25 Comments3 LikesFall is my favorite time of the year, leaves changing colors, the cool crisp mornings, and fall harvest. Although it is fall, our weather does not make one believe it is. We have been in the 80s all week and even hit 96 degrees the......
05 October, 2021 Uncategorized 17 Comments1 LikeSeptember 19 was a day that we can tell people we combined soybeans and corn for the first time ever. Usually, soybeans are combined before corn but with the way mother nature has been here in North Dakota things are a little different. A few......
05 October, 2021 Uncategorized 11 Comments1 LikeNorthwest Kansas—The summer wheat run is complete. There’s always a feeling of relief when the last team member pulls in the yard with the final piece of equipment from the summer run. The crew immediately switched out and converted equipment for the fall season. Corn......
05 October, 2021 2021 AAWH21 All Aboard Corn Crop Updates Fall Harvest harvest harvest21 High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ John Deere Kansas Laura Montana Photos stories wheat winter wheat 13 Comments0 LikesThis is a beautiful time of year. Leaves around home are starting to turn, and while we have had 80-degree weather here this weekend, last week brought on cold nights and cool mornings. We were close to getting our first frost one night, and while......
04 October, 2021 2021 All Aboard All Aboard News Allaboardfallharvest Christy Fall Harvest harvest21 High Plains Journal MacDon PaplowHarvestingAndTrucking Soybeans 6 Comments1 LikeNebraska—This season I’ve had a theme and pleasure of introducing other crews and industry professionals to the readership. I hope you’ve enjoyed learning about them. This will be my final crew highlight for the summer run with the exception of my final post of the......
04 October, 2021 2021 AAWH21 All Aboard News Fall Harvest Nebraska Photos stories uschiharvest2021 wheat winter wheat 3 Comments0 LikesLabor Day weekend brought the end of our summer wheat harvest, but not the end of harvest for us. We had a really slow start down in Texas, with the first two weeks consisting of rain delays. It really put our schedule off, and it......
27 September, 2021 2021 All Aboard All Aboard News Allaboardfallharvest Christy Corn Corn and Soybeans Elmer's Manufacturing Fall Harvest harvest21 MacDon Minnesota PaplowHarvestingAndTrucking South Dakota Soybeans Uncategorized 8 Comments2 LikesNorth Dakota the state where Mother Nature is very unpredictable. As many of you know North Dakota has been hurt by severe drought this past year. This past winter only brought maybe a foot of snow for us here in Bowdon—if not less then that—and......
19 September, 2021 Uncategorized 101 Comments2 Likes
With another harvest season behind us, it’s difficult to not look back and feel we spent our summer in the Land of Oz. Our adventure started in Oklahoma, a state with dirt as red as ruby slippers. We followed the yellow brick harvest road to......
09 September, 2021 Uncategorized 8 Comments2 LikesNorthern Montana: Recently when Ryan was visiting with the farmer, he received a warning, “When you’re at the bins, keep an eye out for the bears. Sometimes they come up and feed on the grain, but they usually run off.” So far this season, we......
01 September, 2021 2021 aawh AAWH21 All Aboard All Aboard News harvest21 High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH Laura MacDon Photos stories wheat 3 Comments2 LikesNorthern Montana: Harvest continues in the northern part of the “Golden Triangle.” The crew ran hard for a few days then caught a rain delay. They ran hard again and then caught another rain delay. The rains are welcome though. In an area that has......
31 August, 2021 2021 AAWH21 Crop Updates harvest harvest21 High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ Laura Montana Photos wheat winter wheat 3 Comments5 LikesNortheastern North Dakota–We got moved up to our last stop on wheat harvest and got to cut for several days before we got rained out. We cut spring wheat that was yielding around 50 to 70 bushels per acre. The test weights were over 63......
30 August, 2021 2021 aawh AAWH21 All Aboard Field Peas High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere MacDon North Dakota Schemper Harvesting Uncategorized uschiharvest2021 www.SchemperHarvesting.com 4 Comments5 LikesGrafton, North Dakota–Whenever there’s any lull in conversation at a family gathering, you can bet a harvest story is brewing out of one of us. They are our go-to. We’ve always said we should have written a book so I suppose these blogs are the......
28 August, 2021 2021 aawh AAWH21 All Aboard All Aboard News Brent Avalanche Combine Goals Crop Updates Elmer's Manufacturing harvest harvest21 High Plains Journal HPJ John Deere Kinze MacDon North Dakota Shelbourne Reynolds Sponsors Stephanie stories Syngenta Thank the Heavens for Harvest Uncategorized uschiharvest2021 wheat wheatharvest 10 Comments1 LikeGlacier National Park, Montana—Harvest is work, but sometimes it puts you within striking distance of places you may not normally be able visit. This has recently been the case. Glacier National Park has long been on my bucket list. With harvest being earlier this year,......
27 August, 2021 2021 AAWH21 All Aboard harvest21 High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH Laura Montana Photos stories 89 Comments4 LikesLast week we moved the last bit of equipment and campers to Fortuna, North Dakota. All started well combining lentils, until yesterday when we had a horrific event. The day started out normal. I brought lunch out to find that two friends from home were......
27 August, 2021 2021 AAWH21 All Aboard All Aboard News harvest21 High Plains Journal Lentils Uncategorized 12 Comments1 LikeNorthern Montana: There is a faint light at the end of the summer run tunnel as crews are heading to or working on their northernmost job of the season. However, they aren’t alone. There are some other important teams that have moved north as well......
26 August, 2021 2021 harvest harvest21 High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal John Deere Laura Photos stories wheat 2 Comments2 LikesNortheastern North Dakota (15 miles from the Canadian Border)–We got moved up to our last stop on wheat harvest and went straight to the field when we arrived. We’ve been staying busying cutting spring wheat. It’s yielding pretty well even though there’s a drought going......
25 August, 2021 2021 aawh AAWH21 Canola harvest21 High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere MacDon North Dakota Schemper Harvesting spring wheat Uncategorized uschiharvest2021 www.SchemperHarvesting.com 3 Comments5 Likes
Greenfield, Iowa–This morning I woke up in a queen-sized bed, the sun peeking through the blinds. It’s 10 a.m. and I groggily drag myself out of bed. Out the window all I see is green … green lawn, green corn, green soybeans and green alfalfa.......
24 August, 2021 Uncategorized 10 Comments2 LikesThe sun has set on our Montana wheat harvest. We cut our last field out here on Sunday just in time for Fort Benton to get a rain that dumped more moisture than I think I’ve ever seen out here. It’s delayed getting things loaded,......
23 August, 2021 2021 aawh AAWH21 All Aboard All Aboard News Canola Chickpeas Christy Field Peas harvest harvest21 High Plains Journal HPJ Montana stories Uncategorized wheat wheatharvest 6 Comments3 LikesSouthwestern North Dakota–We have been doing well cutting spring wheat here in my favorite wheat state of North Dakota. We had a nine day run of cutting wheat before we caught a rain. It has been all farm yard bin work so far and has......
18 August, 2021 2021 aawh AAWH21 All Aboard Brent Avalanche Canola harvest21 High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere MacDon North Dakota Schemper Harvesting spring wheat Uncategorized uschiharvest2021 www.SchemperHarvesting.com 4 Comments15 LikesGrafton, North Dakota—The buzz in the air around our little town is tangible during wheat harvest. The smell of the tiny bits of wheat chaff billowing around in the air, the hustle and bustle at dealerships and gas stations alike, the trail of grain running......
17 August, 2021 2021 aawh AAWH21 All Aboard All Aboard News Brent Avalanche Combine Goals Crop Updates Elmer's Manufacturing harvest21 High Plains Journal HPJ John Deere Kinze MacDon North Dakota Photos Sponsors Stephanie stories Thank the Heavens for Harvest Tough Conditions wheat wheatharvest 10 Comments2 LikesMontana: We have made it to Montana. This will be our northernmost state for our stops this year. As you may have heard, drought is plaguing the northern United States, and we will not be needed in North Dakota this season as a result. Farmers......
16 August, 2021 2021 AAWH21 harvest21 High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ John Deere Laura MacDon Montana Photos winter wheat 5 Comments5 LikesNortheast Colorado: As conditions allowed, we started funneling equipment into Colorado while some of us finished up in Kansas. The wet conditions have gradually turned off though. There were a few showers, as one expects on the Front Range, in the summer. The crew was......
12 August, 2021 2021 AAWH21 Crop Updates harvest harvest21 High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ John Deere Kansas Laura Photos Shelbourne Reynolds wheat wheatharvest winter wheat 9 Comments4 LikesWe are only a little over three weeks into wheat harvest around Fort Benton, Montana, and there is not much wheat left in sight. It has disappeared quickly this year. It’s not uncommon for us to spend five to six weeks here, and I’ll be......
11 August, 2021 2021 AAWH21 All Aboard All Aboard News Barley Canola Field Peas harvest21 High Plains Journal Montana North Dakota spring wheat wheat wheatharvest 6 Comments1 Like
Onida, South Dakota–Like athletes who have been training for the Olympics, the crew has been training all summer long for a victory lap. We have come around the final bend, and we see the last few acres of this summer’s harvest come into view. We’ve......
10 August, 2021 Uncategorized 34 Comments2 LikesSouthwestern North Dakota–Life on the road is what I know but it isn’t for the faint of heart. There are a lot of unknowns out here on harvest. Being a custom harvester is a fingers-crossed hope it all works out, kind of day-to-day gamble. Some......
09 August, 2021 2021 aawh AAWH21 Brent Avalanche harvest21 High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere MacDon North Dakota Schemper Harvesting spring wheat Uncategorized uschiharvest2021 15 Comments8 LikesWestern Kansas: The crew in western Kansas had about a day and a half off after the rain from the last post. Sitting was tough, but it did fall on the Fourth of July, so I guess it was divine timing for a break for......
06 August, 2021 2021 AAWH21 All Aboard harvest21 High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ Kansas Kansas Wheat Harvest Laura Photos stories wheat wheatharvest winter wheat 19 Comments2 LikesWestern Kansas: All the crews were cutting and that was a beautiful thing after all the weather delays. At this point, stress levels were increasing rapidly. Jobs further north were very close to ready with the hot, dry weather in that region. We still had......
06 August, 2021 2021 AAWH21 harvest harvest21 High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ Kansas Photos Shelbourne Reynolds wheat wheatharvest winter wheat 286 Comments4 Likes
Onida, South Dakota–What’s your favorite type of show to watch? Is it a mystery or a romance? Perhaps a comedy or science fiction? How about a reality show, maybe one that stars custom wheat harvesters that rarely get a day off because it never rains?......
05 August, 2021 Uncategorized 62 Comments2 LikesOne thing that sets wheat harvest in Montana apart from all the other places we harvest is that a lot of the fields are not square. Everywhere else we travel, you have north-south and east-west roads for the most part. Around here, you wind down......
04 August, 2021 AAWH21 All Aboard All Aboard News Christy Field Peas harvest harvest21 High Plains Journal Montana Uncategorized wheat 194 Comments2 LikesWestern Kansas: Due to weather and trying to compensate for that with crew positioning, I have been running a machine more this summer than in a long time. It has been a fun change of pace. I really enjoy being in the field working with......
03 August, 2021 2021 AAWH21 harvest harvest21 High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ Kansas Kansas Wheat Harvest Laura Photos 230 Comments1 LikeFinally … rain! You know that phrase “you always want what you can’t have?” Well, in this case it’s simply a matter of wanting what you have no control over. Maybe one year everything will go our way in the agriculture sector–planting and spraying will......
02 August, 2021 2021 aawh AAWH21 All Aboard All Aboard News Brent Avalanche Crop Updates Elmer's Manufacturing harvest harvest21 High Plains Journal HPJ John Deere Kinze MacDon North Dakota Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children Photos Shelbourne Reynolds Sponsors Stephanie stories Syngenta Thank the Heavens for Harvest wheat wheatharvest winter wheat 8 Comments1 LikeSouthwestern North Dakota–Everything is good here. They’ve got a good crop for us to cut this year. It looks like 40-bushel wheat and the forecast is hot and dry. I just got to southwestern North Dakota after four days of traveling up from western Kansas.......
02 August, 2021 2021 aawh AAWH21 All Aboard Brent Avalanche harvest21 High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere Kansas Wheat Harvest MacDon North Dakota Schemper Harvesting Shelbourne Reynolds South Dakota spring wheat Uncategorized uschiharvest2021 wheat winter wheat www.SchemperHarvesting.com 195 Comments4 LikesSoutheastern Colorado: There was a Ken Burns documentary on the Dust Bowl on PBS a few years back. They described this part of the world as “no man’s land.” It is a sparsely populated part of the country where only the toughest survive. Extreme weather......
30 July, 2021 2021 aawh AAWH21 Colorado harvest harvest21 High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal John Deere Laura Photos Shelbourne Reynolds stories 16 Comments3 LikesWestern 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......
29 July, 2021 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 9 Comments8 LikesThis week on harvest has been another busy one. Gary’s group by Paxton, Nebraska, is completing dryland wheat averaging about 70 to 80 bushels per acre and irrigated wheat doing about 110 bushels per acre. It’s slow moving, but it’s a good crop in that......
28 July, 2021 2021 AAWH21 All Aboard All Aboard News Christy Field Peas harvest21 High Plains Journal Montana Nebraska wheat wheatharvest 21 Comments2 Likes
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......
27 July, 2021 Uncategorized 35 Comments2 LikesSoutheast Colorado: Hi everyone. This harvest has perhaps moved into the position of “craziest one ever” due to weather. I’ve been a little bit of here, there and everywhere lately. That includes in a combine. As a result, I’ve gotten terribly behind so the next......
26 July, 2021 2021 AAWH21 All Aboard Colorado harvest21 High Plains Harvesting HPH HPJ Laura Photos wheat wheatharvest winter wheat 32 Comments8 LikesSince rain seems to be all that’s happening around here lately, I thought this blog I would share a recipe. This recipe is one that is favored by most. Enchiladas can be done many ways, and this way is one that’s a winner. Rhonada taught......
21 July, 2021 2021 AAWH21 All Aboard All Aboard News Christy Colorado harvest21 High Plains Journal wheat 19 Comments11 Likes
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......
20 July, 2021 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 11 Comments4 LikesWestern 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......
19 July, 2021 Uncategorized No comment11 LikesWe 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......
16 July, 2021 2021 AAWH21 All Aboard Christy harvest21 Uncategorized wheat wheatharvest winter wheat 13 Comments7 LikesWestern 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......
15 July, 2021 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 5 Comments10 Likes
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......
14 July, 2021 Uncategorized 13 Comments2 LikesOklahoma–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......
13 July, 2021 2021 AAWH21 HPH Laura Oklahoma Photos stories Uncategorized wheat wheatharvest winter wheat 229 Comments5 LikesThis 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......
07 July, 2021 2021 AAWH21 Christy harvest21 High Plains Journal Uncategorized winter wheat 9 Comments9 LikesEast of Dodge City, Kansas–We have been staying busy. All of our combines are now in Kansas and are finding plenty of dry wheat to cut. Farmers are calling me wanting their wheat cut. This is when I wish I had more combines. Wheat is......
06 July, 2021 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 9 Comments8 LikesPlease welcome, to the AAWH blog, Farris Brothers Inc., a custom harvesting firm from Edson, Kansas. The crew harvests from southern Oklahoma to northern Montana each summer before returning home for fall harvest. I recently caught up with Rick at a field on the corner......
05 July, 2021 2021 AAWH21 harvest harvest21 High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ Laura Oklahoma Photos stories uschiharvest2021 wheat wheatharvest winter wheat 8 Comments4 LikesOklahoma: The weather in Texas caused harvest to last long enough that the kids and I finally had to pull the plug on our time with southern harvest. I typically try to time my trip back home about the same time each season to intercept......
05 July, 2021 2021 AAWH21 All Aboard News Crop Updates harvest harvest21 High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ Kansas Kansas Wheat Harvest Laura Oklahoma Wheat Harvest Photos Uncategorized wheat wheatharvest winter wheat 2 Comments3 Likes
Thomas, Oklahoma–Working 9 to 5, what a way to make a living. Boy, you can say that again. While that famous song might describe some people’s work schedule, it certainly isn’t the schedule of a custom harvester. The crew went to the field the very......
03 July, 2021 Uncategorized 97 Comments3 LikesWhen it comes to desserts, Rhonada makes some pretty delicious treats. I, on the other hand, am not a great baker. Rhonada thankfully shared with me some of her easy recipes that even a beginner can’t get wrong. One of those is a really easy,......
02 July, 2021 2021 AAWH21 All Aboard Christy Recipes Texas Uncategorized No comment1 LikeThis week I connected with Michael Williams and the Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children to set up a time that these wonderful children can come and see what we do on harvest. We had to postpone a couple of times because we didn’t make......
02 July, 2021 2021 AAWH21 All Aboard Christy harvest21 Oklahoma Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children Oklahoma Wheat Harvest Uncategorized 37 Comments2 LikesPratt, Kansas–We arrived in southern Kansas on June 18. It was a hot 105 degrees F the day we moved. We had to travel slower because it was so hot outside. We traveled highways 183 and 281 and a lot of wheat had been cut......
01 July, 2021 2021 aawh AAWH21 All Aboard Brent Avalanche Combine Goals harvest harvest21 High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere Kansas Kansas Wheat Harvest MacDon Miss Moo Moving north again Oklahoma Schemper Harvesting Tough Conditions Uncategorized uschiharvest2021 wheat wheatharvest winter wheat www.SchemperHarvesting.com 4 Comments5 LikesNorthern Texas: As promised, I am sprinkling some other custom harvesters into my posts this summer. I know you will enjoy learning more about other teams. My first AAWH guest is Johnson Harvesting, of Evansville, Minnesota. They are celebrating their 61st season of custom harvesting.......
30 June, 2021 2021 aawh AAWH21 All Aboard Crop Updates harvest21 High Plains Journal HPJ Laura Texas winter wheat 74 Comments5 Likes
Thomas, Oklahoma–I’m taking one final walk through the house, making sure I haven’t forgotten something. The refrigerator is unplugged. The hot water heater is turned off. The blinds are closed. I’m holding the last box of clothes to transfer to the trailer house closet. I......
29 June, 2021 Uncategorized 1 Comment3 LikesSouthwest Oklahoma–Wheat harvest has just been full of tough luck lately. The weather has delayed our progress at our first stop. It’s getting late and we need to get the wheat cut here so we can move up the road. We caught another rain last......
24 June, 2021 2021 aawh AAWH21 All Aboard Brent Avalanche Combine Goals harvest21 High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere MacDon Oklahoma Oklahoma Wheat Harvest Schemper Harvesting Tough Conditions Uncategorized uschiharvest2021 wheat winter wheat www.SchemperHarvesting.com 14 Comments8 LikesNorthern Texas: Soap operas with their drama have never been my thing. I’ve only seen a handful of episodes in my life, but I feel like I’m living a harvester-themed one at the moment. I believe there was once one called, “As the World Turns.”......
23 June, 2021 2021 AAWH21 harvest harvest21 John Deere Photos Shelbourne Reynolds stories Texas wheat winter wheat 2 Comments9 LikesEarly this week we started going steadily, and the rain finally backed off. Most days we didn’t get going until well after noon, usually around 4 to 5 p.m. I’m amazed we could work as late as we’ve been able to, but we’re covering ground,......
22 June, 2021 2021 AAWH21 Christy harvest21 Texas Uncategorized wheat wheatharvest 2 Comments5 LikesNorthern Texas: The wheat finally dried down enough for us to cut a whopping two truckloads Sunday evening before the rain started again that night. I suppose on the positive side, two truckloads is better than no truckloads, which is what the stats sheet had......
18 June, 2021 2021 AAWH21 All Aboard All Aboard News harvest harvest21 High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ Laura Photos stories Uncategorized wheat 2 Comments3 LikesNorthern Texas: Rain, unusually cool temperatures, overcast skies and puffy clouds have continued their unwelcome stay down south. Very little cutting is happening from custom harvesters and farmers alike. Normally, when I’m running up and down the highways, I see machines rolling, dust clouds rising......
17 June, 2021 2021 aawh AAWH21 All Aboard Crop Updates harvest21 High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ Laura Photos stories wheat wheatharvest winter wheat 3 Comments3 LikesThis is a very unusual year. Texas normally has really hot, dry weather. In years past, I can remember having one really awful storm when we first arrive down south, then things dry quickly and go. Last year we witnessed a really terrible hail storm......
16 June, 2021 AAWH21 All Aboard All Aboard News Christy harvest21 HPJ Texas Uncategorized winter wheat 1 Comment6 Likes
Greenfield, Iowa—We may be counting down to the final day at home, but the stress level seems to be going up. Without question, the worst part of wheat harvest is the “getting ready to leave” part. You never know which one of the bazillion things......
15 June, 2021 Uncategorized 7 Comments2 Likes
Southwest Oklahoma – I had thoughts of going on harvest and cutting wheat right away when we arrived May 25. We waited around for several days before we got to start cutting. We definitely didn’t come here to sit, we came to work but there’s......
14 June, 2021 2021 aawh AAWH21 All Aboard Brent Avalanche Combine Goals harvest harvest21 High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere MacDon Oklahoma Schemper Harvesting Uncategorized uschiharvest2021 wheat wheatharvest winter wheat www.SchemperHarvesting.com 2 Comments4 LikesIt’s a good thing that farmers feed the world, and that we help those farmers gather their crops. Mostly because, the guys we feed like to eat. It feels like we take a hefty portion of what we gather to feed them. Last year I......
09 June, 2021 2021 AAWH21 Christy Uncategorized 1067 Comments2 LikesSouthwest Oklahoma–We arrived at our first harvest stop on May 25. The wheat was still a little green and the forecast not so hot. We took the time to attend the US Custom Harvesters, Inc. safety meeting in Wichita Falls, Texas. It was a very......
09 June, 2021 2021 aawh All Aboard Brent Avalanche harvest21 High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere MacDon Oklahoma Oklahoma Wheat Harvest Schemper Harvesting Uncategorized uschiharvest2021 winter wheat www.SchemperHarvesting.com 3 Comments4 LikesThe sun is shining, and we should be cutting. The rain last night dumped somewhere around a half inch. We’ll be sitting, again, for a little bit. Thursday we actually moved four of the eight machines we have here in Texas to cover one 50-acre......
08 June, 2021 2021 AAWH21 Christy Texas Uncategorized No comment5 LikesNorth Texas: While on the phone together, I asked Ryan, “So, when do you think we can start?” Ryan’s reply, “Well, if we could just miss this rain, I think we have some that would likely go now.” To give you a time reference, it......
07 June, 2021 harvest harvest21 High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH Laura Photos stories Texas 89 Comments1 LikeHello from Texas. Over the last two days, we successfully made it to our first stop. The trip down was mostly uneventful. I think this is the first time since I’ve been around that with 18 vehicles in a convoy stretching over half a mile,......
01 June, 2021 2021 AAWH21 All Aboard Christy Uncategorized 1 Comment6 LikesHoldrege, Nebraska—I’ve traveled over three thousand miles recently hauling equipment to our first stop on our wheat harvest run. The wheat looks so green and lush almost the whole way down. I enjoy the trips going south for wheat harvest. I hauled a combine and......
31 May, 2021 2021 aawh AAWH21 All Aboard Brent Avalanche harvest21 High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere Kansas MacDon Nebraska Oklahoma Schemper Harvesting Uncategorized uschiharvest2021 wheatharvest winter wheat www.SchemperHarvesting.com 6 Comments6 LikesOnce upon a time, there was an elementary aged girl who enjoyed mowing her parents’ blue grass yard on their John Deere lawn tractor. She had lots of dreams about what she might be or do when she grew up, but never once did she......
26 May, 2021 2021 AAWH21 All Aboard harvest harvest21 High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ Laura Photos stories wheat 2 Comments2 LikesHarvest hasn’t always been a part of my life. My name is Christy Paplow and I grew up right outside of Atlanta, Georgia. In 2006, I made a far-away move to Lake Park, Iowa. It was there in Lake Park that I met my husband,......
25 May, 2021 2021 aawh AAWH21 All Aboard Christy harvest harvest21 High Plains Journal HPJ Texas Uncategorized wheat wheatharvest 2 Comments6 LikesHoldrege, Nebraska—Hello from Holdrege, Nebraska. I am Janel Schemper and have been a custom harvester all of my life. I have been running combine full-time since I was thirteen years old. I’ve been chasing my combine career forever. Each year I harvest winter wheat, spring......
19 May, 2021 2021 aawh AAWH21 All Aboard Brent Avalanche Combine Goals harvest21 High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere MacDon Miss Moo Nebraska Schemper Harvesting Shelbourne Reynolds Truck Goals Uncategorized uschiharvest2021 wheat wheatharvest winter wheat www.SchemperHarvesting.com 11 Comments6 LikesSpring has sprung, and it holds one of the best universal messages: Even though it’s sloppy and unpredictable, change has arrived and it will only get better from here. For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Stephanie (Osowski) Cronje. You could......
18 May, 2021 2021 aawh AAWH21 All Aboard harvest21 High Plains Journal HPJ John Deere North Dakota Photos Stephanie Uncategorized wheat wheatharvest 4 Comments5 Likes
Greenfield, Iowa—”Nature gives to every time and season unique beauty; from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it’s just a succession of changes so soft and comfortable that we hardly notice the progress.“—Charles Dickens How I’ve already turned the calendar......
17 May, 2021 Uncategorized 6 Comments3 LikesWestern Kansas: Little Man and Lady A were so excited to see their dad when we pulled into the field that Friday. It had been exactly 5 weeks and 6 days since they had seen him which is a new record. Nothing takes the place......
05 October, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard Corn Crop Updates Fall Harvest High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH John Deere Laura Photos stories Uncategorized 3 Comments3 LikesDid you enjoy the 2020 All Aboard Harvest series? Are there some thoughtful suggestions you would like to make? Now is your opportunity. Complete this survey and you will be eligible for our giveaway drawing as well. We enjoy traveling down the harvest trail with......
29 September, 2020 Uncategorized 6 Comments0 LikesEach trip with a happy ending is a blessing and I’m happy to report our North Dakota crew made it back to headquarters safely. As previously discussed, the yields were strong in North Dakota this year. That is something to celebrate. However, weather and green......
21 September, 2020 2020 AAWH20 Corn harvest High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH Laura North Dakota Photos stories winter wheat No comment4 Likes
Greenfield, Iowa—Today I’m sipping coffee, looking out my window at the cows grazing in the pasture. I see corn and soybean fields in the distance, their color shifting from green to yellow and brown hues. A few leaves are starting to fall from the trees,......
11 September, 2020 Uncategorized 16 Comments4 LikesNortheastern North Dakota—We recently had a nice change of scenery. We took a drive over to the International Peace Gardens. I didn’t even know it existed and my dad said he’d been there many years ago. So, LaVern, Carlene, Miss Moo and I made the......
08 September, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard Brent Avalanche Combine Goals High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere MacDon Miss Moo Schemper Harvesting Truck Goals Uncategorized 3 Comments8 LikesNortheastern North Dakota—We are harvesting spring wheat way up north now at what I call Combine City, USA. I’ve been coming here for about 20 years now and it’s always full of combines at wheat harvest time. Most of the work we do here is......
04 September, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard Brent Avalanche High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere MacDon North Dakota Schemper Harvesting spring wheat Truck Goals Uncategorized www.SchemperHarvesting.com 1 Comment2 LikesNorth Dakota—All of our combines have finished cutting recently in north central Montana. Three combines have joined us here in northeastern North Dakota to cut wheat and canola. Three combines are currently headed south for fall harvest where they’ll begin in western Kansas picking wet......
03 September, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard Barley Brent Avalanche Chickpeas Combine Goals High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere MacDon Miss Moo Montana Schemper Harvesting Uncategorized 4 Comments3 LikesHome—I reached down to pick up something from the floor of the garage in front of my vehicle’s engine. I could still detect the smell of hot wheat dust on my engine as it cooled. While I love that smell, it was almost like rubbing......
02 September, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard All Aboard News Crop Updates Laura Montana Photos spring wheat Uncategorized wheat winter wheat 2 Comments3 LikesPark, Kansas—I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. One of the best things about owning a harvest crew is getting to meet so many people, from a variety of places and all walks of life. I’m glad that our business not only affords......
01 September, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard harvest High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH Laura Photos Recipes stories Uncategorized 2 Comments2 Likes
Onida, South Dakota—The crew has been working for almost a month now Sully County, and fatigue is starting to set in. To be honest, no one is really complaining. South Dakota always is our biggest stop of the year, and a little hard work never......
31 August, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard harvest High Plains Journal HPJ North Dakota Photos South Dakota spring wheat Uncategorized Videos wheat 5 Comments1 LikeNorth Dakota—I’m feeling happy because we’ve made it to our last stop on wheat harvest! That’s a great feeling because we’ve made it this far and when we’re finished here we’ll head back south and begin fall harvest at home. We are way up north......
28 August, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard Brent Avalanche Canola Field Peas High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere MacDon North Dakota Schemper Harvesting Tough Conditions Uncategorized www.SchemperHarvesting.com 3 Comments2 LikesIt is a beautiful August morning. August will always be my favorite month. Not only is it my birthday month but there’s wheat harvest at home, the weather is just about perfect, the sunsets are more vibrant, the sunflowers are in perfect bloom, all the......
27 August, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard High Plains Journal HPJ North Dakota Stephanie wheat No comment1 LikeNorth Central South Dakota—Our spring wheat harvest here in South Dakota is going quickly this year. We’ve had good cutting conditions and heat. Last year we fought lots of humidity and cooler temperatures while we were here so this year it feels so nice to......
26 August, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard Brent Avalanche Combine Goals harvest High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere MacDon Miss Moo Schemper Harvesting South Dakota spring wheat Truck Goals Uncategorized www.SchemperHarvesting.com 4 Comments2 LikesSidney, Nebraska—We have wrapped up our wheat harvest season here in Sidney. It was nice to be back in an area we haven’t been to in a couple of years. We saw good yields averaging about 45 bushels per acre and test weights averaging 60......
25 August, 2020 Uncategorized 1 Comment2 LikesAs Laura Haffner and her crew started the northern trek to the expansive dryland fields of my home state of Montana, this custom writer and photographer packed her cameras and headed further west over the mountains to catch the harvest rumbling to a start in......
21 August, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard harvest High Plains Journal HPJ Uncategorized wheat 1 Comment0 LikesNorth central South Dakota—Hello from the Dakotas! I was out in Montana for a few weeks and kept busy there harvesting winter wheat. We could’ve and would’ve stayed in Montana longer but had spring wheat to cut in South Dakota and had another deal going......
18 August, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard Brent Avalanche Combine Goals High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere MacDon Miss Moo Montana North Dakota Schemper Harvesting South Dakota spring wheat Uncategorized winter wheat www.SchemperHarvesting.com 4 Comments6 LikesSouth central Montana—The dog days of summer are upon us and I don’t know a better place to spend them than Montana. The views are outstanding, sunsets are gorgeous and harvest has been clipping along at a consistent pace thanks to cooperative weather. It’s worth......
17 August, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard All Aboard News harvest High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ John Deere Laura Montana Photos Sponsors spring wheat Uncategorized wheat winter wheat No comment4 LikesSouthern Montana: Pictures can’t always do some landscapes justice and this is certainly the case with our first farm in Montana. It is very rolling and often steep. The fields are massive with fingers that branch out from the main sections. Maybe the best way......
14 August, 2020 2020 AAWH20 Crop Updates harvest High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ John Deere Laura Montana Photos Shelbourne Reynolds stories wheat 4 Comments2 LikesSouth central Montana—Moving days are stressful and the responsibility great. There are just so many wheels on the ground (142 on this day, to be exact), many miles, large equipment, potential obstacles to navigate and, most importantly, safety. We want our teams and equipment to......
10 August, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard harvest High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ John Deere Laura Montana Photos stories Uncategorized 4 Comments2 Likes
Onida, South Dakota—They say everything is bigger in Texas. Maybe that’s true. But when it comes to the sheer scale of harvest, nothing seems to compare to South Dakota. Every aspect of the harvest is supersized here. Bigger than Texas? Well, I’ll let you be......
07 August, 2020 Uncategorized 2 Comments6 LikesBeing part of a harvest crew is an experience that cannot be cheated or duplicated. You have to travel the trail yourself to truly understand why we all rant and rave about it. I’ve done both. I’ve been the daughter of the owner of the......
06 August, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard harvest High Plains Journal HPJ John Deere Stephanie wheat 3 Comments0 LikesNorth central Montana—Ever heard the phrase been there done that? I’ve been told for many years by my parents that they’d never go back to Montana to cut wheat. So never in my life did I think I’d be harvesting in Montana. I’m here and......
03 August, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard All Aboard News Brent Avalanche Combine Goals High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere Montana Schemper Harvesting Uncategorized winter wheat www.SchemperHarvesting.com 14 Comments4 LikesMontana—Ryan has large, great family. Mine is a lot smaller, and I may be biased, but I think they are wonderful people as well. We love getting together with them whenever possible. With that information, you may think we have all the family we need.......
29 July, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 Crop Updates harvest High Plains Harvesting HPH Laura Photos stories Uncategorized wheat 2 Comments1 LikeI am reporting from good ol’ Grafton, North Dakota. Not to come out the gate whining but, man, is it saturated up here. I wish we could send some of this stuff down the wheat belt because, well … sharing is caring. Harvest is getting......
27 July, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard harvest High Plains Journal HPJ John Deere North Dakota Stephanie 2 Comments5 LikesSidney, Nebraska—This field meal takes no time at all and will satisfy even the pickiest eaters (hopefully)! Cheeseburger Pie Preheat oven to 400 degrees and spray 9-inch pie plate with cooking spray. Ingredients: 1 pound ground beef 1 small onion, chopped salt, pepper and seasoned......
26 July, 2020 2020 AAWH20 harvest HPJ Lindsey Recipes wheat 2 Comments1 Like
Onida, South Dakota—It has been a long, two-day affair, but the crew’s move to South Dakota is finally over. Time to relax, right? Wrong. Sully County welcomes us with a fierce storm forming in the west. A storm watch is in effect, and we have......
23 July, 2020 Uncategorized 3 Comments2 LikesWestern Nebraska—We’ve been hot and dry for weeks now. I’d say I’ve been cutting wheat every single day for nearly four weeks straight. I’ve seen a couple of pop-up thunderstorms out here in western Nebraska but neither time did we receive any rain in the......
20 July, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard Brent Avalanche High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere MacDon Moving north again Nebraska Schemper Harvesting Uncategorized winter wheat www.SchemperHarvesting.com 10 Comments3 LikesWaKeeney, Kansas—We just wrapped up a 10-day stint around WaKeeney, Kansas. This area has received substantial moisture recently which makes for less than favorable cutting conditions. Muddy ground, laid-over wheat and pesky weeds means a slow run for the combines. Despite the conditions, we saw......
17 July, 2020 2020 AAWH20 All Aboard High Plains Journal John Deere Kansas Wheat Harvest Lindsey wheat 2 Comments4 LikesWestern Nebraska: It’s a slightly gloomy morning as I look out the window at my view of a weathered, wooden cattle working facility and a near constant stream of Union Pacific trains on one of the busiest lines in the country. A stiff northeast wind......
16 July, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard Colorado Crop Updates harvest High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ John Deere Kansas Wheat Harvest Laura Nebraska Photos Shelbourne Reynolds stories wheat winter wheat 10 Comments3 Likes
Minneola, Kansas—With Kansas in the rearview mirror, the crew has enjoyed a change in our routine over the last week. It was a scorcher loading up equipment. With 110 degrees indicated by a local weather station, the wind seemed to be like a hair dryer......
15 July, 2020 Uncategorized 6 Comments1 LikeWestern Kansas—The days have been hot and we’ve been busy harvesting wheat out here in good ole western Kansas! I enjoy it out here. Typically, it’s hot and dry but we’ve had a couple of pop-up thunderstorms. The wheat has been yielding anywhere from 30......
13 July, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard Brent Avalanche Combine Goals High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere Kansas Wheat Harvest Miss Moo Schemper Harvesting Shelbourne Reynolds Uncategorized www.SchemperHarvesting.com 6 Comments2 LikesDid you all have a safe and healthy Fourth of July? I hope so! Lady A and Little Man just love the holiday and are a little let down that it has already come and gone. It is rare that we weren’t in the field......
10 July, 2020 2020 AAWH20 All Aboard All Aboard News Colorado Crop Updates harvest High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ John Deere Laura Photos Shelbourne Reynolds stories Uncategorized wheat winter wheat 8 Comments1 LikeWestern Kansas—The month of June is over and we’re on to July already and I’ve got my blue header on again. I have dreamed of having 100-bushel wheat to harvest again this year but when I got out west on June 29 I quickly noticed......
06 July, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard Brent Avalanche Combine Goals High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere Kansas Wheat Harvest Miss Moo Schemper Harvesting Shelbourne Reynolds Uncategorized wheat winter wheat www.SchemperHarvesting.com 1 Comment1 LikeMinneola, Kansas—Sometimes wheat harvesting can seem like a traffic jam … just when you think you get to start you find yourself sitting still due to weather, spinning your wheels. This year will not be described as stop and go, but instead more like a......
02 July, 2020 Uncategorized 2 Comments0 LikesCentral Kansas: While we were in south central Kansas, we had the opportunity to host another group from Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children. This time, it was the young men who came to see the team. They made the trip to Kansas all the way......
30 June, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 Colorado High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH John Deere Kansas Wheat Harvest Laura Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children Photos Sponsors Uncategorized wheat winter wheat 2 Comments1 LikeCheyenne, Oklahoma—It can be hard to avoid the comparison game as the wheat harvest run progresses. We witness and read about other crews moving on north into Kansas as we look at another week or so of cutting in western Oklahoma. It always seems to......
29 June, 2020 2020 AAWH20 harvest John Deere Lindsey MacDon Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children Oklahoma Wheat Harvest Shelbourne Reynolds Uncategorized wheat 1 Comment2 LikesDodge City, Kansas—For the first few days of cutting in southern Kansas we were fighting green. The moisture on the loads went 13.3% to 15%. The fields I’m cutting have big, full wheat heads. It’s all making over 60 bushels per acre. The test weights......
26 June, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard Brent Avalanche Combine Goals High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere Kansas Wheat Harvest MacDon Miss Moo Schemper Harvesting Uncategorized www.SchemperHarvesting.com 6 Comments1 LikeSouth central Kansas: Well, that escalated quickly. We have finished south central Kansas and northern Oklahoma and are on to southeastern Colorado and western Kansas. When the post was written, we had not had a single rain day since we started in Texas and these......
25 June, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ John Deere Kansas Wheat Harvest Laura Photos stories wheat winter wheat 2 Comments0 Likes
Minneola, Kansas—The red clay dirt of Oklahoma slowly fades into brown sandy soil as the crew makes its way north into Kansas. Trees and terraces are replaced by flat fields and wind turbines. The scenery has changed, but the job stays the same. We arrive......
24 June, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard Brian harvest High Plains Journal HPJ Kansas Wheat Harvest Uncategorized wheat 1 Comment2 LikesDodge City, Kansas–Schemper Harvesting’s four crews have finished up in Oklahoma and are in southern Kansas now. Jared cut wheat southwest of Wichita that yielded 25 to 50 bushels per acre and the test weights were 63 to 65 pounds per bushel. JC just got......
23 June, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere Kansas Wheat Harvest MacDon Schemper Harvesting Uncategorized wheat winter wheat www. 1 Comment1 LikeWest central Oklahoma: To all Oklahoma readers, sorry about the title. The song has been in my head all week and I just couldn’t help myself. I’m guessing you get about as tired of hear references to the musical as we Kansans do about Dorothy,......
19 June, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard harvest High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH John Deere Laura Oklahoma Wheat Harvest Shelbourne Reynolds stories Uncategorized wheat 2 Comments1 LikeThomas, Oklahoma—No two years are ever alike, and that couldn’t be more the case than with this year’s Oklahoma harvest. Last year brought some of the most challenging harvest conditions we have ever seen in Thomas when heavy rains turned fields into swamps. The wheat......
18 June, 2020 Uncategorized No comment1 LikeClothes are piled on the bed and hangers lay all over the floor. The dryer just buzzed that the final load is ready to come out. The dishwasher just finished the last few dirty dishes. The refrigerator is unplugged, and a pile of nearly-empty condiment......
15 June, 2020 Uncategorized 2 Comments3 LikesWeatherford, Oklahoma–We’ve been harvesting wheat averaging 40 and 50 bushels per acre. The test weight has been really good at 64 and 65 pounds per bushel. Then all at once to our surprise the test weight was 66.1 to 66.4 pounds per bushel and it......
13 June, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard Brent Avalanche Combine Goals High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere MacDon Oklahoma Wheat Harvest Schemper Harvesting Uncategorized wheat winter wheat www.SchemperHarvesting.com 2 Comments1 LikeNorthern Texas—I’m writing while listening to the rain patter on the roof of the camper. It’s my first rain of the season while out on the road. Listening to the rain after the crew has finished the southern most stop is a satisfying feeling. Our......
12 June, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard All Aboard News harvest High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ John Deere Laura Photos Shelbourne Reynolds stories Texas Uncategorized wheat 2 Comments0 LikesWeatherford, Oklahoma–We were lucky enough to have a ten day stretch to start out the wheat harvest before we got our first rain shower. It rained 80 hundredths last night here in the Weatherford, Oklahoma, area. It feels great to work every day for ten......
11 June, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard Brent Avalanche Combine Goals harvest High Plains Journal HPJ Janel John Deere MacDon Miss Moo Oklahoma Wheat Harvest Schemper Harvesting Truck Goals Uncategorized wheat winter wheat www.SchemperHarvesting.com 8 Comments1 LikeWest central Oklahoma—“Wow, this is really cool!” That was just one of the exclamations made by the young women of the Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children, of Madill, Oklahoma. When the comment was made, she was watching the combine unload, piling a mound of golden......
11 June, 2020 2020 AAWH20 All Aboard harvest High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ Laura Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children Oklahoma Wheat Harvest Photos Uncategorized wheat 2 Comments0 Likes“The more things change, the more things stay the same.” This ancient proverb has never seemed more applicable than over the past few months. As the 2020 wheat harvest season kicks off here in the Midwest, it’s hard to not have COVID-19 vividly on our......
10 June, 2020 2020 All Aboard Brian harvest High Plains Journal Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children Uncategorized wheat No comment0 LikesCheyenne, Oklahoma—Hello, June! It never ceases to amaze me how quickly time flies by. I feel like I blinked my eyes and the wheat that was as green as could be is now just about ready to cut! We are a family that LOVES Red......
09 June, 2020 Uncategorized 2 Comments1 LikeFrederick, Oklahoma – Hello again All Aboard Wheat Harvest followers! Harvest is finally here and, as always, it’s great to be back in the wheat fields of the Great Plains of America! However, I’m disappointed in the yields so far. This area of southwest Oklahoma......
08 June, 2020 2020 aawh All Aboard Brent Avalanche High Plains Journal Janel John Deere MacDon Miss Moo Oklahoma Wheat Harvest Schemper Harvesting Truck Goals Uncategorized wheat winter wheat 1 Comment1 LikeI want to open this season with a sincere and concerned, “How are you?” One of the sayings I’ve heard thrown around recently is “We are all in the same storm, but not in the same boat.” I know you all have been affected by......
07 June, 2020 2020 aawh AAWH20 All Aboard harvest High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH HPJ Laura Photos wheat 6 Comments1 LikeIt’s been awhile—3 years, to be exact—but we are happy to be back and sharing our harvest habit with you once again. You can take the girl out of harvest, but you can’t take the harvest out of the girl. For those of you who......
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15 November, 2019 Uncategorized 3 Comments0 LikesHome: I just came in from working outside to type my final post. It is 93 degrees in northwest Kansas today. It is hot, but not the same kind of hot felt in June or July. I think just a little hint of fall may......
06 September, 2019 2019 aawh All Aboard News harvest High Plains Harvesting High Plains Journal HPH John Deere Laura Photos Sponsors stories Uncategorized wheat winter wheat 8 Comments2 LikesThank you to our customers. I appreciate you hiring my family and I and trusting us to handle the work you provide. Hopefully you already know and have seen that we always do our very best. I’d like to thank all of the nice people......
06 September, 2019 Uncategorized 3 Comments2 LikesIt’s wild to think that summer is quickly coming to a close already! I think I expected it to go a little slower since we spent the majority of it at home … but that just hasn’t been the case. We spent two full weeks......
05 September, 2019 2019 aawh All Aboard High Plains Journal Lindsey wheat 2 Comments1 LikeThousands of miles. Thousands of acres. Thousands of bushels. You’ve tagged along with Jones Harvest all summer, but we have reached the end of this year’s journey together. Thank you for being a virtual part of the crew, for commenting and encouraging us along the......
05 September, 2019 Uncategorized 1 Comment0 LikesI think about this often. So, forgive me if it seems a bit “out there.” What I’m talking about is current experiences and adventures will one day be looked back on as memories. And if the experiences and adventures aren’t documented, either stored somewhere deep......
04 September, 2019 2019 aawh All Aboard High Plains Journal Z Crew 13 Comments1 LikeJordan, Montana–I’m certain you’ve had days like this … you try and try to make some sort of headway and, instead, it feels like you get nowhere. That’s what this past week has been for us. We didn’t get back in the field until later......
30 August, 2019 2019 aawh All Aboard High Plains Journal MacDon Montana New Holland Z Crew 6 Comments0 LikesKansas, North Dakota, Montana—The light is at the end of the summer harvest run tunnel. The crew has finished up in southern Montana and are en route to or have started their last job respectively. This is the time of the year that the crew......
29 August, 2019 2019 Corn Crop Updates harvest High Plains Harvesting HPH John Deere Laura Montana North Dakota Photos Shelbourne Reynolds spring wheat stories Uncategorized winter wheat No comment6 LikesNorth Dakota–The entire month of August has felt like fall up here in the Dakotas. For harvesters, this takes a lot of patience as it causes us opportunity lost for income and puts us behind schedule. We need heat, wind and sunshine to cut lots......
28 August, 2019 2019 aawh All Aboard Brent Avalanche Combine Goals harvest High Plains Journal Janel John Deere MacDon North Dakota Schemper Harvesting South Dakota spring wheat Truck Goals Uncategorized 2 Comments5 Likes
Onida, South Dakota – I feel I’m beginning to sound like a broken record. Since we have arrived here, harvest has been plagued by cool weather and wet conditions not seen for decades. As we cross the one-month mark since our arrival, no one could......
28 August, 2019 Uncategorized 1 Comment0 LikesCheyenne, Oklahoma—I hopped on the InstantPot train a couple of years ago after my mom recommended giving it a try. I relied heavily on her knowledge and know-how as the idea of pressure cooking made me real nervous. All I could envision was food exploding......
27 August, 2019 2019 aawh All Aboard High Plains Journal Lindsey Recipes No comment1 LikeOnida, South Dakota—Rain. Wind. Hail. I probably shouldn’t be using four-letter words, but it’s just unavoidable at this point. The last time we got together I brought you video live from the field as a significant storm was approaching. How did it all play out?......
23 August, 2019 Uncategorized 3 Comments0 LikesSouth Dakota–The month of August has been awfully cool. What we need to make harvest progress is heat, sunshine and wind and it seems we can’t get much of any of them. It is frustrating. All harvesters up north are dealing with these cooler temperatures......
23 August, 2019 2019 aawh All Aboard Brent Avalanche Combine Goals High Plains Journal Janel John Deere MacDon Schemper Harvesting South Dakota spring wheat Uncategorized winter wheat No comment3 LikesJordan, Montana–It’s been a very slow wheat harvesting week! Showers have plagued us since Aug. 9. I’m not sure how much rain we’ve had but if I were to guess, I would guess maybe three inches. It didn’t come all at once. It’s just been......
22 August, 2019 2019 aawh All Aboard High Plains Journal MacDon Montana New Holland wheat Z Crew 4 Comments0 LikesSouthern Montana—Another day, another wheat field. However, it’s not “just” another wheat field to us! It’s our farmer’s wheat field. That wheat field is a farm’s chance at income for that season and an important time for the operation. Despite cutting many acres throughout the......
21 August, 2019 2019 harvest High Plains Harvesting Laura Photos Shelbourne Reynolds stories wheat winter wheat 2 Comments1 LikeSouth Dakota–We are caught back up to the harvest again. The wheat has been borderline ready. We have cut nice wheat though that has been yielding 60 to 70 bushels per acre. The test weight has been 62 to 63 pounds per bushel and the......
16 August, 2019 2019 aawh All Aboard Brent Avalanche Combine Goals harvest High Plains Journal Janel John Deere MacDon Schemper Harvesting South Dakota spring wheat Truck Goals Uncategorized winter wheat 3 Comments4 LikesJordan, Montana–We made it! The final chapter of Harvest 2019 is now being written. The last miles of our trip from Tribune to Jordan were good and bad. The road we didn’t know anything about (between Terry and Brockway) was a piece of cake. It......
15 August, 2019 2019 All Aboard High Plains Journal Montana Videos wheat winter wheat Z Crew 10 Comments1 Like
Onida, South Dakota—When we come to South Dakota we are always prepared to roll up our sleeves and get to work. Serious work. Mile-long fields, big yields, long hauls, late nights and early mornings … this is harvesting on a grand scale, and it can......
14 August, 2019 2019 aawh All Aboard Brian High Plains Journal South Dakota Uncategorized wheat 1 Comment0 LikesSouth Dakota – We finished up cutting wheat in western Nebraska on Aug. 1 and that is a first for me. I can’t remember ever cutting wheat in Nebraska in August. We cut a lot of nice wheat there and overall it was a good......
08 August, 2019 2019 aawh All Aboard Brent Avalanche Combine Goals High Plains Journal Janel John Deere MacDon Nebraska Schemper Harvesting South Dakota Truck Goals 8 Comments3 LikesTerry, Montana–I am exhausted and words are not coming easily to my foggy brain. Our past week has been spent either preparing for the move to Montana or on the road. The next chapter of our 2019 harvest journey will be titled, “Jordan, Montana.” This......
07 August, 2019 2019 aawh All Aboard High Plains Journal Kansas Wheat Harvest Montana New Holland Z Crew 4 Comments0 LikesNortheastern Colorado—The other night, we were greeted by an unusual sight. We see a vast variety of campers and motor homes on our travels, but I’ve never seen one
