Limon, Colorado - It was exactly a week. We walked away from the too-green-wheat field on July 11 and finally got moving again on July 18. It sure didn't happen very quickly. After the showers we received on Monday and Tuesday, we opted to wait until...
Morgan County, Colorado: Disclaimer – If you are here for crop stats, skip this post. If you are interested in reading the “life musings” of Laura, continue! I recently had the opportunity to add to my “community” this spring. Last fall, Tracy Zeorian reached out with the...
Limon, Colorado - A week ago, I was feeling overwhelmed with the amount of stuff that was piling up on me, laundry, bills, dishes, dirty trailer house, etc. Amazing what a difference a few days can bring. Cutting among the wind turbines. There are so...
Sidney, Nebraska – It’s been hot and windy and we have been busy cutting wheat lately. The yields have been anywhere from 25 to 60 bushels per acre. The wheat quality has varied. The test weights 57 to 65 lbs and the protein 9-12%. If...
Limon, Colorado - The custom harvester continues to struggle with the 2018 harvest season. What began in May with severe drought in the southern states and the late season freezes, continues now with the nasty four-letter word…hail. If you haven’t experienced it yourself, the images on social...
Limon, Colorado - Goodness, it's such a catch 22. I either have enough time to do the things I need to do (which means we're doing nothing in the field) OR I'm scrambling to figure out how to make it all work. I'm behind on catching...
Southwest Nebraska - It’s still unreal to me that we had nothing to cut in western Kansas. I didn’t get to use my Shelbourne header much in Kansas this year. Blue header time is one of my favorite times during wheat harvest. I’m disappointed. We spent...
Southeast Colorado: I have a love/hate relationship with GPS technology. Some of you may recall this from previous posts. I will admit, it is improving all the time and the accuracy is a little scary (the occasionally inaccuracy is equally scary). Without giving away my...
Garden City, Kansas - Music has a way of taking a person back to a time and a place that meant something. The song, "The Boys Are Back In Town", was popular the summer of 1976. A time when I was a whole lot younger and never...
Enders, Nebraska – I’ve traveled quite a few miles the past couple of days while moving equipment from Kansas up north to southwest Nebraska. Our Kansas run was short this year. Usually we spend the 4th of July in western Kansas but there was nothing...