Hoffman Harvesting is in Texas harvesting. Last week, Leon and 5 guys headed down to Kiowa to retrieve our combines and get them set up and ready for harvest. Three of them proceeded on to Texas to start the wheat harvest while two came back...
Hoffman Harvesting has finally come full circle in what we call the thousand mile harvest. We left Bowdle when the wheat was only just seeded and have finally returned to see it ripe and ready to cut. On Friday, we wrapped up our spring...
Every year in Sioux Falls, SD there is an event called the "Big Boys Toy Show". Yesterday, we kind of had a show of our own. For the first time this year I was able to take pictures of all the equipment lined up in...
Here are some more photos from the Gettysburg, S.D., area that didn't get into the first post. These are from the unloading process into the auger. Three combines finish up on a field as another waits to dump. A truck approaches the field. The trucks wait to be...
When asked what my favorite stop is I wouldn’t be able to choose because they all make harvest complete; however, when asked what my least favorite stop is it would have to be home. Not because I am not excited to reunite with family and...
So what does a South Dakota harvest crew do when they can't cut? They go to the river. Hoffman Harvesting is still in Gettysburg and waiting for the green spring to get ready. We received rain while we were harvesting our last...
Hoffman Harvesting about ready to wrap up our last day of winter wheat harvest here in Gettysburg, SD. The wheat has been really good with yields ranging from 60 - 70 bu/ ac and test weights of 60 - 63. The spring wheat is a little ways off from...
Limon, Colo. - I don't have a lot of news from the wheat world to share today. The Z crew spent the afternoon cleaning vehicles, trucks and equipment, and getting things ready for the big move to Montana. This evening, a couple who we cut for...
Hoffman Harvesting got done cutting in Goodland, Kan. on the 14th with the exception of one combine which has been running with our farmer. The next day we worked on cleaning the machines and loading. We were able to get things done quickly as we only had...
Hoffman Harvesting wrapped up cutting in Gooland, KS last night right before a thunderstorm struck. Once we got started harvesting, the whole harvest here has thankfully been a hit and miss with the storms that kept brewing almost daily. The wheat was good averaging around 55 -...