Happy Birthday Moses! Today was Moses (Andreas) 22nd birthday. Along with his birthday came several breakdowns. In the early afternoon, Callum’s hydraulics on his unloading auger quit working. We had to take a quick parts run to John Deere in Phillip. It took about 20 minutes...
Hoffman Harvesting is busy working in Midland. Typically known as cattle country, farmer's in western South Dakota are proving us wrong. As far as the eye can see around the Mundt Brother's farm is wheat or corn. There is a lot of potential in this...
Today, along with my parents Kaidence and I made the move to Midland, South Dakota. The "guys" and the equipment started moving after lunch the previous day. The trip took them two days since they can't move wide load equipment in the dark. It is also...
Last night we finished up with harvest in the Limon/ Genoa area. Since it was a bit sooner than anticipated, I am sad our run is already over in Colorado. We also thought there would be a break between our jobs in South Dakota and Limon, but this...
Today, Hoffman Harvesting had another day that ran quite smoothly. Not only have we enjoyed being back in the field together, the wheat is also looking good. Protein is 12 to 14 while the yield is in the 30's. Test weights are anywhere from 58 to 67. For the first...
For the first time in a long time it feels like we are back into the swing of things. We actually cut without getting interrupted by rain or green wheat yesterday and today. It turns out Andreas and Roly were getting along better than I thought. This morning...
Yesterday, Hoffman Harvesting packed up a portion of our crew and headed to Limon, Colorado. We didn't just say goodbye to Goodland and Kansas, we also said goodbye to four of our crew members. Roly and Andreas will continue to cut seed wheat in Goodland...
This is Part II of my post from yesterday...
If you see harvesters on the road or parked in campgrounds, you will often see 10 wide, silver campers. They may not necessarily look pretty like new campers on the outside but harvesters love these campers which are quite "homey" in the inside. They are...
I am afraid to say something to have the same effect as last time but...