Deerfield, Kan. – I hope everyone had a fun and safe holiday weekend! We finished cutting around Deerfield on Saturday; one day shy of working here one full week. It was a good crop this year – the wheat was thick and heavy, dry, and had...
Colby, Kan.- I hope you all had a blast this 4th of July! Hoffman Harvesting was finished up with the Colby, Kan. harvest in time to celebrate July 3, 4 and 5th. We bided our time grilling out, playing rugby and baseball- well some of us anyway, swimming,...
Jenna Zeorian can be reached at jenna@allaboardharvest.com. All Aboard 2010 Wheat Harvest is sponsored by High Plains Journal and DuPont Crop Protection. ...
Deerfield, Kan. – The Z crew has had some big cutting days in Deerfield. The crop here has been one of the best we’ve cut in years, with the wheat ranging from 70 to 80 bushels per acre. The test weight has been exceptional, too...
Colby, Kan.- Before getting in the field to cut, we come out in the morning and do servicing on our equipment. Our duties range from filling gas, greasing machinery and cleaning windows/ interiors to minor repairs and odd and ends job. The wheat is looking good here. Yesterday...
A scale view of the Ehmke's scale house. When the Ehmke's needed a new building for their scale house, the family wasn't thinking traditionally. "We knew we didn't want something prebuilt," said Louise. She went on to say we wanted something that reflected what we did...
Hoffman Harvesting made the short move from Scott City to Colby today. Yesterday we picked up a little more work, so that meant we needed to clean off equipment and load before we could head out today. I made the trip out to the Ehmke...
Hoffman Harvesting had some time between jobs so we moved from Pratt, Kan. to Scott City, Kan. where we picked up a harvest job. We wrapped up two days ago but internet problems kept me from being able to post. Technology is a wonderful thing isn't...
Guest blogger Scott Clark reports in this week as the Clark Farms Harvesting crew moves north to Tribune, Kan. This week Scott talks about muddy conditions in Kiowa, Kan., a wild problem with an engine fan, and moving to northwest Kansas. The crew finished our...
Deerfield, Kan. – This morning when I first woke up, I had absolutely no idea where I was. I really and truly had to run through a list in my head. Texas? No. Oklahoma? No. On the road? No. Finally I remembered…I’m in Kansas now. On...
