Louisville, Nebraska—My days aren't slowing down and they're all starting to run together. And I kind of hate it. The Z Crew got moved to Garden City, Kansas, on Tuesday. How in the world has it already been almost a week!? We pulled into the camp...
Manley, Nebraska—IT’S TIME TO GO! Yes, you read that right, it’s time to leave for harvest! Dad talked to the farmer on Sunday and we have wheat to cut. And it needs cut NOW. Woo-hoo! Yesterday and today continue to be run-around-like-a-chicken-with-your-head-cut-off busy days. Last night...
Hemingford, Nebraska—Just like Dory, the optimist fish from Disney/Pixar's Finding Nemo, Roland Harvesting's motto for the past couple weeks has been "Just keeping swimming." In reality, it feels as if we're swimming upstream in the Mississippi River. On May 21 the crew headed south to drop off part...
Manley, NE: Ahh...
Dickinson, N.D./Powell, Wyo./Hemingford, Neb. - The past couple weeks have been a blur for Roland Harvesting. Countless hours of driving and thousands of miles have been logged in the last 2 weeks as we've been steadily working in 3 states. Brandon, Jose, and Matt kicked off...
During harvest we have structure. We all have our own delegated tasks to complete each day; mom makes breakfast, dad buys ice and fills up water jugs and the cooler, and Brandon and I fuel up and service machines. When we get home, the structure...
Hemingford, Neb. - As I mentioned in my previous post, harvest around home is in the final stretch. Our extended family came to our rescue like they do every summer. Roland Harvesting would like to thank everyone in our family for helping out with home...
Where, oh where, has the summer gone? Osowski Ag Service is now all packed up and ready to return to our stomping ground in Grafton, N.D. The half circle we were waiting on ripened up nicely and we were able to finish in just a...
Chadron/Hemingford, Neb. - Roland Harvesting has spent the past two weeks trying to survive a fast and furious harvest around home. I was able to return back to Nebraska for a few days and spent much of that time helping out around Chadron. The crew remained split...
Half a circle complete! Irrigation is a funny thing. One of the halves was ready for us to harvest, while the other is still between ripe and ready. However, I don't think I have ever seen wheat at 12.2 percent moisture with such green straw....
