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....
Colorado- The winter wheat harvest was estimated at 87 percent complete, up from 68 percent the previous week. Forty percent of the spring wheat crop was turning color, up from 35 percent previously. This is compared with 58 percent last year and 54 percent on...
Yesterday began as a moving day. We were able to finish up the "crater" field and move 25 miles back towards Hemingford to reach our next fields. There must be something in the water around here because the dry land and irrigated fields are all...
Rain is the one factor that can make or break a harvest day. The forecast (according to smart phones) has only included a 20 percent chance of rain the last couple days, which anyone around here will tell you is exactly when it rains. The...
