Scott Clark talks about American Quality’s arrival in South Dakota, ripe wheat, and the amount of traveling his crew does throughout the year. I’ve already touched on the subject of how frequently we load up our machinery and haul it to the next job site. As...
This past week the Misener crew has had the privilege to be part of something great. Conrad Weaver, owner - operator, Conjo Studios LLC, has come from Maryland. Conrad is creating a documentary of wheat harvest through his film making company called "Wheat Harvest Movie." We...
Yesterday we finished harvesting in Midland and headed towards Gettysburg. The entire trip my phone was ringing off the hook with questions of where we were from my nephews, Bryce and Brady. Or shall I say questions of where Kaidence was! I knew she should...
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...
We made it to the first stop on our way to Gregory, South Dakota.Mom, Dan and I left Elk City, Okla., on Saturday and headed Grinnel, Kan., where we dropped off the John Deere all-crop head that we had been working on at home....
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...
Scott talks about preparing the combines to harvest in wet conditions. Storms have also been rolling through parts of South Dakota and there’s a chance the ground conditions may be a bit muddy when it’s time to begin harvesting the wheat up there. This means we...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture state field offices released their weekly crop reports following the Independence Day holiday. Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas are all reaching completion of harvest, while northern states are waiting on the wheat crop to ripen. Nebraska¹s southern counties are just getting...
