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...
My previous two posts have hopefully brought everyone up to speed on Roland Harvesting, I'll continue to keep everyone up-to-date for the next couple of posts and then we'll all be caught up. As I've said before wheat harvest can be a busy time for...
My last post was to help get everyone up to speed with Roland Harvesting. This post will be very similar as I try to catch everyone up on how our summer wheat harvest has gone so far. Once we finished up in Altus, Okla., we...
Hoffman Harvesting is moving up the road today. Our next job isn't ready and the word is that there are several harvesters looking for work in Oklahoma. So we will head up the road to see if there is any work but if not, will be ready...
Our harvest in Olney, TX was complete last night. Today we are wrapping things up and getting loaded. It has been really windy to the point that it felt like we were experiencing what the dust bowl of the 1930's must have felt like. Okay, I am exaggerating...
There is just something about the people in Texas that emanates hospitality. They are always “fixin” to do something but even if you barge in uninvited, they always have the time for a quick howdy and a ya’ll come back now ya hear! From the...
Last night we were greeted with a pretty good storm. The winds were strong and we received pea sized hail. In a house this doesn't seem so bad but when you live in a camper, it feels like you are in a tin can. The...
Last night we were able to get back in the field. There are more forecasts for rain so it is good we were able to cut. You know how they say everything is bigger in Texas...
Well, thankfully I am not a gambling woman! Yesterday morning around 6 a.m. it started to rain. Since we needed some groceries, we headed in to Wichita Falls, TX and got stocked up at Sams Club. We also celebrated Johan's birthday at the Texas Roadhouse....
In yesterday's post I said there was a chance of rain. It was a 50% chance but if I was a gambling woman, I would say it isn't going to happen. The wind has been strong which should allow for a late night of harvesting. [caption...
