Holdrege, Nebraska — I have been staying busy picking high-moisture corn this past week. It's high-yielding and around 28 to 31 percent moisture. It's standing well and is green and healthy, too.



High-moisture corn is harvested and hauled to the feedlot, where it is ground and stored in a bunker. The feedlot will feed it to the cattle in the ration all year long. The best corn picks and packs well at 25 to 30 percent moisture.



Fall harvest is here, and we'll be busy for a few more months. Our forecast is clear with highs in the 60s and 70s. We've

Holdrege, Nebraska — I've been back in Nebraska for a few days now. The days have been hot and windy, and that helps ripen the crops along. The soybeans are getting closer to ready, and I think we’ll cut in a few days. I'm looking forward to it.



We have six combines here and three in Kansas picking corn. We have one more day of heat and wind, and then our forecast cools off with highs in the 70s and 80s. It is dry here. There are chances of rain later in the week. The corn and soybeans are turning from

Holdrege, Nebraska — We finished in northwestern North Dakota late last week and loaded up. Then the big, busy days arrived. It took my crew four days of traveling to get back south to Nebraska. We are all here now with nine combines, five tractor grain carts and lots of trucks. We had a good trip. We didn't blow any tires.



Now I'm home, and I've gotten two combines, a tractor grain cart and three trucks and trailers washed. We are changing tires on combines, putting on duals for fall harvest. There is so much work to do.



I just went and

North Dakota — I can't believe it's Sept. 2, and another summer harvest has flown by already. It's been a busy summer. The southern country went quickly as the weather was mostly all good. We started cutting wheat May 20 and stayed consistently busy until mid-July. Then the northern country had its share of delays with not only waiting on wheat to ripen but wet weather, fog and heavy dews. However, North Dakota is my favorite part of the summer, and here I've gotten to put in some big days and cut big, beautiful fields of durum, spring wheat and

Way up north, North Dakota — I love the feeling of being at the last stop on wheat harvest. We've come such a long way, and it feels great knowing that once we finish we'll be headed back south for fall harvest. I left home May 18 and haven't been back. It'll be nice to return one of these days!



We got moved from southern to northern North Dakota on August 25 and went straight to the field to start cutting durum. It's yielding around 50 bushels per acre. Three other Schemper combines arrived from Montana at nearly the same time.

North Dakota — We've been harvesting canola the past several days. It's ripe and cutting nicely. It's yielding more than 2,000 pounds per acre and is dry, around 5 percent moisture. We’ve been staying busy, and our forecast is mostly clear with highs in the 80s. The crops in this area will disappear quickly now "if" the weather stays good. Canola needs cut when it's ripe because wind shatters the grain, and there is wind in the forecast.



We have two combines here and seven in Montana, trying to get finished up. The radar shows they got rain today in Montana.

North Dakota — It's August 12, and we've finished the durum here. We're cutting really nice spring wheat now. The canola has turned from green to gold quickly since we've been here, too. When we get the spring wheat cut, we'll move on to canola. The spring wheat has been yielding around 65 bushels per acre, and it's been a beautiful crop to cut.



It feels great to be in North Dakota cutting wheat. This is my favorite place on our wheat harvest run. The scenery is gorgeous, and the fields are big and beautiful. This morning I went outside, and

North Dakota — It's now August 5, and we are cutting durum and spring wheat. The durum is such a beautiful grain with its rich amber color. It's been yielding in the 60s and 70s. Our weather has been hot and dry, but just yesterday it was a beautiful, breezy 70-degree day. It was a nice change from the high heat.



Durum is used to make pasta and specialty breads. It thrives in a climate where there are cool summer nights and warm days with adequate, but not excessive, rainfall and dry harvesting conditions. All of that is typical of western

North Dakota — Doesn't it feel great to go somewhere where they know you? I've been cutting wheat in this part of North Dakota for about 15 years now. It's so nice to be greeted with a, "Hey, how are you doing?" That goes a long ways when somebody is friendly. North Dakota is my favorite on our harvest run.



I just got here, and the crops look good. The winter wheat is making 65 to 85 bushels per acre. There is a lot of spring wheat and canola here. It's nice to be back in wheat country! I love seeing

South Dakota — What a surprise it's been so far! The wheat has been making around 50 bushels per acre. The weather has been hot and dry. Our forecast stays hot with expected temperatures in the 100s later this week. That will help ripen the crops right along.



Our crews in Montana are picking up wheat and straight cutting wheat. It's been yielding in the 50s, 60s and 70s. The test weights have been 62.5 percent and the protein 11 percent. The northern country is typically my favorite on our harvest run. The scenery is pretty, and the fields are nice.