Wrapping up harvest 2025
Hey y’all! We’ve been going at it for 5 ½ months, and we still have a few more weeks to go, but no big deal because we enjoy our time in this cozy part of southwest Kansas.
We started with wheat in Oklahoma, then traveled home to South Texas to cut milo and pick cotton. Next, we ran up to Kansas to cut more milo and pick corn. Harvest time is always our favorite time. We enjoy traveling, meeting new friends, catching up with old ones, and watching all the beautiful sunsets. However, our favorite part is being able to harvest the crops that feed and clothe the world.
These past few weeks have been interesting. We definitely have a noteworthy occurrence worth mentioning since my last story. We had a major breakdown. We had to replace the chaffer frame on Wyatt’s combine. We also replaced all the shaker arms, since we had the machine torn apart in the barn. While we had the machine torn apart, we decided to do a few minor repairs too. Thankfully, we had a rain shower that day and the next morning, so the 16 hours we were down did not delay our harvest.
We also got a new to us tractor and buggy for Wesson. It was hard to park our old tractor and buggy, but it was certainly time. The good thing is, we are not parting with it, our old tractor and buggy will just go home to Texas and get to retire in the barn.
Our corn harvest has been running smoothly until we run into some green corn. When we reach that point, we swap our concaves and find some milo that is ready to harvest. We have been switching between the two for some time now. Thankfully, Wailynn, Wyatt, and Wesson do not complain. We all do what needs to be done to keep the machines rolling. We are always so proud of these boys! All the long hours and hard work they dedicate to helping get the crops in. It certainly is not for the weak!
The weather has been fantastic for the most part, however the nights that roll down into the 20s are freezing this south Texas girl out!
We have been able to run across several acres. The dryland corn yield has been bouncing from 70-130 bushels, the few irrigated fields that we have been able to harvest have been hanging around 225 bushels, and the milo has been yielding around 50-140. We are currently harvesting dryland milo that is averaging 75 bushels.
Thank you for following along with us on our 2025 harvest journey! We hope to see you next year! We also want to wish y’all a very Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, and Blessed New Year! Until next time!
Also, a big thank you to High Plains Journal for making these articles possible for us to write and y’all to read!
