How can it be November already. This harvest season has come and gone in a blink of an eye. Especially after how long the season was last year.
The beans and corn here in North Dakota came off in a very timely manner. The weather for the most part has been absolutely beautiful, and I don’t think you will hear anyone complain about that. Well, I guess maybe two people, Kyler and Bentley are anxiously waiting for our first snow so they can get their snowmobiles out and cruise around.
The kids have been in full sports and school mode so we have been busy running for that and helping in the field as much as we can.
The combines have put the miles on in North Dakota as we have been all over cutting beans and picking corn. I honestly couldn’t even tell you most of the time where they all were at one time. Which is a good thing because we have stayed busy and the employees are still here. Even pulled Roger out of retirement to run a combine to make sure we got the acres covered so we could move on to the next job.
Logan and Danica are still up in Westhope but should be seeing the end within the next week or two. Cole, Karlie, Mychal and I have been roaming around the home area with some minor ventures a little farther away. I am finally able to see my desk after countless nights of tickets coming in from multiple farmers and trying to keep them sorted all while being out in the field myself.
We have quite a few employees left, which is amazing to see them stick it out until the end. We are super grateful for all their help and making sure we cross the finish line before the weather decides to change. Some have offered to stay and make sure all the equipment gets blown off, washed and put away for the winter which helps our boys so much. Karlie and I have gotten three of the five crew campers cleaned up and winterized so that is always a good feeling, and we didn’t have to freeze doing it.
Mychal and I took a little break from the field at the end of October to attend the National FFA Convention to promote the US Custom Harvesters Organization and to get kids interested in joining a harvest crew. I have attended this convention before and I would go back every year if I could, to see some kids get super into the conversation and the questions they ask to teaching some about a whole different world is worth the trip.
Bentely spent a lot of time in the grain cart on weekends and after school once football was over but unfortunately his field time has come to an end since wrestling season has officially begun.
As hard as it is this time of the year to see the employees slowly start to leave, campers closed up, and the last rows of corn being done I am happy to be able to spend time with my family and have some down time before we do it all over next season. Everyone has their struggles during the season with breakdowns, help, accidents, or maybe it’s just us, but it’s a lifestyle that I wouldn’t trade and know we will make it through all of it.
Thank you for following along on our journey and wishing you all a wonderful Thanksgiving.
