Images of the 2007 Harvest Pg 6

Harvesting spring wheat in South Dakota.

Cutting spring wheat near Harrold, South Dakota. This is a unique perspective for viewing the action. This particular field was

quite large, several thousand acres. The days were terribly hot, usually in the high 90s. All the combines and crews were back together

for the move into South Dakota. This gave the crew six combines and for this portion of the harvest, a seventh combine.

Nearly hidden in dust, six combines make the turn in fields near Harrold, South Dakota.

A sharp eye and having a camera at hand, Daniel caught that moment with six combines in stepping position as

his grain cart was loaded with another shot of wheat..

Six combines appear as small red dots in the distance in South Dakota..

With the tractor and grain cart following close behind, here's how the action looks at the combining site.

Combines march up the slopes of a wheat field like sentinels in lock-step as they harvest

South Dakota's spring wheat crop.

Like soldiers lined up for parade inspection, the combines are lined up in the field at the end of each day. There

were seven total combines on this day, a seventh joined them to aid in the South Dakota harvest.

While we see the colorful parades of equipment in the fields, we seldom get to see the behind the scenes stuff. This combine undergoes

an inspection an maintenance, a necessary requirement considering the grueling demands and conditions the equipment may confront in the

course of a harvest season. Once these combines finish wheat, they will harvest soy beans and corn.

Waiting on the side are the grain trucks. At one point these guys drove one-way 40 miles to find storage either at grain elevators

or on-farm grain tanks.

Here, two of the semi's await loading. At times the journey from the fields was long enough that without the greater

hauling capacity, the combines would have sat and awaited arrival of an empty truck. This crew has done their home work well,

and there were never any long delays.

Transloading grain via the grain cart between the combines, in the far distance and the grain truck to move the wheat from the field.

Here's one of two grain carts and articulated frame tractors as it moved between grain trucks and combines.

Not all grain goes directly from the fields to an elevator. This is a portable belted conveyor used to fill on-farm storage tanks so the farmer

can take the grain to the elevator at a later date.

This is the portable dump and rubber drag belt that lifts grain to the grain tanks.

Could this be that new and super-secret green combine reportedly seen in the fields of the Great Plains? Actually, the harvest gang takes a few minutes to examine the hulk of a John Deere combine that is probably between 40 and 50 years old. It rests in silence near a field that it once harvested. Its a long way from this machine to the super combines the crew is running this harvest season.

Day's end on the Great Plains, July 2007..

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