In the Center of Kansas, harvest usually starts around 20th or so of June. Depends on the weather.
Up until my Dad passed away in 2006 we harvested approximately 1500 - 3000 acres of wheat. My Dad usually had 1000 or so acres, and my Uncle usually had 1500 - 2000 acres. They cut together. The lunches in the field my Mom and Aunt would prepare were fit for Kings.
I can remember back in the 70's, cutting with a JD95 and JD105 and three trucks. Usually back then the local elevators were within 3 or 4 miles or so away. Now most of the little local elevators have shut down and you have to haul quite a bit farther. Back then we would cut for about 2 - 3 weeks and then start helping the neighbors that had not got finished. I can remember getting sick of harvest. My Dad and Uncle believed in being in the field by 7:00am or so to start servicing combines and eqt. I always got the job of fueling and washing cab windows, once cabs were in the picture. They also believed in staying until the elevators were closed, and all the trucks and grain carts were full. Sometimes if the wind was blowing, we could cut until 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning.
Later on, with the larger combines, it cut the time in half, or even better. One of the reasons my Brother and I decided to quit farming this year was due to the local elevators closing down. We were going to drastically have to upgrade our trucks to go the farther distance to dump. Very few on the farm storages around here for wheat. Bob
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