Amber Waves of Grain: An American Harvest.

 We have finished the 2016 wheat harvest!  Thanks to our team for working some long days (20 in a  row to be exact) to get the crop harvested.  We have a couple of days planting double crop soybeans left but are glad to see more rain!  The wheat crop was excellent in yield and quality.  The price of wheat has really gone down but we didn't lose any money.  That's always a plus during times of low commodity prices!  We will spend the next couple of months delivering wheat to Siemer Milling in Hopkinsville, KY.  There it will be milled into flour and distributed across the Eastern United States to be made into biscuits, cookies, crackers, cake mix, pancakes, bread and even OSB and particle board for construction.  In all the hustle that is harvest time I managed to take a few pictures of the harvest landscape and I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed watching them in real time during harvest.

The contrast of a golden wheat field and the blue sky can be stunning during certain times of the day!

The first day of harvest.

An office with a view!

Collecting harvest data.

Coming and going.

On the go!

Trucks waiting on a load, but not for long!

The grain cart takes the grain away from the combines to the trucks so the combines don't lose time harvesting driving over to fill the trucks.

WOW!

After a long hot day, a cool colorful sunset is a welcome view. 

As Mac would say, "Pink Time."

Fill her up Sherman.

Another load of high milling quality wheat going into the bins.

Dumping wheat at the bins.

Gran and Mac in the combine.

Harvest time can be tiring especially for Jack!

Another beautiful harvest sunset.

Planting no-till double crop GMO - RoundUp Ready Soybeans.

Hooking headers to the combines after moving to a new field.

Big Sherm putting on a big load of wheat headed to the bins.
Photo Credit Brent Thacker Ohio Valley Crop Insurance

Dad threshing wheat with the stripper header.Photo Credit Brent Thacker Ohio Valley Crop Insurance

Dad dumping "on the go" to Sherman Marklin in the grain cart.Photo Credit Brent Thacker Ohio Valley Crop Insurance

Chris Marklin threshing wheat with a draper header.Photo Credit Brent Thacker Ohio Valley Crop Insurance

All American Harvest in TN.
Photo Credit Brent Thacker Ohio Valley Crop Insurance

Amber waves of grain takes on a meaning to our family during wheat harvest that usually concludes around July 4th.  This year we will have the opportunity to take a day off and celebrate our nation's independence and what our great nation stands for.  I hope you enjoyed our American Farm Family Harvest pictorial!