Custom farming agreements usually include tillage, planting, some weed control, harvesting, and delivering grain to a specified location.

Mychal Neumiller, secretary for the U.S. Custom Harvesters, says they have seen some issues with harvesting fall crops, including wetter corn and poor soybean performance. As of Nov. 16, the USDA crop ...

If USDA’s Prospective Plantings report holds true, producers are on track to plant 92 million acres of corn, more than 87 million acres of soybeans and almost 50 million acres of wheat this year. But ...

Holdrege, Nebraska – Hello harvest 2018. I am Janel Schemper and am a third generation custom harvester. Harvest has been a part of my life forever. Trucks and combines is my middle name and Princess ...

The root of the stalk determines the health of the plant. It doesn’t matter if you are talking about a wheat plant or a human being. Our challenges today stem around the fact that too many folks have ...

ONIDA, S.D. — It’s the busy season for custom harvest crews across the country. Crews like the Olsen Custom Farms start their harvest season in Oklahoma and Texas, then work their way up to the ...

A tractor and grain cart, which is used to shuttle wheat from combines to trucks for hauling. (Michael J. Dax) After cutting their final acres of wheat in eastern Colorado, Jim and Tracy Zeorian, the ...