This year’s corn crop is sizing up to be a good one. This summer’s heat has helped the crop explode over the last 20-30 days but farmers still need some cooperation from Mother Nature. A couple inches of rain would take pressure off the irrigators and save the dryland crop where lack of moisture is getting critical.
Mike and Deb Woodhead (center) of Woody’s Pivot Service accepted their Chamber first dollar from chamber president Samantha Goff (second from left) at the regular monthly meeting on July 15. Also pictured is chamber member Adair Reese (left), chamber vice-president Michelle Ross, and chamber board member Monica Poppe. Though Woody’s has been in business in Holyoke since 1997, they purchased their current location in Grant in 2020 and operate Woody’s Pivot Service, Mowers n More and Magnum Manufacturing from their building. Their summer hours are from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Woody’s can be contacted at 308-352-2121 and woodyspivot@gmail.com, or by stopping in their shop at 76070 Highway 61 in Grant.
University ag research technologist Greg Dorn of Lincoln uses a specialized combine to harvest wheat breeding plots at the Stumpf Wheat Center earlier this month.
Wheat harvest brings an end to the annual cycle that began last fall when farmers planted this year’s crop.
After his father’s passing and an unfortunate situation regarding his custom sprayers, Scott Osler received the help of many neighbors harvesting 327 acres of wheat. Nobody wanted to be recognized, they simply wanted to help a community member in need.
In the tradition of Perkins County’s farmers, the community of Elsie banded together Saturday, July 10 to help Scott Osler harvest his wheat when he was going through a difficult time, both in life
From the highway, it’s hard to grasp the sheer enormity of the new two-million-bushel grain storage facility being constructed at Frenchman Valley Coop’s east receiving location. The metal skeleton is complete and workers are beginning to put on the outside skin while work continues on the grain leg at the west. Notice above how small the workers look at the far end of the new facility or on the top of the leg.
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