Almost

Wednesday we harvested corn in a raging wind with flurries off and on all day to make it interesting. With bitter cold temperatures, we are finding out winter harvest is a challenge! Thursday we finished up the last field around home. That left the two "away" fields.
The wind on Wednesday flattened portions of the 40 acres left near Goodfield, so we put the downed corn reel on the combine. Whoever invented the downed corn reel should have received a Nobel prize. In my opinion they produced something far better to help mankind than a certain someone else who recently received a Nobel!

Friday was a very good day. The sun was shining, the sky was clear, and we moved machines 30 miles to our farthest away farm. My brother's in-laws showed up to help us, along with a neighbor, and we harvested 102 acres of corn in 8 hours! We had 2 combines, 2 grain carts, 4 semi trucks, and 2 straight trucks in the field and on the road. We are very thankful for all the help, and it was fun working together. Our wives brought us chili and Subway sandwiches for our field lunch, and pizza for supper.

Saturday morning we moved to Goodfield and started in on the downed corn, our last field. On the very first round, one of the outside snouts crumpled for some unknown reason on the frozen ground. After removing it and sending my father to try to find a replacement, I was able to keep running taking 5 rows one direction and 6 rows the other direction (where the corn was leaning away from the missing snout). My cousin showed up with his machine and helped us for a couple hours, until he felt conditions were right for his downed corn to go. Alas, late afternoon a freezing drizzle started falling, and the sieves in the combine started plugging up with wet, icy chaff. After climbing inside the back of the combine every couple of rounds with a hoe and stiff bristle brush to clean the gunk out, we finally forfeited to the elements.

We trudged the machinery home on icy roads with a mere 5 acres left.
Harvest 2009 continues for us.

And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came upon one stalk, rank and good. And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them. And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
Genesis 41:5-7