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The potatoes are looking great today, even though the farm is still soaked and muddy from all the rain. The crew headed out early to service the harvester and crossover while I got ready to jump in the chisel plow. We’ve got 900 acres that need to be worked so we can get fall wheat in the ground as soon as we finish spud harvest. With wild oats taking over some of our fields, fall wheat should outgrow and outcompete them next spring. We’re also gearing up for a big expansion next year, jumping from 1,600 acres of wheat to 2,500, and we’ve upgraded to a 30-foot Lemken Solitaire DT drill to keep up—though it showed up with more issues than expected.

Out in the field, the guys are greasing bearings, tightening chains, and fixing the harvester after losing a tire and bending a drive shaft earlier this week. These machines are loaded with moving parts, and every morning is a full service routine before we can dig a single potato. Once they started rolling, I checked fields, adjusted the chisel plow depth, and started working ground that’s still wetter and softer than ideal—but it’s turning over nicely. Trucks are getting stuck, chains are flying, and equipment keeps us on our toes, but that’s harvest. As long as the harvester keeps digging and the ground stays workable, we’re pushing hard to finish spuds and get wheat planted before the freeze hits.