Custom harvesters also deal with weather issues

 

August 17, 2016

David Thompson

One of Strunk Harvesting's combines and a grain trailer are ready for the road. This photo is from Chester. Last year the crew coming to Chinook deadheaded the combines and grain carts from Chester as opposed to hauling them.

Reporter's note: About this time last year I wrote a story about Strunk Harvesting, a custom cutting group out of Kansas. It was their first year in the Chinook area although they had worked several years around Chester. I got some basic information, last year, but the crew was so busy they didn't really have time to talk about what it is they do and how they do it.

With the wet weather temporarily shutting down harvesting, I thought it this might be a good time to visit with the current Strunk crew and learn a little more about their jobs and how people got connected with a traveling farm...



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