Mike Van Driesten and his wife Brittany operate Van Driesten Harvesting. “Our journey began with just one combine and one ...

I love travel. I was always an old soul with a case of wanderlust. I dreamed of exploring the world, seeing new places and meeting new people. I never dreamed I would fulfill some of those desires ...

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 ...

Two South African brothers allege that a custom-harvesting operation in Minto, N.D., owes unpaid wages to them and dozens of other foreign employees. Peter and Andrew Murray have filed a federal ...

A big custom combining job is never easy. I’ll tell you the story of a tough harvest that left us with a huge mess and a few ...

ENID, Okla. - Chad Olsen will celebrate his 39th birthday June 25, and he knows what he wants to be doing. "Hopefully, I'll be cutting wheat," Olsen says with a smile. Chad and Pam Olsen are owners of ...

He added it is very true that custom harvesting “gets in your blood” and there is nothing else he would rather do. “I really enjoy combining, cutting the crop that producers work all year to produce ...

BISMARCK - Farmers who need combining services and independent combiners looking for work should call the North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA) Harvest Hotline at (701) 328-1500. Agriculture ...

Most custom rates have increased 10 to 20 percent from the previous survey conducted in 2007. Rates for custom combining, aerial pesticide application and snow removal were exceptions, rising about 25 ...

A farmer and custom harvesting business in Calumet, Okla., finds itself smack dab in the middle of the U.S. and Canada’s ongoing border trade quarrel, and it’s pretty ugly. Ryan Sorrels, who goes by ...

Two South African brothers allege that a custom-harvesting operation in Minto, N.D., owes unpaid wages to them and dozens of other foreign employees. Peter and Andrew Murray have filed a federal ...