Harvest
Deer firearm hunting season ended this weekend, with area hunters reporting less than usual success filling their tags.
Deer harvest totals reported down this year
News Staff
Deer firearm hunting season ended this weekend, with area hunters reporting less than usual success filling their tags.
T&L Liquor, the only check-in station in Hamilton County, reported 202 tags checked in as of Monday, down considerably from previous years.
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Aurora Cooperative employee Les Regier unloads soybeans at the Marquette branch bin site. This photo was originally published in 1972.
A look back at local harvest, 1962
Cheyenne Rowe
Hamilton County is an agriculture hub and harvest season has been a large part of the area’s history since its incorporation.
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Field work is wrapping up in Hamilton County and farmers are getting in the last bits of harvest, as shown here in a field near Highway 14. With the dry conditions effecting the soil, some farmers report a slow-down in field work after harvest.
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Harvest season ends a challenging, rewarding year
In what has been a topsy-turvey year for local weather and inflation, farmers in Hamilton County report that with the crops now in from harvest the year has had its rewards despite the turbulent conditions of 2022.
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Field work is wrapping up in Hamilton County and farmers are getting in the last bits of harvest, as shown here in a field near Highway 14. With the dry conditions effecting the soil, some farmers report a slow-down in field work after harvest.
Harvest season ends a challenging, rewarding year
Jacob Courtney
In what has been a topsy-turvey year for local weather and inflation, farmers in Hamilton County report that with the crops now in from harvest the year has had its rewards despite the turbulent conditions of 2022.
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Kurt Johnson
Harvest spectacle never gets old, even for city kid
Kurt Johnson
There’s something uniquely Nebraska about fall harvest, even for a city kid.
It’s massive in scope, literally and figuratively. It’s fun to watch as the landscape changes by the day, with ripe fields of soybeans and corn being swept clean, proceeds headed for the elevator.
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
It took just over a day for friends and neighbors of Richard LaBrie to cut through the final 80 acres of this year’s harvest, helping finish a job that had become troublesome due to complications with his cancer treatment.
Neighbors return favor to Giltner farmer
Kurt Johnson
Richard LaBrie has been on the giving end of a harvest bee, helping friends and neighbors bring in their crops when they could not. He just never expected to be the recipient of the kind of goodwill Nebraska farmers offer to one of their own when times are tough.
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
A combine rolls through a field east of Phillips last week as farmers work to finish up what most are describing as a good growing season in 2021. Wind damage from a July 9 storm, as well as some late October and early November rains, prolonged this year’s harvest.
Farmers ready to be done with bountiful harvest
Kurt Johnson
“It was a good harvest, but I’m glad I’m done.”
Those were the relieved words of Phillips area farmer John McDonald last week, who said what a lot of area farmers were thinking as the 2021 harvest comes to a close.
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Kurt Johnson
Harvest season a welcome sight, but also a time for caution
Kurt Johnson
It’s worth the time to make a special trip these days out into the field or to an area elevator to watch a timeless harvest tradition unfold. Just remember to do it safely.
As the combines start rolling, we are reminded that this is one of the most dangerous seasons of the year in farm country.
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Executive director of the Nebraska Beef Council Ann Marie Bosshamer spoke to a full crowd on Sept. 15 at Husker Harvest Days on the topic of changing consumer trends in beef.
Husker Harvest Days talks beef consumer trends
Cheyenne Rowe
Husker Harvest Days drew a crowd for three days last week, each bigger than the one before, welcoming all to one of the largest farm shows in the state of Nebraska.
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Another successful harvest season has wrapped up across Hamilton County.
Area farmers reflect on another harvest in the books
Jeni Obermier
As winter approaches and temperatures drop, area farmers can be found with empty fields and their tractors put up for the season. This gives them a chance to reflect on how 20202 harvest went in Hamilton County.
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
