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Good afternoon! Over the weekend, we received about an inch and a half of much needed rain! It sounds like the South has received many rains lately too so we are hoping crops will be good for all. Our first crew will leave early next week for Texas to start cutting...

Luke begin with OCF in May of 1998 so we celebrate his 17th year this month! I don’t know how he could put up with Chad for so long!! Ha!!!!! Kudos, Luke!! Travis

Good afternoon! With the nice weather, the guys have been working long hours in the fields planting. We did get about a half inch of rain a few days ago but more would be nice soon. But, for now, all is going well. Chad’s oldest daugher, Josie, turns 14 tomorrow so...

Good morning. This week’s weather has been incredible! Some places near us could reach 70 degrees tomorrow! Last week, Chad chartered a nice coach bus to take everyone down to Waterloo, IA to tour the John Deere tractor factory. They spent the night in Waterloo on...

Good morning. My daughter just asked me the other day, “Dad, do you think we’ll have any more snow days off from school?” I said, “I’m pretty sure your bad weather days are over.” Well, I was wrong. It is snowing now, we are supposed to get 4-8″, and the winds are...

Good morning. Not a whole lot to report here at OCF. The guys are on schedule in the shop as they get all the equipment ready for 2015 and we have a few guys on the road picking up some new combines out of Moline, IL. We are continuing to wrap up our books for 2014...

Happy New Year! We started the New Year hear in SW Minnesota with brutally cold temperatures. I think tonight’s windchill is supposed to be near 30 below. Brrr. We took a little time off around the holidays but everything is back in action and the shop is full of...

Good morning. Tonight we celebrate another successful harvest. The successes we celebrate tonight are; everyone made it through the season safely and unharmed, we met many new customers of whom many we now call friends, we celebrate a super 2014 crew and thank them...

A couple weeks ago the cold air and snow came. We were able to get everything harvested and the tillage work completed just in time! Since finishing it has been just plain cold! The guys all seem to enjoy being back around home but they do speak of the very...

Good afternoon. With the exception of this Sunday, the forecast looks good to continue harvesting beans around home. We still have a large crew north of the border yet as well taking out wheat and the forecast looks good for cutting there as well. Jake figured...