Malt Barley Harvest

Barley heads dried down and ready to combine. Our local John Deere salesman says they are bowing their heads to pray.

Tyler runs the combine through the field and puts out his auger so the grain cart operator knows he’s ready to unload.

The combine separates the heads from the stalk and the berries from the head. The berries go fill up the tank on the top of the combine. The leftovers go out the back of the combine.

When the grain cart is full, the operator usually dumps on a truck at the end of the field. Then the truck either takes the grain straight to Coors, or to our bins for storage until later transport.

Our bins are located in the corner of this barley field so the cart operator is taking the grain straight to the parked truck. Then the auger operator unloads the truck directly into the auger to go up into the bin.

We’re putting our straw in windrows so we can bale it. Sometimes we attach the spreaders on the back of the combine, which spreads the straw across the field to decay and turn into organic matter.

A hopper full of golden grain is always a beautiful site to a farmer at harvest time!

Tyler almost always operates the combine.

Here, our cousin and farm team member, Damon, is operating the grain cart.

And, sometimes, I get to run grain cart. It’s a fun job. I love being a Farm Wife!