This is what farmers do

Nancy Howell · Nov 5, 2014

Spotted this story on the internet.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/harvesting-hope--how-one-farm-community-came-together-to-help-one-of-their-own-172913084.html

Jim in Ma. · Nov 5, 2014

Now, That's hart warming.

Richard G. · Nov 5, 2014

When Grandpa died in 1951, all the local farmers in the community brought their tractors and combines to his farm and cut until all the wheat was done.
Richard in NW SC

1970-1655 · Nov 5, 2014

I have been involved in one where a farmer friend was badly injured and in the hospital. Another, a farmer had died just one week before he was starting harvest. No matter what the issues the farmer faces, it always gives all the volunteers a warm feeling. This is what neighbors do. It is not something you want to face but I will do it again in a blink.

Tramway Guy · Nov 5, 2014

Here's another example from near Milwaukee:
Farmers last harvest

Larry NEIL · Nov 5, 2014

That's a good one Nancy.

oleclint · Nov 5, 2014

Sad to say that I have been involved in several of these things over the yrs. It is a very sad thing to partake , but it makes a guy feel good , but in a very sad way. Wishing the family good luck in the future. clint

Steven-Id · Nov 6, 2014

That is a great story.
When I was a teenager I was working for my uncle in the potato harvest. This one year the weather was extremely crappy. We couldn't dig for about 5 days in a row because of rain. When it started to dry out enough to get in the fields my uncle had a heavier soil than some of the surrounding fields so he had us come to work and we just took all of his equipment over to the neighbors fields and went to work on harvesting his crop. We dug on the neighbors crop for a week until my uncles was dry enough to get in the fields. When the neighbor finished his crop he just brought his equipment over to my uncles and helped him finish his harvest. That has been about 40 years ago but it was neat to see that they would just help each other out like that.

Steven

Nancy Howell · Nov 6, 2014

Yup. That's another good one.

WI Dan · Nov 6, 2014

These stories make my heart thump and my eyes water. Selfless generosity and compassion - true marks of REAL human dignity. Help a friend, a neighbor; NOT because you expect something in return.
Help - because it's the RIGHT thing to do.

WI Dan · Nov 6, 2014

That's east of where I live - I remember when the brothers had their accident. Same type of story, same generosity. Good farmers putting differences and 'business' aside in order to assist their fellow farmers.

Golly, I miss that life. I wish I had an opportunity to be a part of it.

This is what farmers do

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