Farmers at their best in the Midwest

Wayne in MN · Sep 27, 2008

Local farmer had heart surgery; neighbors came to help.
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plow hand · Sep 27, 2008

That says picture says a lot for farmers,its good to see something like that with all the other B.S.going on in the world. It is a bright spot in my day.Thanks for the post.

gitrib · Sep 27, 2008

Thanks for calling this to our attention. In this day everyone is interested in what is in it for them not helping someone in need. gitrib

1936 · Sep 27, 2008

Normal in the day and still is. Dad had a new 530 and with a 494. He did NOT take his turn at the gas barrel. The area farmers put the entire crop in a short day for the family.

Dave from MN · Sep 27, 2008

Thats what it's all about. All the riches and wealth aside. It's about helping a friend in need!

Mike (WA) · Sep 27, 2008

I have friends who farm wheat in the hills of eastern Washington- I worked for them one harvest about 10 years ago, and conversation turned to helping a farmer in the community who was ill or injured. My host said in his 70 years, he he had never seen a community member's grain go unharvested in that situation, and had never heard of anyone turning down a request to help. More commonly in that area, someone would simply coordinate the neighbors on all sides to harvest the person's fields adjacent to their farms. Easier to organize than a one day "dozens of combines, hundreds of trucks" operation. Local elevator would allow the trucks hauling for that operation to go to the front of the line to offload. Also not uncommon for neighbors to lend their "backup" combine to one who had experienced a "season-ending" breakdown on his, or take their own machines in to finish him up when they had finished their own.

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