Wheat Harvest Adventure

A summer job has become quite the adventure for an area resident and his grandson.  Norman Schmutz of Lafayette County and 17-year-old Orry Wildschuetz, who’s a Junior at Odessa, began the months long road trip two months ago headed west…

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The group they joined was a harvest crew, a summer way of life known for long hours and covering a lot of miles.  According to Schmutz things officially got underway when the group headed south to their first stop in Gordell, Oklahoma…

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The team has had first-hand exposure to this’s year crop conditions…

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Despite the hot days, the over the road distance and multiples states, Schmutz says they’re having the trip of a lifetime..

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Up to this point Schmutz estimates they’ve cut 8 to 10 thousand acres.  Once things are complete in “the Big Sky State” the crew will head back to Alliance, Nebraska where they’ll tackle edible beans, sunflowers and shell corn.