Your Wheat Life

Jeremy Gering has been driving combine since he was 12 years old for Schoesler Farms in Adams County. On this day, he had two helpers, son, Sam (7), and daughter, Ellie (4). Photo by Stephanie Gering.

Kamryn Schroeder (5) helping out during harvest at Schroeder Family Farms south of Wilbur. Photo by Alli Schroeder.

Larry Miller, farming for over 70 years near St. John. Photo by Sandy Martin.

Chris and Andrew Plucker helping out during the last family harvest on the Robert Plucker Farm in Touchet. Photo by Tami and Megan Plucker.

Jaycee (2) and Hayes (1), with dad, Trevor Smith, waiting for the combines to come back in to haul to the elevator for Lightning S Inc. north of Odessa.  Photo by Paige Smith.

Christopher “Bubba” Wiley and his son, JJ Wiley (5 months) during harvest in Benton County.

Melvin Talbott’s (7 months) first combine ride with father, Matthew, in Dayton. Photo by Ada Talbott.

Tory Bye and daughter, Breckyn (5), headed to the grain truck in Pomeroy. Photo by Tai Bye.

Harvest at Schroeder Family Farms south of Wilbur. Photo by Alli Schroeder.

Cousins Lance and Gavin Wagner during harvest 2024 in Harrington. Photo by Travis Wagner.

So much beauty and hard work to appreciate in the wheat fields on Pleasant Prairie in Spokane County, which was being harvested by Kaelin Farms. Photo by Andra Derrickson.

Taysom Bye (3) talks to his cousin, Ryan Gingerich, on the CB during Taysom’s first combine ride with his daddy, Tory. Photo by Tai Bye.

A smoky sunset on the Fox family farm in Othello. The farm was settled in 1901. The grain elevator on the left was built in 1941. The elevator on the right was built in 1918 and cost $3,000 for the wood. Photo by Ross Fox.

Scott Ford was first on the scene to help put out a standing grain fire three miles west of Prescott on Highway 124 last July. A few minutes later the Fire District #7 crew from all around Prescott showed up. What could have been over 100 acres was only a 10-acre estimated loss of grain. Farmers and all volunteer fire crews are true heroes in Eastern Washington. Photo by Chris Oliver.

The Swannack farm crew from the Lamont area are (from left) Jim Swannack Jr, Colby Swannack, Don Swannack, Bob Swannack, Pete Swannack, Jacob Swannack, and Owen Swannack. Photo by Amy Swannack.

Harvest near Walla Walla. Photo by Mitch Frazier.

Bridger Abel (9), Flint Abel (7), Cannon Abel (8), Chloe Abel (6), and Caiden Abel (2) helping out during harvest at Broughton Land Company in Dayton.

Evening at Sievers Farm, just east of Spangle, after a day of wheat hauling. Photo by Marshall Howard.

Summer on Greenville Farm in Prescott. Photo by Addilyn Chabre.

Two F-35s flying over the canola fields. Photo taken from the top of Steptoe Butte. Photo by Misty Zornacki.

Raegan (7) and Harlan Appel (5) on the family’s farm in Thera. Photo by Natalia Meyerhofer.

Sunset over winter wheat near Wilbur. Photo by Daleen Jensen.

Grady James Howard (2) helping his grandpa, Paul Sievers, get things ready to haul wheat. Photo by Paige Howard.

Harvest 2023 near Lamont. Photo by Amy Swannack.

The northern lights in Dusty from earlier this spring. Photo by Pete Appel.

Moses Boone found this surprise in May when he went to repair his sprayer at Holland Boone Farm in Palouse. Photo by Moses Boone.

Boss, Duane Fletcher (3), is making sure his father, Nathan, is doing things right at the family farm in Dayton. Photo by Christina Fletcher.

A double rainbow in the Horse Heaven Hills. Photo by Frank Berg.

Jordan Hughes and son, Langston (2), during the first week of harvest 2024 at Hughes Brother’s and Son JV of Almira. Photo by Rachel Hughes.

A spray plane, fast and low, near Prescott. Photo by Chris Oliver.