Your Wheat Life

Caleb Jenkins (3) waiting for the combine on Buob Farms in Coulee City. Photo by his great-grandmother Marilyn Buob.

Tory Bye and Gary Bye harvesting on Bye Farms in Pomeroy. Photo by Tai Bye.

Makenna DeChaney (2) holds down the fort in Waterville. Photo by Karryn DeChaney.

Wheat harvest at White Farms in the foothills of the Blue Mountains in Walla Walla. Photo by Amy White.

Brayden Steadman (11) wishing he could nab a seat in the combine near Odessa. Moments after this photo, the driver offered Brayden and his cousin, Kaleb, a ride. Photo by Kaleb Walter.

Scott Ford in modern harvesting equipment vs. old in Prescott. Photo by Julie Himmelberger.

2022 Brock Ranch Partnership wheat harvest in Clyde. Fourth generation Preston Brock finishing a pass to come give 5th generation daughter, Madison, a ride. Photo by Jessica Brock.

Jacob Heitstuman (3) helping daddy, Brian, with spring farming in Pomeroy. A John Deere boy riding on a John Deere! Photo by Brian Heitstuman.

Seeding Winter Wheat at Schorzman Farms JV near Marlin. Photo By Kaedin Schorzman.

Heath (2) waiting to “help” dad Greg Moore cultiweed in Kahlotus. Photo by Lexi Moore.

Winter wheat in Hartline. Photo by Marlene Poe.

John Wittman of Colton takes a break after working on his combine. Photo by Nick Wittman.

Alex McHargue poses for his senior pictures with his does that he shows. Photo by Almota Roses.

Harvest 2022 at BRT Farms in Fairfield. Photo by Shaley Tiegs.

Hesstyn Miller (6) and Case Miller (4) checking winter wheat at Rocklake. Photo by Emily Miller.

Spring storm in Grant County. Photo by Ryan Poe.

“Coming home, honey.” Spring work in Pomeroy. Photo by Craig Heitstuman.

Eliana Krug at Honn Farm in Endicott. This farm was homesteaded in 1899. Photo by Sarah Honn.

A 2022 summer storm rolling in over canola at White Farms in Walla Walla. Photo by Amy White.

These days, farming takes a team. Dad, Ian Youngren, on the farm in Lind. Mom is still at work, so dad is the cook tonight for Colter, Harper and baby Baylor. Photo by Mike Kramer.

Enjoying some duck hunting at Eagle Lake in Othello with “Bear” ready to retrieve. Photo by John McCaw.

2022 harvest at Moser Partners, which farms in Genesee, Idaho, and Johnson, Wash. Photo by Wade Moser.

Sunset just north of Steptoe near the middle of 2022’s garbanzo bean harvest. Photo by Jeff Hall.

For Kahlen White (3), any day is a good day when you visit the farm and can play on the tractors at White Farms. Photo by Amy White.

Jordan Wagner and his son, Jace (6), during harvest outside Harrington. Photo by Linda Wagner.

n Lamont, Amund Melville (combine driver) and Jacob Swannack (truck driver) get crafty with unloading. Thank goodness for a 40’ header and skilled drivers! Photo by Michelle Ringwood.

Roderick “Roddy” Krug during a July sunset at Honn Farm in Endicott. Photo by Kori Howell.

Chris (left) and Dusty Eckhart on the first day of fall seeding on Wild Rose Prairie in Deer Park. Photo by Sally Eckhart.

Cole Hames (9) sleeping in the buddy seat during harvest near Rosalia. Grandpa Lee Hames says Cole isn’t much of a co-pilot! Photo by Lee Hames.

Savannah Hoeft (1) taking her first combine ride with dad, Logan, at Hoeft Farms in Walla Walla. Photo by Christal Hoeft.