Welcome!
I invite all current and former custom harvesters, harvest crewmembers, and farmers that hire custom harvesters to comment, post questions, and start dialogue about custom harvesting. I intend this to be a forum for people interested in custom harvesting, agriculture, the Great Plains region, Great Plains culture, Great Plains geography, Great Plains history, Great Plains communities, and probably additional topics too. I hope to get people involved who know more about the Great Plains than anybody else - custom harvesters. I have studied the Great Plains extensively in college, but I have learned at least as much through summers spent combining wheat (and a little barley). I will start more specific topical threads as I go. This is to be a forum for learning, discussion, and debate. Please do not use this blog for advertising, recruiting employees, or searching for employers. I expect contacts may be made through this blog, but that is not its purpose.
I have been thinking about this part of the research project for several years when I began meeting and hearing about a lot of international labor working for harvest crews. I naturally wanted to know why. So that is how I began. I am still collecting data and welcome anyone's input. I will be sending out questionnaires to the rest of the members of the USCHI in the winter and hope to get a good response. I will also be attending the USCHI Convention in Topeka.
