In a choreographed dance, combines pass one another as they begin cutting a new field. #

Deanna, who has lived on a homestead for over 75 years, is ever vigilant of the weather. She looks for signs of rain to the South and East. #

Andrew climbs to dizzying heights inside the new bin that he hopes will soon be full of wheat. #

Dressed in their Sunday's best, the Mertens family checks a wheat field before weekend breakfast with the family. #

A freshly cut field of dry-land wheat lies next to a pasture, unseasonably green on account of the persistent record-breaking rains. #

Deanna often looks to the Bible for guidance and assurance through tough times. #

Harvest suppers are elaborately prepared by the women of the family. The men work in shifts to ensure the combines never stop harvesting. #

Lightning strobes on the near horizon, threatening fields with fire, hail, strong wind, and rain. #

A semi-trailer is topped off till it’s brimming with the last of the day’s wheat harvest. #

Firefighters struggle to contain a haystack fire ignited by spontaneous combustion at a local grain elevator. #

Chaff, the dusty byproduct of thrashing wheat, catches a ray of light as it’s kicked out the end of a combine. #

Combines thrash and toil kicking up dust and spitting out chaff as the sun dips below the horizon. #