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The Longest Harvest

November 14th, 2007 by Steve Bowbrick

Combine harvester in Montana by flickr.com/photos/goatopolis

What a story. Every year at around this time hundreds of young men - mostly from Britain and Australia - travel to the American wheat belt (the big, flat bit in the middle) to drive those house-sized combine harvesters and those train-length grain trucks and, basically, bring in the harvest.

Point of information: this particular adventure is not suitable for your mid-life crisis. Only under-30s need apply. Damn (MP3).

The pic - taken in Montana - is by goatopolis

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2 Responses to “The Longest Harvest”

  1. Russ Says:
    November 14th, 2007 at 5:42 pm

    Interesting… I’ll listen… I was in Oregon last September during the pinot noir harvest in the Willamette Valley — all accomplished by young men from New Zealand…

  2. Rupert Says:
    November 14th, 2007 at 9:48 pm

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