It’s almost noon outside Enid, Oklahoma.
A 30 mile an hour wind is burning the morning dew off a wheat field that’s a mile long.
A five man harvest crew, plus three truck drivers, are on standby. An hour ago they cut a wheat sample from the field they’re at and sent it to the co-op. They need to verify the moisture content before proceeding to harvest, otherwise the elevator won’t take it. It has to be below 13.5% or the wheat will mold in storage.
While they wait the guys talk about the best golf courses from here to South Dakota. One guy sits in a combine wheel well and has a smoke. Fighter jets rip through the sky over Vance Air Force Base.
“I wish we could carry on. I don’t want to stop,” says Luke, a 26 year old worker from the east coast of South Africa. “This rain has been pretty frustrating. I just want to work."
