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Harvest time

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Jeremiah Johnson reaches the end of a row Thursday morning while working to harvest the 1,100 acres of corn he has this year south of Fort Dodge.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Jeremiah Johnson empties his combine on the fly Thursday morning while harvesting south of Fort Dodge along U.S. Highway 169. Johnson said he had about 1,100 acres to harvest.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Jeremiah Johnson reaches for his radio microphone Thursday morning while working to harvest the 1,100 acres of corn he has this year south of Fort Dodge.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
The morning sun makes patterns in the field Jeremiah Johnson is working to harvest south of Fort Dodge Thursday morning along U.S. Highway 169.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
A pair of combines work on harvesting fields just south of Vincent Thursday afternoon.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
As one combine empties its harvest on the fly Thursday afternoon another works behind it in a pair of adjoining fields just south of Vincent.
-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
Jake Condon stops to pet "the neighbor's dog" Thursday afternoon during that rare harvest time event, a break, as he helps his brother Matt Condon harvest just east of Badger. The team was waiting for their second semi to return empty, at the moment, they had a full semi, a full grain wagon and full combine.

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