-Farm News photo by Kristin Danley Greiner
A combine stirs up some dust as it makes its way through a field in Jasper County earlier this month.

-Farm News photo by Kristin Danley Greiner
A tractor pulling a wagon makes its way down a country road in Jasper County earlier this month.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
-Farm News photo by Hans Madsen Jason Nelson is all smiles as he works on harvesting one of his corn fields south of Fort Dodge earlier this month. Harvest is nearly complete throughout the state.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
A farmer pulling a pair of grain wagons with a tractor returns to the fields Oct. 4 from the grain elevator in Vincent.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
After a trip down and up the field, the tender working Jason Nelson’s combine gets filled with the freshly harvested corn in a field south of Fort Dodge earlier this month.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
With the tender alongside, a crew works on harvesting a field of soybeans along the Webster/Humboldt County line in early October.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
As the tender unloads into the semi at left, Jason Nelson returns to harvesting one of his corn fields south of Fort Dodge in early October.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen
On this Saturday in early October, the weather was dry and breezy for the farmers harvesting their fields.