Perham, Minnesota · Otter Tail County · Est. 1914 · Dryland Grain & Edible Beans

The Gallery

From the field,
in full

A season on this farm — photographed and filmed from the cab, the field edge, and the air. Tap anything to view it full size.

No. 01 — In Motion

The farm, moving

Aerial view of a combine harvesting golden barley — Barley harvest, from the air (2017)

Tractor and planter working a dusty spring field — Planting — spring

Tractor making an in-season pass through green corn — An in-season pass

Green July corn from the field edge — July — the crop responding

View over the corn header during harvest — Riding the corn header

Combine harvesting edible beans head-on — Bringing in the edible beans

Combine picking up windrowed black turtle beans — Black turtle bean harvest

No. 02 — Stills

The farm, holding still

Sunset silhouette of the farmstead with grain bins — Sundown, Otter Tail County

Tractor working dark spring soil under a pink dusk sky — Planting into the evening

Tractor and twelve-row planter on bare spring ground — Pre-plant, early spring

Tractor pulling a grain drill across dark spring soil — Drilling small grain, spring

Rear view of a planter raising dust across a dry spring field — Dust behind the planter

Aerial view of a planter seeding directly into corn stubble — Planting into residue

An open hand holding a young corn seedling with roots and soil intact — The next crop, in hand

Three young corn seedlings showing their full root systems — Roots first

Lush green corn rows under a blue summer sky — Knee-high and climbing

Rows of black turtle beans under an overcast summer sky — Black turtle beans, midsummer

Mature dry corn rows at dusk, ready for harvest — Corn, ready to go

View from the combine cab over the header during small-grain harvest — From the cab at harvest

Aerial still of the combine in golden barley with the farmstead beyond — Golden hour, barley harvest

Combine parked by the machine shed at dusk — Ready for morning

Aerial dusk view of two tractors working fields, dust trailing — Two tractors, one evening

Winter aerial of a snow-covered cornstalk field with a herd of deer — December visitors

Snow drifting past the corner of a farm shed in a blizzard — Blizzard at the shed

Aerial view of green cover-cropped fields under summer clouds — Covers on, from the air

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