We told you recently about farmers in North Dakota rallying together to finish their neighbor’s harvest after he had a heart attack. That story was shared with us by AgDay TV affiliate KFYR-TV.
Someone saw that story and reached out to reporter Aleisa Tanner. They wanted to explain why this farmers helping farmers idea isn’t anything new for North Dakota.
Near Edgeley, North Dakota, Duane Kinslow’s father, Charles, was a share-cropper who didn’t have enough time to finish his spring plowing and seeding in 1938. That was 82 years ago! The mailman heard of Kinslow’s issue and got 11 neighboring farmers to bring their tractors to finish seeding 160 acres of wheat and oats.
This allowed Kinslow to get a good crop that year, which he desperately needed.
“It was right after the depression, so there was not a lot of money floating around,” said Duane Kinslow. “People there were self-reliant, and they knew that they may be in the same position at some time, and so everyone was willing to lay down what they had; their problems and their work, and jump in and help my dad.”
It’s a similar story to the one in September we shared with you. That’s when 60 farmers put their own harvesting on hold to cut 1,000 acres of durum wheat and canola for Lane Unhjem after he went into cardiac arrest.
We’re told Lane is continuing to recover.
Kinslow says what happened with his dad and Lane proves that the world is full of good people.
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