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Irene Bands Together To Help Local Farmer
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| A long line of combines sit in the field of Kevin and Lori Huber Tuesday. A harvest bee was held that day to assist the couple, as Kevin Huber underwent quintuple bypass surgery three weeks ago. (Photo: Melissa Buckneberg) |
By Travis Gulbrandson
travis.gulbrandson@yankton.net
IRENE — Difficult times can bring people together. This is something the residents of rural Irene know well.
Approximately three weeks ago, area farmer Kevin Huber had quintuple bypass surgery. To ease the burden as he recovers, approximately 50-60 of his friends and neighbors came to help him harvest his crops Tuesday morning.
Huber said he was “very grateful” to everyone who came.
“It’s very humbling to have that many people come to help get your crop out. I’m very thankful for having this many friends,” he said.
“It is pretty overwhelming,” his wife, Lori Huber, added.
The Hubers have farmed near Irene for approximately 27 years. They have three children — Jared and wife Leslie, Lance and Luke — who have kept up with doing the chores and running.
The harvest bee itself was organized by John Pederson, John Brockmueller and Roger Nielson.
“We just kind of got together and started to let people (know),” Pederson said. “And we had people calling up, and then we kind of put it together and tried to get days where we could run.”
There were some false starts before the weather would cooperate.
Kevin Huber said, “Mother Nature kept throwing a little rock into it. She thought it should snow every day we were going to combine.”
Pederson said the harvest had to be rescheduled twice in the past weeks, but once everyone was out in the fields, it all came together.
“I think we harvested about 275 acres, and we were done in about four hours,” he said. “That’s 16 combines, a bunch of grain carts and all kinds of trucks and support from the neighborhood.”
Huber said, “It was unbelievably smooth. With all the combines and all the people and all the trucks, it went tremendously well. You couldn’t have asked for it to go any better.”
Pederson said he was proud of how the community responded to Huber’s situation, especially since many of the farmers involved Tuesday were not finished with their own harvesting.
“It’s a good reflection on the community,” he said. “If anybody’s in need of help, they’re more than willing to leave their own crops and come and help harvest (for) the one that needs the help, because they need the help the worst.
“I want to thank everybody for all their help. Everybody was very instrumental — no one person did it all. It takes a whole community to make something go off this successfully.”
Now Huber can focus on his recovery, which he said is going “real well.”
Lori Huber agreed, saying, “He’s gaining strength every day, and he starts rehab soon, and the outlook is good.”
Approximately three weeks ago, area farmer Kevin Huber had quintuple bypass surgery. To ease the burden as he recovers, approximately 50-60 of his friends and neighbors came to help him harvest his crops Tuesday morning.
Huber said he was “very grateful” to everyone who came.
“It’s very humbling to have that many people come to help get your crop out. I’m very thankful for having this many friends,” he said.
“It is pretty overwhelming,” his wife, Lori Huber, added.
The Hubers have farmed near Irene for approximately 27 years. They have three children — Jared and wife Leslie, Lance and Luke — who have kept up with doing the chores and running.
The harvest bee itself was organized by John Pederson, John Brockmueller and Roger Nielson.
“We just kind of got together and started to let people (know),” Pederson said. “And we had people calling up, and then we kind of put it together and tried to get days where we could run.”
There were some false starts before the weather would cooperate.
Kevin Huber said, “Mother Nature kept throwing a little rock into it. She thought it should snow every day we were going to combine.”
Pederson said the harvest had to be rescheduled twice in the past weeks, but once everyone was out in the fields, it all came together.
“I think we harvested about 275 acres, and we were done in about four hours,” he said. “That’s 16 combines, a bunch of grain carts and all kinds of trucks and support from the neighborhood.”
Huber said, “It was unbelievably smooth. With all the combines and all the people and all the trucks, it went tremendously well. You couldn’t have asked for it to go any better.”
Pederson said he was proud of how the community responded to Huber’s situation, especially since many of the farmers involved Tuesday were not finished with their own harvesting.
“It’s a good reflection on the community,” he said. “If anybody’s in need of help, they’re more than willing to leave their own crops and come and help harvest (for) the one that needs the help, because they need the help the worst.
“I want to thank everybody for all their help. Everybody was very instrumental — no one person did it all. It takes a whole community to make something go off this successfully.”
Now Huber can focus on his recovery, which he said is going “real well.”
Lori Huber agreed, saying, “He’s gaining strength every day, and he starts rehab soon, and the outlook is good.”
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