[nyyankeefan]

how was the wheat raised before the hordes of illegals invaded???

[Farmer Dean]

The traveling wheat harvest business has been going on for a long time.Started around WW2 when the first reliable self propelled combines were built.

[goldfinch]

how was the wheat raised before the hordes of illegals invaded???

Please read the article.

But just in case you don't...here is a short summary. Wheat is harvested using a machine called a combine. It is then hauled in trucks to grain elevators where it is sold. Most wheat farmers do not own combines because they cost upwards to $300,000 nor do they own the larger trucks that are used to haul the grain to the elevators.

Because of the specialized equipment required, farmer generally contract out the harvesting process. The combining crews used to be American farm kids who grew up knowing their way around machinery and were used to hard work. As the number of family farms has decreased, the available labor pool has become smaller.

As the article makes clear, combine crews are not made up of a large number of unskilled illegal workers. Crews are generally small. One operator for each combine and one for each truck. Generally, the owner of the equipment is also one of the operators.

I grew up on the great plains. My uncles used the same combine crew every year for decades...Americans, from Texas. I dated a guy who ran a combine crew in the summers. American, from the Dakotas. I have to admit, I am a little amazed that we are importing combine crews from the Great Briton. It boggles the mind...