Farming action in the Lower Rhine Plain (Germany)

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some photos taken last Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, including the very last combine seen in action for the current harvest season.

Beginning with Tuesday, when I had just missed action after work of this combine having harvested peas ...

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[Richard de Florennes]

seen just a few miles away some additional big-style farming action:

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[Richard de Florennes]

two snap-shots of Case/Internationals passing my way ...

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and a Fendt passing my way ...

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the most ugly combine seen during this season captured while harvesting "black" beens (I deleted some 20 further photos showing the half-rotted unloading auger) - I do not count this as satisfying combine phtography ;-)

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another tour taking place next evening was slightly more successful, beginning with this Deutz/Amozone combination:

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[Richard de Florennes]

John Deere captured seeding winter barley:

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Deutz with Krone round baler:

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quite a few miles away: first evidence of the main potato harvesting season 2008:

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seen just a mile away around time of sun-set ...

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[Richard de Florennes]

Just a few minutes later I learned that the most "wanted" person on this planet is working on a German potato harvester nowadays - do you discover him on the pictures? At least the farmer himself got a little bit nervous about the photographer appearing that evening after sun-set ...