A Custom Harvester
From What It's Like To Be... with Dan Heath by Dan Heath
May 5, 2026 · 36 min · Season 1 · Episode 70
About this episode
The episode explores the life of a custom harvester and the challenges faced in the agricultural industry.
Harvesting five million bushels of wheat and corn from Texas to Montana, outrunning hailstorms that decimate a year's income in 20 minutes, and running a multimillion-dollar convoy of equipment down the highway with Josh Beckley, a third-generation custom harvester from Kansas. Why do farmers outsource the harvesting of their own crops? And what happens when you drive a combine into a ditch? WANT MORE EPISODE SUGGESTIONS? Grab our What It's Like To Be... "starter pack". It's a curated Sp...
People in this episode
Host: Dan Heath
Guest: Josh Beckley
Topics covered
- custom harvesting
- farming
- agriculture
- business logistics
- weather impact
Keywords
- custom harvester
- wheat
- corn
- farming
- harvesting
- hailstorms
- combine
- agriculture
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Texas, Montana, Kansas
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