Jr's· Harvesting Inc. Book a crew
Eureka, South Dakota · since 1978

The harvest, handled.

Custom combining, swathing, and grain hauling across the Dakotas and northern Plains — moving with the season from south to north, getting every bushel in before the weather turns.

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A working crew

Three generations of combine operators.

Jr's Harvesting began in 1978 with one combine, one truck, and a handshake arrangement with a Eureka wheat farmer. Forty-six harvests later we run eight machines, twelve trucks, and a crew of fourteen — but the way we work hasn't changed: arrive on time, run hard, leave a clean field.

Every spring we service the equipment in our own shop in Eureka. Every summer we move north with the crop — winter wheat in Texas, spring wheat in the Dakotas, barley and oats into Montana. When the season ends, we come home.

The work is loud, hot, dusty, and urgent. The work is also honest. That's why we keep doing it.

Combine at work in golden field
— combine in wheat, Day 4 of the run
What we run

Five services, one season.

Most of our clients book a full season — combine, swath, haul, and the occasional tillage pass — but we also take one-off jobs where the calendar allows.

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Custom combining

Late-model Case IH and John Deere rotary combines with GPS yield mapping, header-height control, and grain-loss sensors. We run 12-row corn heads and 40-foot draper headers for small grains. A typical job: 240 acres of spring wheat in two days.

CropsWheat, barley, oats, rye
Header40' draper · 12-row corn
ThroughputUp to 35 acres / hour
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02

Swathing & windrowing

For crops that need to dry in the windrow before combining — barley, oats, and some wheat varieties. We run a 36-foot MacDon swather with double-knife drive, capable of laying a uniform windrow that feeds the combine evenly.

Width36-foot cut
Speed5–7 mph
Best forBarley, oats, rye
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03

Grain hauling

Tandem and tri-axle grain trucks plus end-dump trailers. We move grain from the combine to your bins, to the elevator, or directly to terminal — wherever the best basis is on the day. Dispatched by cell radio, no guessing.

Fleet12 trucks · 4 trailers
Capacity1,000+ bu per load
CoverageDakotas, MT, MN
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04

Light tillage & residue

For clients who want residue managed before winter — light disking, vertical tillage, or high-speed cultivation. We carry a Case IH True-Tandem 335 VT and a 30-foot John Deere 2230LL for high-residue fields.

ToolsVT, disk, field cultivator
WidthUp to 45 feet
Speed8–11 mph
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05

Custom planting

Off-season planting in spring: row-crop planting with a 24-row John Deere DB60 at 10 mph, or small-grain drilling with a 60-foot air seeder. Variable-rate prescriptions honored on every pass.

Row crop24-row · 30" spacing
Small grain60-foot air drill
PrescriptionsVR capable
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Harvests completed

Every year since 1978, with the same family at the wheel.

2.4M
Bushels harvested

Across wheat, barley, oats, and corn in the last five seasons alone.

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Late-model combines

Case IH 9250 and John Deere S790 rotary machines, header-height control.

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Crew members

Eight operators, four truck drivers, two mechanics. Most have been with us over a decade.

Grain elevator at sunset
The story

From one combine to a fleet.

Jack Rogness — "Jr." — bought his first used IH 1460 in 1978 with a loan from his father. The first season brought in 18,000 bushels of wheat. Word spread in Eureka that he was reliable and that his yield-mapping was honest. By 1986 he had three combines.

Today the operation is run by Jack's daughter and son-in-law, with the third generation apprenticing on trucks every summer. The shop in Eureka is still where we service every machine ourselves — nobody farms out repairs during the season.

1978

Founded

One IH 1460, one truck, 18,000 bushels in the first season.

1986

Second combine

Hired the first non-family crew member. Moved into barley and oats.

2001

GPS adoption

Yield mapping on every pass. First rotary combine — Case IH 2388.

2014

Shop expansion

Built the current 12,000 sq ft service shop on Main Street, Eureka.

2024

Three generations

Third generation apprenticing. Two new combines added for the 2025 season.

In the field

Recent seasons.

A few of the photographs we've kept. Most seasons don't make the camera — we're working — but these did.

Sunflower field at harvest Sunflowers · 2024 Combine in wheat Wheat · Day 4 Grain elevator at sunset Evening haul Aerial of harvested field Aerial · 1,200 acres Prairie sky Big sky country View from combine cab From the cab Tractor in field Tractor work
They arrived on the date they said, ran the combine until the field was done, and came back the next year. In twenty years of farming I've never had a custom crew do both.
— Brian H., wheat farmer · North Dakota

Book a crew for next season.

We book by the field or by the full season. Most slots are committed by January — get in touch before the calendar fills.

Contact the shop Call +1 (605) 364-2378