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Old combine completes another harvest

By Janelle Atyeo, Midwest Messenger Regional Editor
Dec 5, 2019
Dec 5, 2019 Updated Dec 13, 2019

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By Janelle Atyeo, Midwest Messenger Regional Editor

Eugene Glock completed his 70th harvest this fall, cutting the crops in his Rising City, Nebraska, fields with the same combine he bought more than 40 years ago.

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