The sunflowers going into the combine's header. The header cuts the plant of and moves it into the combine for separating the grain from the rest of the plant.
Harvested sunflowers in the combine. They have a little more trash than normally, part of this is due to them being extremely dry.
This is what the sunflower looks like when it's ready for harvest. They aren't as pretty here as they are when they bloom.
This is what's left in the field after harvest. The combine chews up the plant and spits it out the back so there isn't much left. This field will be going to either corn or grain sorghum this spring. Normally grain sorghum is the choice for fields like this, but with the soil moisture we currently have and advances in corn's drought tolerance corn is becoming a viable option.
