For over 100 years migrant farm labor has been an integral part of agriculture in Western Nebraska.As agricultural technology continues to change, the life of the migrant worker has been altered.Tumblr (3.0; @alzke)http://alzke.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/346d5662cdcf5ad96ca883bfc87043b8/tumblr_mnl0bo1GIb1qk2safo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Eddie plays frisbee golf with cousins. March 15, 2013</p>http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/51675015974http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/51675015974Wed, 29 May 2013 18:40:36 -0400Eddie2013AlllianceNebraskafamilyGomezfrisbee<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a8b12237119a71769c8b879ab610faa4/tumblr_ml9hj6lGKc1qk2safo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Carl Benzel shows the harvest of sugar beets with his 1928 International truck. As a crop, sugar beets were late comers to this area. Now considered a major crop, most are grown here and trucked to Scottsbluff to be processed into white and brown sugar. When Carl took his crop to town, he hauled 2 tons at 20 mils per hour. Now 18 wheelers haul 25-30 tons at the same speed as cars travel.</em></p> <p>Undated photo from the <a href="http://knightmuseum.com/">Knight Museum</a>, Alliance, Nebraska 2011</p>http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/47980664415http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/47980664415Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:13:54 -0400HistoryBlack and WhiteNebraskaagriculture<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5cf200dec2acddd5ff2e8b32363cf394/tumblr_mklblrcpEh1qk2safo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Cass struggles to service a semi truck before dark. (May 25, 2011)</p>http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/46866955399http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/46866955399Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:03:27 -0400AllianceFamilyGomezAgriculturetruckingPortraitCarsNebraska2011<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fec24f71f10e7dddf89a8124f893c57f/tumblr_mjzoj489Go1qzy1poo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://alexmatzke.tumblr.com/post/45885778003/alliance-nebraska-march-16-2013">alexmatzke</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Alliance, Nebraska (March 16, 2013)</p> </blockquote>http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/45886113422http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/45886113422Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:39:48 -04002013iphoneinstagramalliancenebraskarural<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/32587df3e24d58d3d1c77873db82c0bd/tumblr_mjxev2fea91qk2safo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Julie and Santos at the old house. (May 25, 2011)</p>http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/45780191485http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/45780191485Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:11:26 -04002011AllianceNebraskaSantos Gomezfamily<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4b77b69951c6368910b5b539ffa9976c/tumblr_mjtsg64Zk31s3waqlo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/45660433839http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/45660433839Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:31:57 -0400AgricultureWill SteacyreblogUSDA<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/38bd14771028211ecb1c717ecb932048/tumblr_mjtryg0xxb1qk2safo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Trying to beat the rain and change an oil-filter before the work week, <span>Santos said it felt strange to not be wearing his boots.</span><span> (March 16, 2013)</span></p>http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/45621200392http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/45621200392Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:03:52 -0400PortraitSantos GomezFamilyAgricultureLandscapeTrucking<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3a30b2062891f3705dfbab1f0e0d998c/tumblr_mjsqk0H9xn1qk2safo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Santos finishes the basement of the new house. (March 15, 2013)</p>http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/45571627916http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/45571627916Sun, 17 Mar 2013 04:35:59 -0400Santos GomezFamilyAllianceNebraska2013Artists on Tumblr<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/735b23bff98d2f0bdab5bb531eb01bc7/tumblr_mjsqb2bd7O1qk2safo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Santos calls the dogs back as he works on his semi-truck.  (March 16, 2013)</p>http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/45571461368http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/45571461368Sun, 17 Mar 2013 04:30:00 -0400Santos GomezFamilyAllianceNebraska2013<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/56621d207f16a4927772c44628fc3d83/tumblr_mj02icWps31qk2safo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Declined to have his face shown, but told me I could photograph the pup. Alliance, Nebraska. May 13, 2011. </p>http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/44314364175http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/44314364175Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:03:48 -0500AllianceNebraskaPortraitpetmigrantagriculturerural“Last year’s drought took a big bite out of the two most prodigious US crops, corn and soy. But it apparently didn’t slow down the spread of weeds that have developed resistance to Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup (glyphosate), used on crops engineered by Monsanto to resist it. More than 70 percent of all the the corn, soy, and cotton grown in the US is now genetically modified to withstand glyphosate.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2013/02/report-spread-monsantos-superweeds-speeds-12-0">Nearly Half of All US Farms Now Have Superweeds | Mother Jones</a> (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://aboriginalpressnews.tumblr.com/">aboriginalpressnews</a>)</em>http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/42509390045http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/42509390045Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:35:16 -0500reblogagriculturemonsantoroundupherbicide<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3352a64db9a789b4aba6fb739c7f7068/tumblr_mgnnw5aToG1qk2safo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Eddie walks to the office for paperwork after delivering grain to the co-op in Hemingford, Nebraska. May 24, 2011. </p>http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/40588261522http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/40588261522Tue, 15 Jan 2013 02:09:00 -0500hemingfordnebraskamay2011ruralagriculturetrucktruckingco-op<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a7660d1c9d43b2705f9627a20703ddd2/tumblr_mgnnqjHZj21qk2safo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Santos keeps watch while Eddie drives into Hemingford, NE. May 18, 2011. </p>http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/40588133514http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/40588133514Tue, 15 Jan 2013 02:06:00 -0500truckingtruck2011mayhemingfordnebraska<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a0931c338fd4f316c1dfd0f7981573e5/tumblr_mgnnc96e7s1qk2safo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><p class="MsoNormal">Santos works on his first truck one afternoon while Eddie runs grain in the new rig. Alliance, Nebraska. May 11, 2011. </p></p>http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/40587787280http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/40587787280Tue, 15 Jan 2013 01:57:00 -0500GomezfamilytrucktruckingSantos Gomezmay2011alliancenebraskaruralagriculture<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9fd66423317135b6c6ed2a8b879b2d88/tumblr_mgcgrlp9Ng1qk2safo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Alliance, Nebraska. 2011</p>http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/40077620925http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/40077620925Wed, 09 Jan 2013 01:02:09 -0500Alliancenebraska2011<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4805797b3455035749d222507af051b4/tumblr_mg93hv4hU71qk2safo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A handful of children were present at the branding, mostly brought by their fathers to experience a day at work. Cows waited at the edge of the temporary pen, like mothers in a line of minivans after school. As calves would emerge, a barrage of mooing and smelling persisted until cow and calf were reunited. May 21, 2011.</p>http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/39926453503http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/39926453503Mon, 07 Jan 2013 08:20:16 -0500Banner Countynebraskabrandingfamily2011ruralbanner feeding co.<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3714ad02c0067bcdee92ed9edd00ee97/tumblr_mg8rwoDIm71qk2safo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Near Alliance, Nebraska. 2011</p>http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/39911512402http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/39911512402Mon, 07 Jan 2013 01:12:24 -0500alliancelandscapenebraska2011filmanalog<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcvv2ldJB81qzy1poo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://alexmatzke.tumblr.com/post/35277853243/15-miles-from-the-wyoming-boarder-in-banner">alexmatzke</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>15 miles from the Wyoming boarder in Banner County, Nebraska. May 2011</p> <p><a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/4204697/?claim=y363rbp9f6n">You can now follow this blog with Bloglovin!</a> Thanks!</p> </blockquote> <p>Count down: 8 weeks until Western Nebraska.</p>http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/36581894011http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/36581894011Mon, 26 Nov 2012 03:10:21 -0500reblogphotoBanner Countyalliancenebraskaruralfeedlotcattlelivestock<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzysntwHkd1qk2safo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Clinic waiting room, Alliance, Nebraska, 2011.</p>http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/18265533382http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/18265533382Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:55:04 -0500alliancenebraska2011MigrantclinicHealthcare<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxkg2oeTv91qk2safo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lunches punctuated by trips to Kmart. Alliance, Nebraska, 2011. </p>http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/15661844750http://alzke.tumblr.com/post/15661844750Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:32:31 -0500alliancenebraskaruralkmartreflection