The annual harvest in rural Missouri can be a race against the clock and this year is no different. Spike Rowe, who cash farms corn and beans on 2,000 acres in Macon County, is in a mad dash this season (his 15th) to harvest as much as he can before the onslaught of Autumn's rain and snow.

With only the help of his younger brother, Spike will harvest and transfer up to 6,000 bushels of grain a day from his fields to either Macon's MFA grain elevator or a private bin he rents from a neighboring farm to store until Spring.

The work day during the harvest starts early in the day and often extends deep into the evening; it's not uncommon for Spike to not see his daughters for days and only see his wife as he crawls into bed.