Harvest
Large modules of harvested cotton are ready to be ginned at Waterloo Gin on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. The gin is along County Road 414 east of Taylor. Photo by Andy Sharp.
Cotton harvest marks end of summer in Williamson County
Andy Sharp
Scenes of the cotton harvest at Waterloo Gin along County Road 414 east of Taylor, as well as County Road 417 in the Wuthrich Hill area and County Road 357. Photos by Andy Sharp
Thursday, September 25, 2025
Kyle Kokel, standing at left, works to free up wheat lodged in a combine during Aaron MartinaÕs wheat harvest on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Martinka is getting harvest help from friends Larry Svehlak and Kyle Kokel. Martinka and his helpers are harvesting 700 acres of wheat this season. Photo by Andy Sharp.
Wheat harvest time in Williamson County
Andy Sharp
A few years ago, after my lungs were straining after breathing in massive amounts of dust, I said that was the last time I’d do photographs during a wheat harvest. The fault was of my own making.
Thursday, May 29, 2025
Waterloo Gin co-owner David Wollett drives a truckload of cotton from a field onto a scale on Friday, September 13, 2024. Clement Strmiska and David Wollett are co-owners of the Waterloo Gin, located on County Road 414 east of Taylor. Photo by Andy Sharp.
Photos: Cotton collections progress in Williamson County
Andy Sharp
The Waterloo Cotton Gin, a few minutes east of Taylor, along County Road 414, is beginning cotton harvest season on a high note this year, after last summer’s combination of triple digit heat and drought made it hard for farmers and cotton gins in 2023.
Friday, September 20, 2024
Aaron Martinka navigates his combine through a field of cotton along F.M. 972 east of Walburg on Tuesday, September 10, 2024. Martinka is harvesting 1,100 acres of cotton this year. Photo by Andy Sharp.
Cotton harvest time in Williamson County
Andy Sharp
Monday, September 16, 2024