July, so I had my 2 weeks in the USA visiting with most of the lads that Harvest Support Usa Uk placed this season, flying into Denver, then I headed to Hartley Texas to Visit with KB Custom Ag, then Farris Harvesting, onto Vernon and Sadler Texas, from there I headed back up through Alva OK and Kiowa KS then Pratt and then onto Dodge City for the remaining week as I would get to everyone else I needed to see from here, sadly I did not get to visit with the guys in Arizona, Ohio or Montana as this would not not be viable due to the distances.
It was great to catch up with just about everyone I had planned to visit with this season.
Harvest Support Usa Uk have looking forward to the challenges of our 16th season placing people onto US custom harvest crews, the challenges have been greater this season with more investigations when guys have their interviews especially their social media presence, if you go to interview, please be sure your socials are on public otherwise you may get asked back for another interview.
Paul will be in the USA from June 5th to the 19th, doing his best to get round the crews we work with to visit with the lads we have placed, sadly some in the far away states he will just not be able to make it with the time frame for his tour.
LAMMA SHOW 2026 was a great show as always and having the larger stand was much better, BUT sadly we will not be returning in 2027 as the cost for us has just got to be way to much, I am looking into possibly showing at CEREALS in 2027. what this space.
So our plan will be to hold our Stansted event the last weekend of November, but we are going to change the format of how we do that, so what this space.
Our Facebook page has daily updates as to what is happening with the crews we work with, so please watch this for updates.
H2A and TAX UPDATE
PLEASE READ AND TAKE NOTE.
It seems this year the IRS are starting to get HOT on Foreign workers not paying Income tax, this has been brought to my attention from several guys placed on harvest crews who are now being asked to pay Income tax, which after research you are liable for.
The best I can advise is to make sure your employer deducts this from your pay at source.
You will be sent a W-2 form to submit to the IRS the following year.
If you work anything over 179 days you are liable for Income tax, you are not liable for Social Security or Medicare taxes.
Also, I advise NOT to pay what you could owe through the HMRC as this will not be past onto the IRS.
Please don’t let this put you off joining a US or Canadian Combine or Chopping crew, its an amazing experience and what you will gain from it will memories of a lifetime.
WOULD YOUR CLUB LIKE A TALK ON CUSTOM HARVESTING IN THE USA
If your club would be interested I am more than happy to do this for a small fee to cover my fuel cost, the presentation last for around an hour with talking, pictures and film and I welcome questions throughout the presentation.
