More than 100 farmers trying to set a world record for harvesting 160 acres of soybeans narrowly missed the mark Wednesday, gathering the crops in 11 minutes and 43.59 seconds.

As part of the fundraiser for Harvest for Hunger (H4H), 120 combines took to the field one kilometre north of Monkton on Highway 23 just before 1:30 p.m.

The event went ahead Wednesday after being postponed twice due to uncooperative weather.

Unfortunately they were unable to match the current record of 11 minutes and 8 seconds set in Winkler, Man. even though the goal had been set at 10 minutes.

But for Randy Deblock, who was driving one of the combines, it was still a great experience.

"It was awesome to look across and see all those combines and the cloud of dust," he says.

While the harvest itself didn't meet the mark, the money raised certainly will, when it is distributed around the world by 15 different hunger relief agencies through the Canadian Foodgrains Bank Association.

Randy Drenth, chair of Harvest for Hunger, says "We're hoping to raise $200,000, there's going to be an auction after the event for all the buyers that are interested in soybeans."

A number of bidders at the auction were reportedly buying beans and donating them back to be sold again in support of the famine relief efforts in developing countries.

The money raised from auctioning the harvested soybeans will also be matched four to one by CIDA, the Canadian International Development Agency.

Dozens of enterprises and hundreds of community members supported the effort to set a record soybean harvest and everyone was stretched as a result of the rescheduling.

Deblock says "Of course you want to achieve your goals but the first goal is to bring the community together and get the harvest done and raise awareness and funds for hunger."

Lunch was also made available to the public for a donation to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank Association and bleachers had been brought to the site for a good view.

Those who watched called the sight awesome, amazing and exciting.

Anyone who wants to support the fundraiser can still 'donate a bushel' -- $20 on the Canadian Foodgrains Bank Association website at: http://www.foodgrainsbank.ca/.

Additional information on the world record attempt can be found at Harvest for Hunger at http://harvest4hunger.wordpress.com/.