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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Sunny Friday
Friday, November 30, 2012 It’s a beautiful day in southern Indiana. The sun is bright, the sky is clear. 59 degrees. A gentle breeze is blowing. In some ways, it feels like April, not November. The Shepards have begun their … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Farm Days, Harvest
Tagged drainage tile, french farmer, Portland Oregon, South Knox Spartans, southern Indiana
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Transitions…
Monday, November 26, 2012 John is out today in the Peterbilt delivering the last of the soybeans to market. It is comforting to know that the responsibility of storage is now on someone else’s shoulders. We will be empty of beans … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Days, News
Tagged grain delivery, Portland Oregon, Robinson Elevator, U of O
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Clean-up continues
Tuesday, November 21, 2012 The cleaning of the equipment continues today, for it is quite warm for a November day in southern Indiana–63F. The winds are calm, making for a more pleasant time to wash stuff. Tomorrow is my favorite … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Days, News
Tagged 9360R tractor, good November weather, JD 9770 combine, Thanksgiving, wash the equipment
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Clouds of white
Tuesday, November 20, 2012 CPS is spreading ag lime on the Home farm today. The 3 spreader trucks are making billowing clouds of white as they travel across the fields. This product is quarried and ground up into a coarse … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Days, News
Tagged ag lime, CPS, pH, precision farming, site-specific application
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Harvest 2012 in the rearview mirror
Saturday, November 17, 2012 Yes, we are done. The 2012 crop is history. Now our attention turns fully to 2013! We came through with diminished yields, but we also came through with our health, no injuries… we remain grateful to … Continue reading
Here we go
Friday, November 16, 2012 Yesterday afternoon we began with the harvest of the double-crop soybeans. It is gratifying to finally get going on this last portion of the harvest. It’s been over a month that we’ve been waiting to work … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Days, Harvest
Tagged double-crop soybeans, frosty morning, SW Indiana
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Snow?
Monday, November 12, 2012 After a warm and sunny weekend, with temperatures in the 60s and 70s, this morning it is overcast, 35F, and we see some snow flurries in the air! Hard to believe it! But that’s southern Indiana … Continue reading
Sunny and warmer
Friday, November 9, 2012 Under a clear blue sky, the temperature got up to 67F today. Really nice. Two big events today: 1. Grandma Pat kept little Miss Ella for the first time today. 2. We did our first work … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Days, Harvest, News
Tagged Burke farm, bush hog, courthouse, fall herbicide application, grandma, Miss Ella, property taxes, Vincennes
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Going…..going….. gone!
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 The farm grew by about 5% in size today! We were the successful bidder at a closed auction for the Burke farm, south of Wheatland along Petersburg Road. Bidders were required to submit a sealed bid … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Days, News
Tagged Applebees, Burke farm, farmland auction, Old National Bank, Petersburg Road, Wheatland Indiana
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Colder
Monday, November 5, 2012 Pretty cold out there this morning. 30F when I came to the office. We had a good celebration for Pat’s birthday yesterday, with a great dinner at Biaggi’s restaurant in Evansville. Philip, John, Ashley, and Ella … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Days, Harvest, News
Tagged Cold morning, double-crop soybeans, harvest soybeans, land auction, Pat's birthday
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