Monthly Archives: December 2013

WordPress Annual Report

Posted on December 31, 2013 by casifarm

The WordPress.com stats has prepared a 2013 annual report for this website. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 22,000 times in 2013. If it were a concert … Continue reading →

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2013 in the rear-view mirror

Posted on December 30, 2013 by casifarm

Monday, December 30, 2013 Well, another year is near its end.  It had significant ups and downs.  For Carnahan & Sons, we celebrated our first crop from the new Burke farm.  We moved up to a new and larger soybean … Continue reading →

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Another grain bin MT

Posted on December 27, 2013 by casifarm

Friday, December 27, 2013 Brandon is out with the Peterbilt, delivering corn to GPC at Washington, Indiana.  He spent a big part of yesterday sweeping out our #1 grain bin.  He had a little help from Haley towards the end.   … Continue reading →

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The S680 arrives at the farm

Posted on December 23, 2013 by casifarm

Monday, December 23, 2013 It’s like Santa arrived early!  The new combine was delivered today.  I got a call from Gene Williams, the delivery guy for Wright-Stemle, letting me know he was coming today.  He came in a little after … Continue reading →

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Water, water everywhere…

Posted on December 23, 2013 by casifarm

Monday, December 23, 2013 It’s no wonder there is still water standing all over the neighborhood.  I checked the rain gauge this morning, and it reads 5.63″ (143mm) from the weekend rain event.  It started on Friday night, and stopped Saturday night.  … Continue reading →

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Welcome, Winter

Posted on December 21, 2013 by casifarm

Saturday, December 21, 2013 Today is the first day of winter, but it looked more ‘winter-like’ 10 days ago.  Now, the snow is all gone and we are in the midst of a heavy rain.  The skies are gray, and … Continue reading →

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One down, nine to go

Posted on December 19, 2013 by casifarm

Thursday, December 19, 2013 We made the first annual payment on the new Burke farm today.  Boy, oh, boy… did  that year ever go by fast!  To recall the story of how we came to purchase this place, refer to … Continue reading →

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Bye, bye, beans

Posted on December 17, 2013 by casifarm

Tuesday, December 17, 2013 Ross pulled the trigger today and sold the remainder of the 2013 soybeans.  By evening, we will have no more soybeans here in our storage.  His reasoning for selling this 2013 crop sooner rather than later … Continue reading →

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Warming trend?

Posted on December 16, 2013 by casifarm

Monday, December 16, 2013 Outside, the snow and ice are ‘crunchy’ when you walk or drive on it.  We had a little thawing late last week that made the roads slushy, then they froze again.  But the weather folks are predicting … Continue reading →

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Negative numbers

Posted on December 12, 2013 by casifarm

Thursday, December 12, 2013 When we were awakened by the radio this morning, the announcer reported the temperature at -2ºF (-19C).  That was an attention getter!  Then, after the local news report, the next song that was played was Baby, … Continue reading →

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