Monthly Archives: January 2014

Another MT

Posted on January 14, 2014 by casifarm

Tuesday, January 14, 2014 The sun is brilliant today.  But the air has a chill, and there is a little breeze adding to the feeling of cold.  Brandon got #7 bin swept out this morning, so mark another one MT  … Continue reading →

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Fun Sunday

Posted on January 13, 2014 by casifarm

Monday, January 13, 2014 Thanks to tickets from Troy Clawson, our Monsanto rep, we were able to go to Purdue to enjoy a Boilermaker-B1G basketball game.  I always get a little sentimental when I return to Mackey Arena.  It is … Continue reading →

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Another restoration

Posted on January 9, 2014 by casifarm

Thursday, January 9, 2014 In between corn deliveries, Brandon and Nick have been working on Ross’ old bobcat… what we call a skid-steer loader.  Actually, Ross calls it “Bob”.  This thing is very old; Ross found it abandoned, bought it … Continue reading →

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to market, to market

Posted on January 8, 2014 by casifarm

Wednesday, January 8, 2014 Local schools are still closed today.  The county roads are still snow-covered, making travel a bit difficult.  US 50 is pretty much clean and dry.  Therefore, we are sending our loads-by-appointment corn to GPC today.  We … Continue reading →

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Super-Arctic blast

Posted on January 6, 2014 by casifarm

Monday, January 6, 2014 Well, the morning is dawning, and the radio reports the temperature at -4F!  Add in the “wind chill” factor, and that takes the effective temperature down to -31F!  We did not receive as much snow as … Continue reading →

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Arctic blast

Posted on January 2, 2014 by casifarm

Thursday, January 2, 2014 Boy, is it ever cold out there.  We got about an inch of snow overnight and it’s 20ºF (-7ºC), but the wind is blowing over 20 mph (32km/h) and that makes it feel very, very chilly. … Continue reading →

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Welcome, 2014

Posted on January 1, 2014 by casifarm

January 1, 2014 2014?  Already?  Remember the anxiety of the Y2K a few years back?  Well, that’s a long time ago now, isn’t it?  And the trepidation of the arrival of the year 2000 was overblown.  Most of the things … Continue reading →

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