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Monthly Archives: September 2014
Company’s comin’
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 We are eager for the arrival of special visitors for the weekend. Pat’s brother Raymond Klein from Los Angeles is coming with his 2 daughters Sofia and Mila for a farm visit. Unfortunately, Raymond’s wife Sandra … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Farm Days, Harvest, News
Tagged farm visitors, Los Angeles, soybean harvest
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Not a day of rest today
Sunday, September 28, 2014 We are using this afternoon to harvest corn. John says this will help him meet the scheduled deliveries of corn to GPC at Washington early in October. The moisture levels have improved appreciably… now 17-18%. The … Continue reading
…beans continued…
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 It’s another dewy morning. That delays the start of soybean harvest, because it must be ‘dry’ to cut soybeans… or at least to do it well. But there are other things to do while we wait … Continue reading
Beans!
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 Yesterday afternoon, we began with soybean harvest. We went first to the Evans farm. It was my first experience with the new 640FD header in soybeans. It was pretty easy to get started. But only 30 minutes into … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Days, Harvest, News
Tagged CIH 8230, Demco 1350, Evans farm, favorite farm job, Jake, JD 640FD, JD 9360R, JD service, Montgomery Welding, Roberson farm, soybean harvest, weather forecast
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The brakes are on
Saturday, September 20, 2014 Yesterday afternoon, we had a breakdown in our large unload pit… or more specifically, the drag conveyor that lifts the grain up into the big elevator. We had to borrow a vacuum machine from a neighbor in … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Days, Harvest, News
Tagged breakdown, farm repairs, grass waterway, Montgomery Welding, Robinson Grain, Shepard Construction, unload pit
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First day of corn harvest 2014
Thursday, September 18, 2014 First day of harvest…. with the usual glitches. We spent some considerable time doing yield calibrations and getting the threshing settings right. There were many new things to learn about the S680 that were different from … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Days, Harvest, News
Tagged corn harvest, Demco 1350, grain cart, JD S680 combine, Pond farm
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Farm Science Review
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 Pat and I attended the Ohio Farm Science Review yesterday. It’s one of the better-run outdoor farm exhibitions. We departed very early Tuesday morning, and arrived there about 930 am. The day was overcast, there were … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Farm Days, Harvest, News
Tagged 9R tractors, CIH, Farm Science Review, Fendt, Hickory, Hoosiers movie, John Deere, Knightstown Indiana, Massey-Ferguson, New Holland, Ohio FSR
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Cloudy Monday
Monday, September 15, 2014 The clouds just won’t seem to go away today. The morning began with cool temps, 44ºF (7C). But the afternoon got up to 70! It may rain during the night. John is using this day to … Continue reading
Chilly morning
Saturday, September 13, 2014 It was 48ºF (9C) when we started the day! Sure feels like summer is history. It was overcast and gloomy-looking. But by 10 am, the clouds cleared away and gave us a sunny, clear-blue-sky day. The … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Days, Harvest, News
Tagged corn harvest, CPS, fertlizer prescriptions, precision farming, S680 combine, yield maps
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