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Monthly Archives: January 2015
Welcome the weekend
Saturday, January 31, 2015 Wow! Another last-day-of-the-month already! The calendar pages flip over rapidly, don’t they? Some assorted stuff this week, both big and little: 1. We made the final payment on the Cresy Evans farm on Friday. It was the 10th … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Farm Days, News
Tagged Apex, Bill Dobson Ford, Cresy Evans Farm, F-150, GoPro, MyJohnDeere, Phantom 2, PT, Purdue vs IU, UAV
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MT
Monday, January 26, 2015 We are now officially empty (MT) of soybeans. We can mark the bin #1A “MT” on the chart. We were pleased and grateful for the 2014 soybean yields. The 2014 soybean crops were our best ever– … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Farm Days, News
Tagged empty grain bins, January snow, old farm lore
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Another Friday
January 23, 2015 It’s a gray and chilly day in southwest Indiana. It looks like winter out there…except there’s no snow. I’m in the office this morning, to write the weekly paychecks. The little Roomba is running around, sweeping the … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, News
Tagged paychecks, Roomba, South Knox Spartans, Vincennes Lincoln Alices
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Shop Work
Wednesday, January 21, 2015 We have had the corn planter in the shop this week. This machine is a Case-IH model 1250, 24-row no till planter. It was purchased in the summer of 2011, and has planted the corn crops … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Days, News, Planting
Tagged CIH 1250 planter, closing wheels, corn planter, press wheel, row cleaners, winter shop work
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Sunny day
Monday, January 19, 2015 Yes, the sunshine is brilliant today, and the sky a clear and vibrant blue. There’s not much wind, so that makes the warmer temperature seem even better. It’s pleasant for a January day in Indiana. Mid … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Farm Days, News
Tagged corn delivery, GPC, Mack truck, Shoulder replacement
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UAV video, first attempt
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 Here is one of our first attempts to make a video using the Phantom 2 UAV (drone) with an attached GoPro Hero3+ camera. If you have 4 minutes, you can see how the UAV rookies are … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Farm Days, News
Tagged GoPro, Phantom 2, Shoulder replacement, UAV
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A little bit of this, a little bit of that…
Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Today, there is some corn going to market at GPC. The Vision was in the shop yesterday for cleaning and for repairing a flat tire. I’m going to practice flying the UAV. We got the GoPro camera working … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Days, News
Tagged drone, GoPro, GPC, Hutson Inc, iPad, PIP, planter repair, S680 combine
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First Flight
Friday, January 9, 2014 Now we’re starting up the new UAV, learning how to fly. John is showing me how to do this, just inside the shop for now. See the first flight on our YouTube site. We’re hoping the … Continue reading
New things to learn
Thursday, January 8, 2015 Trucks and truckers are busy today. Two loads of corn went to GPC at Washington, Indiana, and 3 loads of soybeans went to ADM at Newburgh, Indiana. Not much else is going on outside on this … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Farm Days, News
Tagged ADM, DJI, drone, GPC, Newburgh Indiana, Phantom 2, Washington Indiana
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Office assistant
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 Yesterday, I had some help in the office. Ella came to help grandpa! Most of my duties are relegated to office work this time of year, and it’s nice to have some help from time to … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Farm Days, News
Tagged adding machine, calculator, farm office, grain bins, grain to market, office work, sub-zero temperature
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