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Monthly Archives: March 2018
Rainy week
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 Looks like 2.7 inches (69 mm) of rain so far this week. And there is more in the forecast. We have received rain on 12 of the 28 days so far this month! Our thoughts of … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Farm Days, News
Tagged healthy wheat, heavy rain, rainy forecast, river flooding, White River forecast
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Seed arrives
Friday, March 23, 2018 Our DeKalb/Asgrow seed dealer (who is also a good neighbor) started delivering the seed corn today. We place seed in our old concrete block building… one that was original to the farm when we moved here … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, News, Planting
Tagged corn seed, Dekalb/Asgrow, Purdue basketball, Purdue Vs. Texas Tech, seed inventory, seed storage, Sweet 16
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Cosmetic fix
Thursday, March 22, 2018 This morning’s project was merely cosmetic. I was concerned about the rusty bolt heads in the wheels of the 9520R tractor, so today I hand-brushed some yellow paint on them. Yesterday’s snow gave a window of … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Days, News, Planting
Tagged JD 9520R tractor, JD yellow paint, rain delays
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Wasn’t expecting that
Wednesday, March 21, 2018 We woke up to a a blanket of snow! We saw flurries as the day closed yesterday, but during the night, it covered the ground. It’s one of those wet snows, sticking to tree branches and … Continue reading
Chilly Friday
Friday, March 16, 2018 It was much colder outside today than yesterday, and the cloudiness and wind increased the chill in the air. Even so, it was a busy day for a Friday in mid-March. We took the time to service … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Days, News, Planting
Tagged Asgrow, CPS, CPS Wheatland, field cultivator, Purdue basketball, soybean seed treatment
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Keep going
Wednesday, March 14, 2018 Today, the shop work includes correcting the tire pressures on the JD 9520R tractor. We found all manner of tire pressures among the 8 big tires… from 13 to 30 psi. Now, John and Brandon are … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Days, News, Planting
Tagged 2018 wheat crop, 2510H applicator, anhydrous ammonia, JD 9520R tractor, N application, nitrogen, wheat health
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A step
Tuesday, March 13, 2018 Yesterday evening, we finally made a breakthrough with the JD Gen 4 screen. We were able to get it to read and accept planting prescriptions that were written in JD Operations Center. (OpCtr). We had been … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Days, News, Planting
Tagged Hutson Inc, JD 2510H applicator, JD 9520R tractor, JD Gen 4 display, JD GS3 2630, JD Office, Operations Center
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Perplexed
Thursday, March 8, 2018 There are snow flurries in the air, and here I am, writing planting prescriptions for the soybean air drill. The creation of these maps is going better this year, for we are doing them in JD … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Days, News, Planting
Tagged Apex, Climate Corp, Field View, Hutson Inc, JD 9520R tractor, John Deere, Operations Center
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Next steps
Wednesday, March 7, 2018 We brought home the soybean air drill and the nitrogen toolbar this morning. It was a mostly sunny and dry day, with dry roads, so we traveled to the Huey farm east of Wheatland where we … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Days, News, Planting
Tagged GreenStar, Huey farm, Mack truck, Montgomery Welding, snow flurries
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