Monthly Archives: May 2019

Wet Wednesday

Posted on May 29, 2019 by casifarm

May 29, 2019 Yes, it is wet.   Thunder woke us up at 6 am today.  Here at the office at 11 am, we’ve received 1.1″ (28mm) so far.  And the sky has turned quite dark.  There are reports of 2+inches … Continue reading →

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Hot Tuesday

Posted on May 28, 2019 by casifarm

May 28, 2019 It is gonna be another hot one today.  They tell us it will be near 90ºF (32) this afternoon, 7-8 degrees above average.  We are stopped from planting again today, after rainy days on Saturday and Sunday.  … Continue reading →

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Rude awakening

Posted on May 23, 2019 by casifarm

Thursday, May 23, 2019 The alarm clock did not wake us up this morning.  It was the loud, rolling, rumbling peals of thunder.  We got .69″ (18mm) of rain yesterday morning, and we are adding to it today.  The rainy … Continue reading →

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Six tenths on Sunday

Posted on May 20, 2019 by casifarm

Monday, May 20, 2019 Well, it felt good on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday to get the planters rolling.  Ross was out with the new CIH 2150 24-row corn planter.  It has a new feature from Precision Planting called “Delta Force”:  … Continue reading →

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Step by step

Posted on May 15, 2019 by casifarm

Wednesday, May 15, 2019 A light rain overnight has us on ‘pause’ this morning.  We have our sights set on two more fields to apply NH3 and the corn burndown spray.  We should be able to get back out there … Continue reading →

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‘nother rain

Posted on May 9, 2019 by casifarm

Thursday, May 9, 2019 Ross searched again this morning for a ‘dry’ field to apply NH3, and decided to go to the Dunn farm.  So, he and John got going up there, and about 1230 pm, a wave of rain … Continue reading →

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Special Visitors

Posted on May 6, 2019 by casifarm

May 6, 2019 Wow!  What a lovely day Monday has bought us!  There is a gentle breeze and it is 71ºF  (22C).   I took the Gator over to the Shake farm to see if it  would be possible on this … Continue reading →

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Rainy Thursday

Posted on May 2, 2019 by casifarm

May 2, 2019 The sky turned dark about 9am today and with it came the thunder and lightning.  There have been periods of rain this morning, heavy at times.  So far, .21″ (5mm), but more is on the way… The … Continue reading →

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A tiny bit of progress

Posted on May 1, 2019 by casifarm

Wednesday, May 1, 2019 Yesterday evening and this morning, we were able to get out on the fields here at the home farm to do a bit of spraying the burndown herbicide for soybeans.  The conditions were certainly not perfect.  Most areas … Continue reading →

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