Monthly Archives: September 2020

One rainy day.

Tuesday, September 29, 2020 Well, we got some rain yesterday.  It has been dry for about 8 weeks!  Everything was covered in a coat of dust!  But yesterday, we got some rain.  At .17″ (4mm), it wasn’t much, but the … Continue reading

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Good week

Saturday, September 26, 2020 This has been a good week for cutting soybeans.  We began harvesting soybeans last Wednesday, and we used every day since then to harvest them.  Now, this morning, it feels like we are having an ‘Oregon’ … Continue reading

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Not one, but two.

Wednesday, September 23, 2020 On Monday, the 21st, we had two special visitors to Carnahan & Sons.  Film crews and photographers! First, was Kevin and Meghan Bryan from Visual Poet Studios (VPS) in Louisville, Kentucky.  They were here with Jeff … Continue reading

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First soybeans

Thursday, September 17, 2020 We harvested corn for two days, finding it wetter than we’d like.  It was 24-25% average, but some got as low as 22%.  But after those two days, we found some soybeans that would cut.  No, … Continue reading

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First day.

Monday, September 14, 2020 Today, we began #harvest2020 We started in some corn here at the home farm.  It took me a while to get the JD S780 “dialed in”, but after that, we had no trouble.  There were adjustments … Continue reading

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Last minutes

Saturday, September 12, 2020 There has been some activity here at Carnahan & Sons since the end of August. Final preparations for fall harvest are now complete.  The grain bins and the dryer have been serviced.  Each machine and truck … Continue reading

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