Monday, August 14, 2023

The pace has slowed a bit here at Carnahan & Sons.

Of course, there remains some herbicide applications that need to happen to the double-crop soybeans (DCB), one more load of wheat needs to be delivered, and several days’ worth of roadside mowing needs to occur.  But the pace is slow enough now that Brandon has begun the post-wheat-harvest clean up.

First up on the wash pad is the JD RD40F header.

The MacDon header came out in the afternoon to begin the process.

First step toward #andyclean is to use compressed air on this MacDon header

John uses a soapy scrub brush before he rinses off the JD header.

Both combines will be coming out of storage for a thorough clean-up.  After the combines are clean, we will work to get them set up for fall harvest, making the internal and external changes to go from wheat to corn/soybeans.  Just think, fall harvest is approximately 5 weeks away.

We are still in the process of hiring a full-time farm hand.  We have discovered 5 candidates, and we are making arrangements to interview them for the position.

Shepard Construction is nearing the completion of the conservation improvements at the Harry field.  They proposed an alternative that we chose to use, diverting a big amount of surface water drainage to the south side of the field, rather than adding more underground tile.  This solution should be more effective, while being less expensive with less maintenance.

We received a half-inch rain this morning.  It is very welcome here.  PTL!

Have a good week.