Thursday, August 17, 2023

Clean-up continues at Carnahan & Sons.   Brandon is now down to the final combine, the CIH 8250.  He has been through the headers and the JD S780.  First, he cleans with compressed air, and then he washes, scrubs with a soapy brush, and then a thorough rinse.  We are out of #andyclean soap, we need to pick up another bottle of that.  That #andyclean soap really works well.

JD gets the air treatment first.

The 8250 is on the wash pad now, and ready for the soapy scrub brush.

I’ve also been out on the JD 6145R tractor with R15 rotary cutter (bush hog).  I have the US 50 roadsides near Wheatland and all along IN 241 looking pretty good again.  I mowed it back in June, but it was getting pretty ‘ragged’ looking.  Now, those areas are neatly groomed once more.  I am hoping that this pass will be sufficient for the rest of the summer/fall.

We have two bins of wheat that are ready to be swept out, and placed into a smaller bin.  It looks like we will have to keep that wheat in our inventory until the new year.  The wheat price is really low right now, but Jan24 wheat is better.

Yesterday late afternoon, we went to a private DeKalb/Asgrow field day hosted by our local seed dealer.  Afterward, we were also treated to supper at Bobe’s in Washington, Indiana.  John had a wonderful steak, I had a yummy pork chop, and Brandon got a special kind of fried chicken.  Nice.

I prefer these smaller, more personal field days. You get the same information, but more tailored to your needs. Besides Brandon, John, and me, there were only 3 other farms represented. The information about new hybrids and varieties was helpful to our 2024 seed decisions.

There is a small chance of rain in this afternoon’s forecast.   We are not in any moisture stress right now, but a nice rain would be welcome.  Next week, we are predicted to get some daytime temps in the high 90s!  But the week after that should bring more moderate, seasonal temps.  Looking forward to that.

Have a pleasant weekend.