Friday, December 29, 2023

It’s the last workday of the year, and it’s a busy one for us at Carnahan & Sons.   Bill and Brandon are hauling 12 loads of corn to GPC at Washington, Indiana.    GPC is unusually not busy today, so there are mostly open slots for delivery appointments.  There has been no hiccups in getting unloaded.  I’m kept busy back here at the farm, running corn up into the load-out.

This is the Volvo that Bill drives. It’s getting loaded with corn.

…and Brandon drives this Peterbilt that we call the “Tony Truck”, named for its former owner.

We had more snow most of the morning, but it was pretty much melting as it fell to the ground.  This makes for a messy driveway and the highways are even messy, too.  The two trucks that are busy today are becoming filthy dirty.   Part of me wishes it was 15 degrees cooler, so that the ground would be frozen and the roads cleaner.   But that corn needs to go out today, so we’re on the road to GPC.

You can tell that the trucks will need a good wash as soon as possible.

As the year comes to a close, we glance back with gratitude for the blessings we’ve received.  We harvested our best-yield-ever corn and soybeans this fall.  Although the wheat crop was not as good as ’21 or ’22, we did have our best-yielding single field of wheat ever.  And the DCB were very good, too.   We made it through the spring, summer, and fall busy seasons with no injuries, and relatively good health.   And even though we had a combine fire, it was not a total loss, and it has been repaired.   We were able to bring in some new machines ( shown below ) that will make future work easier and more productive and efficient.

A new JD N550 soybean drill went into service back in April

In June, a new MacDon header started harvesting wheat

July brought the delivery of a new JD 9R 540 tractor

…and in August, we took delivery of a new JD 8R 340 tractor

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Just as we remember 2023 for many good blessings, we look ahead to the new year with hope and optimism.   We keep in mind our utter dependence on our Maker and trust Him for our future.   James 5:7.

So, from the farmers here at Carnahan & Sons, we send you our best wishes for a happy and healthy and successful 2024.    HNY!