Monthly Archives: March 2024

Setting trusses… and other news…

Posted on March 28, 2024 by casifarm

Thursday morning, March 28, 2024 The building crew brought in a small crane this morning to put in place the remainder of the trusses on the new building.  They got started setting trusses yesterday afternoon, but with this crane, they … Continue reading →

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Pause

Posted on March 26, 2024 by casifarm

Tuesday, March 26, 2024 As predicted, we received a rain last night, .52″ (13mm).  That has stopped field work for a couple days.  The guys were making reasonable progress on the NH3 applications; we have about 2/3 of the corn … Continue reading →

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Inching forward

Posted on March 23, 2024 by casifarm

Saturday, March 23, 2024 We made some bits of progress this week.  It feels like ‘baby steps’, but it is progress.  The nights have been too cold to allow us to move ahead with a ‘green light’.  In fact, the … Continue reading →

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A start

Posted on March 21, 2024 by casifarm

Thursday, March 21, 2024 Yesterday afternoon, Brandon found a field dry enough to apply NH3.   He worked diligently through the afternoon and evening.   It was a pretty good day for a first day. The temperature is cooler than we’d like, … Continue reading →

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Sunny day

Posted on March 20, 2024 by casifarm

Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Spring arrived last night at about 11pm.  I must confess I was not awake to see it come in.  But today, at least the sun in out and the day is warming a bit.  As of … Continue reading →

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Pause for a rainy spell

Posted on March 15, 2024 by casifarm

Friday, March 15, 2024 Another rain last night has brought field work to a stop.  We had begun to use the field cultivator in some fields here close to home that were dry enough work.  But today, that is stopped!  … Continue reading →

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How’s the wheat crop doing?

Posted on March 11, 2024 by casifarm

Monday, March 11, 2024 We had a new wheat consultant from Nutrien stop by today.  We gathered at two of the fields near Wheatland to examine the current status of the wheat crop.  We were especially interested in observing a … Continue reading →

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Rainy Friday

Posted on March 8, 2024 by casifarm

March 8 ,2024 It’s a rainy day today… this will definitely push back the first day of spring field operations.  On our horizon, will be some smoothing work in a few fields with the field cultivator (dad called it a … Continue reading →

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New combine arrives

Posted on March 7, 2024 by casifarm

Thursday, March 7, 2024 Last Monday, the 4th, our friend Gene Williams who works for RK Transport Company delivered our new JD S780 combine.   It had been sitting at Hutson, Inc. in Ireland, Indiana for several days, waiting on a … Continue reading →

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Plant prep

Posted on March 6, 2024 by casifarm

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 Today is a chilly and gray day in SWIN.  This follows a warmer day yesterday, which had  periods of rain. John and Brandon worked on the field cultivator and the sprayer and our blue DMI NH3 … Continue reading →

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