Wednesday, April 17, 2024

The sun is out and it is already 71ºF (22C) at 9am.  The wind is rather stiff, but still a pleasant morning.  But last night, we received another “April shower”.  This adds to the situation where the fields are too soft to drive across.  It’s quite a contrast to the month of March; that was exceptionally dry.  Now, in April, we are catching up some needed rainfall.  We’d be pleased if it would dry off for a couple weeks and allow us to begin planting corn and soybeans.  But, we are not in charge of that, and we must react to whatever comes.  It doesn’t feel “late” yet, but it would be a happy thing to get the planters rolling.

Brandon is cleaning a couple trucks and trailers today.  His goal is to make them #Andyclean!  He has more corn to haul this afternoon, and his Peterbilt “Tony Truck” will look great when he goes.  He also washed the Volvo, which now is loaded with soybean seed.   If the weather stays dry by Friday, I’ll load seed into the air drill, and then take the Volvo to Nutrien to top it back off with seed.

Brandon first washed the Volvo.

Next came the Tony Truck, named for the previous owner.

Monday afternoon, I took the Volvo over to Nutrien and filled it with Asgrow soybean seed, a different variety in each hopper.

But, as long as the fields are not ready for the planters, I’ll keep the soybean planter tractor in the shed, out of the sun and rain.

White River is cresting today near US 50, and will slowly move down over the next 7-8 days.  This affects about 15% of our acres.

This is today’s NOAA Hydrological graph report for Edwardsport, Indiana. Our fields are about 1-day’s river flow after Edwardsport.

Maybe next week we can start the planters?