Monthly Archives: May 2024

Another pre-wheat step

Posted on May 31, 2024 by casifarm

Friday, May 31, 2024 We got out the JD RD40F header in the cool of the morning, and attached it to the new JD S780 combine.   After getting the cutterbar locked up, I went through what seemed like a bazillion … Continue reading →

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Not much activity this week…

Posted on May 30, 2024 by casifarm

Thursday, May 30, 2024 On the farm scene, not much progress can be reported.  John has ‘caught up’ the spraying over the top of the corn and soybeans.  There are a couple corn fields not quite ready for the post-emerge … Continue reading →

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A little rain interrupts

Posted on May 24, 2024 by casifarm

Friday, May 24, 2025 Yesterday afternoon, while Brandon was planting in the last corn field of #plant24, I was at the Burke farm mowing the riparian strips on the levee.  Both jobs were going fairly well, but an unexpected rain … Continue reading →

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More progress, at least somewhat

Posted on May 23, 2024 by casifarm

Thursday, May 23, 2024 John is out spraying this morning, applying the post-emergence pass of herbicide to the earliest-planted corn fields.  He is quite careful in his applications; winds in excess of 10 mph limit what he will do.  And … Continue reading →

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Just a little bit

Posted on May 20, 2024 by casifarm

Monday, May 20, 2024 Today we were able to do a little bit of work in a few of our fields.  John is spraying over the top of corn, the first and final post-emerge herbicide application.  Unless something unforeseen occurs, … Continue reading →

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That was a whopper!

Posted on May 15, 2024 by casifarm

Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Yesterday evening, we got a whopper of a rain!  All told, we received 3″ (76mm)!  From 5:30 to about 8 pm, it rained hard, like pouring it out of a bucket!  As I drove home from … Continue reading →

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Another rainy day 2.0

Posted on May 14, 2024 by casifarm

Tuesday, May 14, 2024 It’s raining again today.  We got a little bit last night, but today we’ve received another .8″ (20mm).  Because of this rainy spell, #plant24 is stopped again, and it looks like it will take a few … Continue reading →

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Another rainy day

Posted on May 7, 2024 by casifarm

Tuesday, May 7, 2024 Yes, we got more rain today.  Not a lot, but it doesn’t take a lot to keep the already-saturated ground soggy.  This will put off more planting until probably next week.  I need 3 good days’ … Continue reading →

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Welcome, May

Posted on May 3, 2024 by casifarm

Friday, May 3, 2024 As the week closes out, we received another .22″ (6mm) of rain before daybreak today.  Although that doesn’t sound like a lot of rain, it came on top of already too-wet fields… so there is no … Continue reading →

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Still too soggy

Posted on May 1, 2024 by casifarm

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 May has arrived, and the neighborhood is very quiet.   Like the Night Before Christmas, “not a creature is stirring”.   The fields are still too wet and soft for us to plant or even run the sprayer.  … Continue reading →

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