Monthly Archives: July 2024

End-of-summer stuff

Posted on July 30, 2024 by casifarm

Tuesday, July 30, 2024 Brandon has been busy with cleaning corn bins, moving the grain to the overhead load-out bin in anticipation of the sales contracts that must be filled beginning Thursday, August 1.  He is also working on the … Continue reading →

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Sunny day

Posted on July 23, 2024 by casifarm

Tuesday, July 23, 2024 Bill is on his second trip to ADM at Newburgh.  Brandon just returned from his trip.  Corn is moving.  When August arrives, there will be wheat to deliver also.  I have been out in the Gator … Continue reading →

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Loading a truck

Posted on July 19, 2024 by casifarm

Friday, July 19, 2024 Bill is hauling corn to ADM in Newburgh.  I got to load him for his 2nd trip of the day.  It takes him a tick over 3 hours to make a round trip down to Newburgh, … Continue reading →

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Mowing and other stuff

Posted on July 18, 2024 by casifarm

Thursday, July 18, 2024 I’ve been mowing roadsides for a few days.  I prefer to start in the morning after the dew dries off; it makes the ‘after’ view less clumpy… more smooth.  As of this evening, I think I’ve … Continue reading →

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‘nother inch of rain

Posted on July 16, 2024 by casifarm

Tuesday, July 16, 2024 We woke up to rain today around 5am.  It rained steady until about 10 am.  The gauge shows 1.28″ (33 mm).   Another welcome and nice rain for the month of July.  That makes 3.78″ (96 mm) … Continue reading →

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Beryl gone, we’re okay.

Posted on July 10, 2024 by casifarm

Wednesday, July 10, 2024 Beryl blew through Knox County yesterday evening, about 7-8pm.  We had bands of rain off and on throughout the afternoon, but the strong part of the storm came about 7pm.  There was even a tornado confirmed … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Beryl comes to Indiana

Posted on July 9, 2024 by casifarm

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 It’s been a relatively quiet few days.  We had some rain last Thursday and Friday, and that put off some of the spraying of soybeans that we have on our “to do” list.  We have a … Continue reading →

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Rainy spell

Posted on July 5, 2024 by casifarm

Friday, July 5, 2024 We’ve entered that typical post-double-crop-soybean planting rainy period.  I’m not sure how long this will last, but yesterday for the 4th we got a 1″ (25mm) rain.  It was so very welcome, and today we are … Continue reading →

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#plant 24 and replant24…is done.

Posted on July 3, 2024 by casifarm

Wednesday, July 3, 2024 This morning, I drove down to the Freddie farm. It was the final candidate for possible areas of replant.  I was pleased to find that no replant is necessary at that location!   The soybeans there are … Continue reading →

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