Thursday, November 13, 2025

The weather warmed back up from the really cold days earlier in the week.  Plus, the guys have all the grain delivered to fill the November contracts.  Therefore, they are using this pretty nice afternoon to wash the trucks, to remove the road salt and other grime from recent days.

Brandon D is making it shine.

As Brandon backs the Tony truck into the building, it is really shiny!

Now, they’re working on the Pete and its Wilson trailer

John washed the 9R540 tractor this morning, and then we used it to take our vertical tillage tool over to Sloan Implement at Vincennes for a frame repair.  It is being covered by Deere, to fix cracks that have developed in the wing frames.  Hope that it will get done and returned home in a week or so.  Next Tuesday, the N550 air drill will get its inspection to determine how to make it field-ready for soybean planting in 2026.

On the wash pad early this morning, John cleans up the 9R540 tractor

Here is the “after” view of the wash job. Is it “Andyclean”?  I’d say ‘yes’!

The office work has picked up again this week.  We met Wednesday morning with our Bayer rep Justin and the local sales guy Greg to finalize our seed order for 2026 corn and soybeans.  We were anticipating (and dreading) a significant increase in price, but we settled on the 5 varieties each of corn and soybeans, without a head-spinning increase in cost.

That seed cost is one of the many factors to consider as we plan for our fiscal year to end on 11/30.  The numbers are getting more defined as the days go by.  Because we have all the November grain delivered, that will help us refine the plan significantly.  I enjoy all those calculations at this time of year.

Enjoy the mild temps while they last.  Next week is predicted to be wet and chilly.