Category Archives: Family Life

A short respite.

Posted on August 22, 2025 by casifarm

Friday, August 22, 2025 This week, Pat and I took off for a few days for a short trip.  We traveled to central Missouri.  I guess it is one of my quirks; to travel to somewhat lesser-known places and see … Continue reading →

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Big Rain

Posted on August 5, 2025 by casifarm

Tuesday, August 5, 2025 School starts here today.  Our granddaughters go back to South Knox today… a 7th grader, a 5th grader, and one in kindergarten.  What happened to summer?  I guess is just goes by too fast. We’ve had … Continue reading →

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Another hot, rainy weekend

Posted on July 28, 2025 by casifarm

Monday, July 28, 2025 We got more rain yesterday evening, a little spotty, but in some places, a significant rain!  Here at the farm office, .2″ (5mm), but according to Climate.com, some fields got as much as another inch!  This … Continue reading →

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Check on corn pollination

Posted on July 22, 2025 by casifarm

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 We’ve been seeing on X and other platforms pictures from farmers showing very poor corn pollination.  We’ve seen pictures of ears of corn with only 3 or 4 grains developing on the cob, and the best … Continue reading →

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Probably Monday

Posted on June 20, 2025 by casifarm

Friday June 20, 2025 This is my mother’s 110th birthday.   I sure miss her, she died in September of 2003.  This date is a typical day for wheat harvest… we’re usually cutting wheat on mom’s birthday.  Not in 2025.  Checking … Continue reading →

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Small jobs

Posted on June 3, 2025 by casifarm

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 Today, Brandon D is out in the JD 6145R tractor, mowing ditch bank levees.  I have used it some at the fields near Wheatland.  We did a small repair on the soybean drill this morning, replacing … Continue reading →

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A little replant corn

Posted on May 30, 2025 by casifarm

Friday, May 30, 2025 Brandon went up to the Dunn farm yesterday and did some replant in the flat field next to the Roberson Ditch.  In one (or more) of the flood events we’ve had this spring, that field was … Continue reading →

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End of #plant25 in sight… sort of

Posted on May 27, 2025 by casifarm

Tuesday, May 27, 2025 Yes, we can see the end of spring planting.  I was in the last field of soybeans yesterday, but I was only able to plant 75 of the 88 acres in the creek-bottom field at the … Continue reading →

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Rainy Monday

Posted on May 12, 2025 by casifarm

Monday, May 12, 2025 Another rainy morning in SWIN.  It’s getting to the point where the novelty of the rain is wearing thin!   We had hoped to have a big week this week, running the planters… but several periods of … Continue reading →

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Flood!

Posted on April 11, 2025 by casifarm

Friday, April 11, 2025 The White River (West Fork) has been booming here this week.  It is the result of extraordinary rains last week.  We received over 7″ (178mm) here, and we heard of places where they received 10+” (254mm).  … Continue reading →

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