Category Archives: Harvest

Clean and shiny

Posted on October 31, 2025 by casifarm

Friday, October 31, 2025 On this last day of October, the two Brandons delivered 4 loads of corn to GPC at Washington, then they turned their attention to washing.  The newer JD S780 combine was finished off with a scrubbing … Continue reading →

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The great fall clean-up begins

Posted on October 28, 2025 by casifarm

Tuesday, October 28, 2025 The guys are concentrating on clean-up today.  Even though it is a gloomy, gray, and sometime drizzly day, they work diligently to remove harvest-time’s grime from the machines.  The combines especially are dirty… the corn fields … Continue reading →

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#harvest25 is complete!

Posted on October 25, 2025 by casifarm

Saturday, October 25, 2025 There is a slight drizzle of rain off and on in the air this morning.   Even so, I took down our weathered and tattered flag today and replaced it with a bright new one. The good … Continue reading →

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2025 Corn is done!

Posted on October 20, 2025 by casifarm

Monday, October 20, 2025 We finished harvesting corn on Saturday about noon, returning to the Dunn farm to pick some replanted corn that we had picked around when we were there a few weeks ago.  It felt good to load … Continue reading →

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Past the halfway mark on #harvest25

Posted on October 13, 2025 by casifarm

Monday, October 13, 2025 It has now been 4 full weeks of #harvest25.   We are past half finished.   The early-planted (a relative term in 2025) soybeans are completed, and the DCB are coming on fast.  We have been working in … Continue reading →

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Soybeans wrapped up… sort of

Posted on October 7, 2025 by casifarm

Tuesday, October 7, 2025 We are having a little rain today, and it is very welcome to be here.  It has been so very dry for many weeks, and the fire danger was increasing.  But the dry weather also allowed … Continue reading →

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Back to #harvest25, with a little #plant26

Posted on September 27, 2025 by casifarm

Saturday, September 27, 2025 We were able to return to harvesting on Thursday afternoon, and we picked corn until late Friday afternoon.  We switched over to soybeans about 5pm yesterday, and we were able to cut the two hill fields … Continue reading →

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First rain-out of #harvest25

Posted on September 22, 2025 by casifarm

Monday, September 22, 2025 The rain started in the wee hours of this morning and continues through the afternoon.  As of 3 pm, we have received 1.64″ (42mm).  We have had a prolonged dry spell, a few weeks long, and … Continue reading →

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End of the first week of #harvest25

Posted on September 20, 2025 by casifarm

Saturday morning, September 20, 2025 It has been a productive week of harvest at Carnahan & Sons.   We picked corn on Monday, and then the rest of the week, we cut soybeans.   We will be back in the soybean field … Continue reading →

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…and a second ‘first day’

Posted on September 17, 2025 by casifarm

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 We switched over from harvesting corn on Monday to harvesting soybeans on Tuesday.  That made yesterday like another ‘first day’ of harvest.  We had a pretty good day, and the work flowed fairly smoothly.  Our productivity … Continue reading →

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