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Category Archives: Harvest
#harvest23 is complete!
Monday, November 6, 2023 We were able to wrap up the fall harvest last Saturday afternoon, November 4. We finished at the Leser farm, our newest location. It is certainly a good feeling to have the crop all done… a … Continue reading
Posted in Family Life, Farm Days, Harvest, News
Tagged combine fire, conservation work, Demco 1322 grain cart, JD 9520R, JD S780 combine, WASCoB
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An interesting quirk about soybeans
Friday, October 27. 2023 Driving by the Curt’s Hill field this morning, looking to see if the soybeans were ready for harvest, I noticed a special thing happening there. The neighbor across the county road has a light mounted on … Continue reading
#harvest23 on pause
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 We have stopped our harvesting. We tried double-crop soybeans (DCB) again yesterday, and they are just not quite ripe and dry enough for us to set in and march through. It is hard to see warm … Continue reading
Posted in Farm Days, Harvest, News
Tagged conservation work, DCB, JD 1560 NT drill, JD 6145R tractor
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It’s a start…
Monday afternoon, October 23, 2023 Brandon is up at the Ross farm, cutting some double-crop soybeans (DCB). He must ‘patch around’ to find the ones that are dry enough to harvest. I went out in the pickup this afternoon, and … Continue reading
Yes, it was…
Thursday, October 19, 2023 Yes, we did finish off the corn harvest early yesterday afternoon. We wrapped up the corn portion of #harvest23 at the Crook farm, and it was pretty good corn, 3rd best yielding farm location of ’23. … Continue reading
Final Day?
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 This could be the last day of corn harvest for 2023. If we have a reasonably productive day, we should be able to finish off the corn for the year. Yes, we have a truck out … Continue reading
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Ouch
Saturday, October 14, 2023 Yesterday afternoon, I had my first run-in with a deer antler. The inside dual tire of my S780 combine was punctured by a 7-inch-long antler. The guys from Knox County Tire responded quickly to my call, … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest, News
Tagged conservation work, deer antler in a tire, fall fertilizer, lime, rain, S780 combine
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Last day
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 We should finish regular-crop soybeans today. We moved in to the Freddie farm yesterday, and had a good day cutting there. Although the dew is quite heavy and there was some fog in the area, we … Continue reading
Rain!
Thursday, October 5, 2023 At about 11 am, the rain began to fall, very light at first, and more is on the way. The radar predicts that this rain event will last until about 5pm, and we should receive .6″ … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest, News, Planting
Tagged JD 8R 340 tractor, JD S780 combine, soybean harvest, wheat planting
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Back in Beans
Saturday, September 30, 2023 After a day harvesting corn on Thursday, we moved back to soybeans yesterday. The Wednesday night small rain caused us to switch over to corn for a day, and now the weather forecast looks like we … Continue reading
Posted in Harvest, News
Tagged CIH 8250 combine, green stem soybeans, JD 8R 340 tractor, MacDon 240 header
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