Category Archives: Harvest

Calm day

Posted on September 3, 2025 by casifarm

Wednesday, September 3, 2025 It’s not a hectic day, packed with activity, but things are still happening at Carnahan & Sons today. Yesterday, I got sorta ‘caught up’ with the bush hog work.  The roadsides look pretty nice right now, … Continue reading →

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Pre-harvest clean-up

Posted on August 12, 2025 by casifarm

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 The guys have been working on the combines this week, to get them ready for fall harvest.  We have not had the opportunity to clean them up after wheat harvest, but now that is happening.  First, … Continue reading →

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Wheat harvest has wrapped up.

Posted on June 30, 2025 by casifarm

Monday, June 30, 2025 Wheat harvest wrapped up last Thursday evening.  We finished up at the Lett farm about 6pm, and by 8pm, we had the machines and headers and trucks moved back home.  It was a good feeling to … Continue reading →

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Yes, it was Monday… wheat harvest has started

Posted on June 24, 2025 by casifarm

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 We got started in the wheat crop here at the home farm yesterday.  It was a slow start, with some unforeseen repairs to the feeder drum in the JD RD40F header.  Plus, the Autotrac in Brandon’s … Continue reading →

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Almost time to cut wheat

Posted on June 17, 2025 by casifarm

Tuesday, June 17, 2025 We had a rainy weekend, plus rain yesterday and this morning.  Still, in spite of all that moisture, we are seeing the heads of wheat curl down, a sure sign of maturity.  When I bite into … Continue reading →

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Rain again

Posted on June 5, 2025 by casifarm

Thursday, June 5, 2025 We awoke during the night (130 am) to thunder.  The lightning show was significant!  When we got up, it was still raining, and it’s still coming through in wave after wave.  Since midnight, we’ve received 1.73″ … Continue reading →

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Late November the pace slows a bit

Posted on November 25, 2024 by casifarm

Monday, November 25, 2024 Pat and I returned last Monday evening from a week down at Disney.  We had the best time, enjoying the Christmas decorations, some rides, and great restaurants.  We even attended two after-hours parties, one at Hollywood … Continue reading →

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Clean-up has begun

Posted on October 29, 2024 by casifarm

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 The great post-harvest clean-up has begun.  It takes a few days’ work to get the machines and trucks back into like-new appearance.  And the combines especially this fall were so very dirty, you really couldn’t tell … Continue reading →

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#harvest24 in the rear view mirror

Posted on October 25, 2024 by casifarm

Friday, October 25, 2024 Yesterday afternoon, we completed all of the 2024 harvest.  We had to harvest around  some acres of replanted corn at the Huey farm, and we went back there to get it.  By about noon, we had … Continue reading →

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DCB started

Posted on October 22, 2024 by casifarm

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 We began the harvest of double-crop soybeans yesterday around noon.  It took that long to get the morning dew burned off!  We had a good day of harvest, with yields being mostly better than expected.  Of … Continue reading →

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