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A little bit more rain

Tuesday, May 26, 2026 Yes, it’s drizzly rain again today.  Not a lot of accumulation.  But the skies are gray, and the temperature is in the low 70s.   Once this round of rain departs the area tomorrow, we are predicted … Continue reading

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Soggy

Wednesday, May 20, 2026 More rain.   The drought is over!   Another 1.9 inches (48mm) here today.  This is on top of about 6 inches (152mm) received on the fields since Saturday.  The WASCoBs are full.  Ditches are running bank full … Continue reading

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Beautiful weekend rain.

Monday, May 18, 2026   Last weekend brought us a really great rain.   It came in 3 separate bursts, Saturday morning, afternoon, and night. Depending on the field location, we received 1.0 to 1.7 inches (25 to 43 mm) of … Continue reading

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Caught up… kind of

Friday, May 15, 2026 There is a light rain falling late this morning, and it is welcome.  It was getting dry again, but this will help. John finished late yesterday with the application of herbicide/fungicide on the corn fields.  He … Continue reading

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Sunny morning

Monday, May 11, 2026 First thing today, I took the packet of bills to the courthouse in Vincennes to drop off payment for the Spring Installment of the 2026 property taxes, which are due today.  There is a special box … Continue reading

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Still wet

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 Another 1.42″ (36mm) rain fell overnight. And it has been rather cold for several days. This pushes back the time of replanting until at least next week.  And the forecast has another .3″ predicted for both … Continue reading

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Could have been worse…

Thursday, April 30, 2026 We escaped the big, big rain with marginal damage.  We received 4.5 inches (and in some field locations an inch more) of rain starting Saturday, and we had flooding in many of our creek-bottom flat fields.  … Continue reading

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BIG rain!

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 Well, I’d say the stress of the drought is over. We had 3 major waves of storms come through from Monday morning through midnight.  The second wave was the biggest one, but the total for the … Continue reading

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Hopefully, a rainy day…

Monday, April 27, 2026 The skies to the west this morning look dark and I hear a little bit of thunder.  We have been praying for many days now to get a good rain.  It has become very dry in … Continue reading

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#plant26 is done!

Wednesday, April 15, 2025 As I drove up onto US 50 out of the Commer field yesterday evening to head towards home with the JD 9R540 tractor, the 1910 air cart, and N550 NT drill, the planting of 2026 soybeans … Continue reading

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