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Beans!

Tuesday, September 23, 2014 Yesterday afternoon, we began with soybean harvest.  We went first to the Evans farm.  It was my first experience with the new 640FD header in soybeans.  It was pretty easy to get started.  But only 30 minutes into … Continue reading

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Back in the groove

Wednesday, August 20, 2014 Back at the farm today after Pat and I took a couple days to visit our sister Sheila and her husband John over in SE Indiana, near Rising Sun.  We enjoyed our brief visit with them.  … Continue reading

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Once again, with gratitude.

Saturday, August 9, 2014 Upon checking the rain gauge this morning, I’ve discovered that the past couple days have been terrific for rainfall here on this SW Indiana farm!  We are very grateful for the summer’s growing conditions, and we offer continually our … Continue reading

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Clean-up continues

Wednesday, June 25, 2014 The post-harvest clean-up continues.  Nicolas is out on the Gator spraying riparian areas with Select herbicide. This will stop the johnsongrass, but permit the fescue to thrive.  John is busy today, applying the first herbicide pass of Roundup+Warrant to … Continue reading

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Done!

Monday, June 23, 2014 Today was a big day.  Ross and Brandon finished harvesting the wheat crop…at about 3pm.  It certainly looked like it would rain them out of the last field, but the rain went around and they were … Continue reading

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