Tag Archives: double-crop soybeans

An interesting quirk about soybeans

Posted on October 27, 2023 by casifarm

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 →

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DCB

Posted on October 17, 2022 by casifarm

Monday, October 17, 2022 On Friday evening, after a big week’s worth of corn harvesting, we took the combines back to the main farm.  On Saturday morning, each machine took a turn in the shop for a servicing.  The engine … Continue reading →

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Damp Monday

Posted on October 12, 2020 by casifarm

Monday, October 12, 2020 With heavy fog in the morning and overcast skies all day, it has not been a good day for soybean harvest.  Instead we turned our attention to grain deliveries.  Sent loads by appointment to nearby GPC … Continue reading →

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Back to Beans

Posted on October 10, 2020 by casifarm

Saturday, October 10, 2020 After 5 big days harvesting corn, we are returning to soybeans today.  More specifically, the double-crop soybeans (DCB).  We have had a good week in the corn fields.  For the past two days, we have been … Continue reading →

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A happy weekend

Posted on June 22, 2020 by casifarm

Monday, June 22, 2020 Yes, we got started with wheat harvest on Saturday.  The grain got dry enough that we could harvest it well.  After Ross started on Saturday afternoon, he called to say I should bring the other combine … Continue reading →

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#harvest18 ends… well, almost.

Posted on October 27, 2018 by casifarm

Saturday, October 27, 2018 It’s kind of a gray day today, after a rainy Friday.  The forecast is for several days of light rain over the next week.  Maybe the gray days of November have arrived early. Wednesday afternoon, we … Continue reading →

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July Jobs

Posted on July 17, 2018 by casifarm

Tuesday, July 17, 2018 John is out with the 4730 sprayer today putting WeatherMax on the double-crop soybeans (DCB).  He will return with some dicamba on most of them later in the week.  His scouting work yesterday led him to … Continue reading →

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Into DCB

Posted on October 25, 2014 by casifarm

Saturday, October 25, 2014 We will be heading off to cut some DCB at Waldo today.  We have under 300 acres of DCB remaining to harvest.  The mornings have been a little damp, but by noon it’s a go! Our … Continue reading →

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Once again, with gratitude.

Posted on August 9, 2014 by casifarm

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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Checking it out

Posted on June 29, 2014 by casifarm

Sunday, June 29, 2014 After a terrific morning at Wheatland Christian Church, we had some leftover spaghetti-bake for lunch (or in southern Indiana AKA Sunday dinner).  Nicolas and I took an extended Gator ride around and across all the double-crop soybeans … Continue reading →

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