Tag Archives: double-crop soybeans

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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another harvest day

Posted on November 5, 2013 by casifarm

Tuesday night, November 5, 2013 It’s the end of another day of soybean harvest.  We worked on Downen, Huey Hill, Huey Flat, and Mark Dunn today.   We got farther than we expected at noon today.  It was a bit ‘tough’ cutting, … Continue reading →

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Gotta give it a try

Posted on November 4, 2013 by casifarm

Monday, November 4, 2013 It’s a little cloudy, and the temperature is only 52, not the sunny and 60 that was predicted.  Even so, I think we are going to try to cut some DCB this afternoon at our VanVleet farm … Continue reading →

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Sunny but cold

Posted on October 25, 2013 by casifarm

Friday, October 25, 2013 The sky is a brilliant October blue.  The temperature is about 50ºF. Ben has delivered two loads of corn, by appointment, to GPC at Washington.  Nick is out there washing the white Mack truck we call … Continue reading →

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Company’s comin’

Posted on July 12, 2013 by casifarm

Friday, July 12, 2013 In addition to the typical post-harvest clean-up, we are making special effort to get the farm ‘presentable’.  We have guests coming this evening.  Class 15 of the Indiana Ag Leadership Program (ALP) is having one of their 3-day seminars … Continue reading →

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Planting again

Posted on July 9, 2013 by casifarm

Tuesday, July 9, 2013…late morning We began to plant double-crop soybeans (DCB) on Sunday afternoon.  The VanVleet farm seemed okay, the straw had been baled days ago, and the soil was sufficiently dry to let us get going.   No, it … Continue reading →

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Those old sayings

Posted on June 28, 2013 by casifarm

Friday, June 28, 2013 If you have been a faithful reader of this website, you may remember the post on January 12th about “January Thunder”.  That told the story of an old family expression that said, “Thunder in January– flood … Continue reading →

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