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A look ahead

Thursday, January 16, 2020 John brought the JD 4730 sprayer into the shop this morning.  He bought a complete set of filters (on special reduced price this time of  year) and will be performing the annual service on the sprayer … Continue reading

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Calm before the storm

Today brings us brilliant blue skies, and light wind. It is a beautiful January day in SWIN. But the weather forecasters tell us that rain (a very big rain) is coming tomorrow. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday is supposed to bring … Continue reading

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Nicer day

Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Sunny and 33ºF.  The wind is calm, so it is a pretty nice day out there this afternoon.  The sunshine is bringing some melting to the snow, and a bit of a thaw…unless there is some … Continue reading

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Welcome, Winter

Saturday, December 21, 2013 Today is the first day of winter, but it looked more ‘winter-like’ 10 days ago.  Now, the snow is all gone and we are in the midst of a heavy rain.  The skies are gray, and … Continue reading

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Brrrr…

Tuesday, January 22, 2013 Cold, I mean really cold… but it’s a good thing.  <10ºF last night. Today, CPS is able to apply the nitrogen top-dress fertilizer to the wheat crop.  The frozen soil allows the applicator traffic to roll across … Continue reading

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