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Plant prep

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 Today is a chilly and gray day in SWIN.  This follows a warmer day yesterday, which had  periods of rain. John and Brandon worked on the field cultivator and the sprayer and our blue DMI NH3 … Continue reading

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COLD!

Thursday, April 1, 2021 When we woke up today, we heard the report of 32ºF (0C).  We were surprised to find no frost on the ground when we went outside.  It seems that the windy conditions overnight kept frost from … Continue reading

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Chilly Friday

Friday, March 16, 2018 It was much colder outside today than yesterday, and the cloudiness and wind increased the chill in the air.  Even so, it was a busy day for a Friday in mid-March.  We took the time to service … Continue reading

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Well, it’ a start…

Tuesday, April 14, 2015 For the most part, as you travel around our fields today, you see that it is still too wet to be doing any field work.  But we did find 2 or 3 locations where it is … Continue reading

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Sunshine

Tuesday, April 2, 2013 We brought home the orange 10-wheeler truck this morning… it is loaded with over 500 bushels of soybean seed, the Asgrow AG 3731.  These particular seeds are coated with a seed treatment, a fungicide, that will protect the … Continue reading

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Smoothing the ridges

Monday, February 18, 2013 This morning I had a rare privilege to operate a tractor in the field in February.  It was dry enough for me to use the JD 9330 tractor with the field cultivator in the field at … Continue reading

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