Tag Archives: JD 6145R tractor

Combine clean-up day

Posted on June 26, 2024 by casifarm

Wednesday, June 26, 2024 After last evening’s rain event, it’s much cooler and pleasant outside today (73ºF, 23C).  Brandon and John are using this opportunity to clean up the combines.  Brandon has pulled out the Thundercreek fuel/service wagon to use … Continue reading →

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#harvest23 on pause

Posted on October 25, 2023 by casifarm

Wednesday, October 25, 2023 We have stopped our harvesting.  We tried double-crop soybeans (DCB) again yesterday, and they are just not quite ripe and dry enough for us to set in and march through.  It is hard to see warm … Continue reading →

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Cooler day

Posted on August 28, 2023 by casifarm

Monday, August 28, 2023 It’s a cooler morning, started in the low 60s, quite a change from last week’s heat.  The guys are using this cooler morning to clean out 2 grain bins.  Wheat from #4 and #7 are being … Continue reading →

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More cleaning, more mowing…

Posted on August 17, 2023 by casifarm

Thursday, August 17, 2023 Clean-up continues at Carnahan & Sons.   Brandon is now down to the final combine, the CIH 8250.  He has been through the headers and the JD S780.  First, he cleans with compressed air, and then he … Continue reading →

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Mowing… and other stuff.

Posted on August 10, 2023 by casifarm

Thursday, August 10, 2023 We have been able this week to do some mowing on riparian strips and roadsides.  It hasn’t been constant, for we must work that in among the other responsibilities taking place.  Bill and Brandon have been … Continue reading →

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Routine maintenance

Posted on May 19, 2023 by casifarm

Friday, May 19, 2023 It was a very nice weather week.  The days have been hovering around 80ºF (27C) and the nights in the 50s.  We are not seeing the haze or smoke that has been affecting the great plains … Continue reading →

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A quiet week

Posted on May 13, 2023 by casifarm

Saturday, May 13, 2023 For you who were fans of the old radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, you recall how Garrison Keillor started each of his monologues about his hometown.  “It’s been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon”.  Well, it’s … Continue reading →

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#plant23 complete

Posted on May 5, 2023 by casifarm

Friday, May 5, 2023 Yesterday afternoon, I finished off the 2023 soybean planting.  And the day before, Brandon finished off the corn planting.  Now, we eagerly anticipate the emergence of the seeds from the soil.  That has been significantly delayed … Continue reading →

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November duties

Posted on November 9, 2022 by casifarm

Wednesday, November 9, 2022 The march of fall activity moves on.  The dry fertilizers for next year’s corn and soybean fields have all been applied.  We are monitoring the condition of the stored grain in each bin.  The calculations and … Continue reading →

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Check another one off the list.

Posted on September 14, 2022 by casifarm

Wednesday, September 14, 2022 Another important task was finished yesterday evening.   The new grain bin is now done!  The electricians wrapped up their work, and tested every component that they wired.  All the augers and conveyors that are supposed to … Continue reading →

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