Tag Archives: JD Apex

Settling up

Posted on March 17, 2015 by casifarm

Tuesday, March 17, 2015 Happy St. Patrick’s Day! This day brings back some thoughts of our Irish heritage.  Legend has it that our Carnahan ancestors were converted to Christianity in Ireland by St. Patrick himself!  .  William Carnaghan (the spelling … Continue reading →

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Glitch

Posted on March 13, 2015 by casifarm

Friday, March 13, 2015 Friday the 13th, huh?  Maybe that’s why I’m having a less-than-perfect day.  Yesterday, I discovered that I made an error in the calculations for the soybean planting rate chart.  Therefore, all the planting prescriptions must be … Continue reading →

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Prescription Writing Has Begun

Posted on March 2, 2015 by casifarm

Monday, March 2, 2015 Both of our seed dealers have reported to us the specs on each variety of soybean seed we have purchased for 2015.  Now, we can begin to build the planting prescriptions for each of those five … Continue reading →

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What is a planting prescription?

Posted on April 4, 2014 by casifarm

Friday, April 4, 2014 Seems like the 3-day rain has finally ended, with a total of 3.3″ (89mm) received.  We can use this rain-delay time to review the planting prescriptions that we created. What is a planting prescription?  It is … Continue reading →

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