Tag Archives: JD N550 no-till drill

#plant26 is done!

Posted on April 15, 2026 by casifarm

Wednesday, April 15, 2025 As I drove up onto US 50 out of the Commer field yesterday evening to head towards home with the JD 9R540 tractor, the 1910 air cart, and N550 NT drill, the planting of 2026 soybeans … Continue reading →

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First days of #plant26

Posted on April 4, 2026 by casifarm

Saturday, April 4, 2026 It is a rainy day today.  That’s not all bad, it has been quite dry for quite some time now.  The fields that have had the NH3 applied will benefit from this rain. We were able … Continue reading →

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December is moving along…

Posted on December 11, 2025 by casifarm

Thursday, December 11, 2025 Boy, oh boy!  The calendar pages are flipping over at a rapid pace.  It’s been a while since I’ve had a post on this site.   It has been busy here. After Thanksgiving, Pat and I traveled … Continue reading →

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Slowly, slowly…

Posted on July 14, 2025 by casifarm

Monday, July 14, 2025 Slowly I am getting the office computer whipped back into usefulness.  I found a way today to re-load the MS Office software back into the machine… Excel, Outlook, and Word.  Now, I can fire those up … Continue reading →

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Planting for 2025 is finally done.

Posted on July 7, 2025 by casifarm

Monday, July 7, 2025 Last Saturday morning, I was able to go up to the Lett farm (between Wheatland and Bicknell) and finish off the planting of double-crop soybeans (DCB).  I had been planting there the previous Saturday, and ran … Continue reading →

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It’s a start…#plant25

Posted on April 24, 2025 by casifarm

Thursday morning, April 24, 2025 Well, we got going yesterday afternoon with the corn planter.  Brandon went down to the field at VanVleet, and later to the Dunn farm and he got two fields planted with corn.  We are about … Continue reading →

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Quiet work week, but wacky weather

Posted on April 4, 2025 by casifarm

Friday, April 4, 2025 This week has been busy, but nothing out in the fields.  The weather has been uncooperative, and the effects of it will last into next week.  Early in the week, we had strong winds, and then … Continue reading →

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G’bye, 2023

Posted on December 29, 2023 by casifarm

Friday, December 29, 2023 It’s the last workday of the year, and it’s a busy one for us at Carnahan & Sons.   Bill and Brandon are hauling 12 loads of corn to GPC at Washington, Indiana.    GPC is unusually … Continue reading →

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Hot day.

Posted on July 20, 2023 by casifarm

Thursday, July 20,2023 It’s a hot day here in southern Indiana.  The temperature is only 89ºF(32C).  But with a humidity level of 76%, that makes for a ‘heat index’ of 106ºF (41C)!  As the old saying goes, “It ain’t the … Continue reading →

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Still kind of a yellow light

Posted on April 18, 2023 by casifarm

Tuesday, April 18, 2023 Today, we had to make some decisions about what to do.  The fields that still need NH3 in the river bottom lands (about 220 acres) are still a bit too wet to apply nitrogen.  The Saturday … Continue reading →

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