Tag Archives: JD S780 combine

#harvest 22 is in the books

Posted on October 22, 2022 by casifarm

Saturday, October 22, 2022 We finished the fall harvest yesterday about noon.  We were in the Steen Hill field.  It was a brilliant and bright day, with a little wind and good field conditions.  It has been so very dry … Continue reading →

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DCB

Posted on October 17, 2022 by casifarm

Monday, October 17, 2022 On Friday evening, after a big week’s worth of corn harvesting, we took the combines back to the main farm.  On Saturday morning, each machine took a turn in the shop for a servicing.  The engine … Continue reading →

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Pretty good first week

Posted on September 26, 2022 by casifarm

Monday, September 26, 2022 We got started with #harvest22 last Tuesday.  We began harvesting corn, and ran in that for a couple days.  By Thursday, we found some soybeans that were dry enough to cut, and switched over to those.  … Continue reading →

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More harvest prep

Posted on September 6, 2022 by casifarm

Tuesday, September 6, 2022 Hope you had a nice Labor Day weekend.  It was restful and calm here. Today, we are doing some final tasks of harvest machine preparations.  Put the corn header on the JD S780, and checked the … Continue reading →

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Harvest prep

Posted on August 20, 2022 by casifarm

Saturday, August 20, 2022 The combines came out of the big shed this week to be washed up and converted internally from wheat set-up to corn/soybean set-up.   The platforms (the detachable front-end equipment on a combine, that does the gathering … Continue reading →

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Good start

Posted on June 21, 2022 by casifarm

Tuesday, June 21, 2022 Well, we did get wheat harvest started yesterday, and it went pretty well…mostly.  There were a couple surprises:  The grain was drier than we expected which allows us to place it directly into storage or deliver … Continue reading →

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Inspection day

Posted on March 1, 2022 by casifarm

Tuesday, March 1, 2022 Devon is here from Alliance Tractor in Vincennes to perform a thorough inspection of the JD S780 combine.  The combine has been through 3 entire crop years, and I felt it was necessary to go through … Continue reading →

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Quiet week

Posted on February 8, 2022 by casifarm

Tuesday,  February 8, 2022 “It’s been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon…” That’s the way Garrison Keillor used to begin his entertaining stories on his radio show, A Prairie Home Companion.   I really enjoyed that show, and listened to it … Continue reading →

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A good week behind, an uncertain week ahead.

Posted on October 26, 2021 by casifarm

Tuesday, October 26, 2021 Last week was a pretty productive week of harvest here at Carnahan & Sons.  We went to the corn field down at our ‘Freddie’ farm on Monday.  We worked diligently there for Monday and Tuesday… and … Continue reading →

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Bean week

Posted on September 29, 2021 by casifarm

Wednesday, September 29, 2021 The weather has been quite cooperative this week, and we have lotsa soybeans ready to cut.  We are using these sunny and hot days to harvest ’em.  We had fog this morning, so we won’t be … Continue reading →

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