Tag Archives: NH3

Another rain likely coming

Posted on April 18, 2025 by casifarm

Good Friday   April 18, 2025 Boy, oh boy… it’s windy out there.  This wind has brought to a halt the spraying for today.  But yesterday was a better day than I expected when it started.  I was able to spray … Continue reading →

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Chilly

Posted on March 21, 2025 by casifarm

Friday morning, March 21, 2025 We had some snow yesterday morning, and it remained chilly all day–getting up to about 42ºF at best.  There was frost on the ground this morning, and the temperature is inching up a bit better … Continue reading →

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Almost done…

Posted on April 1, 2024 by casifarm

Monday, April 1, 2024 It has rained (lightly) off and on today.  The construction crew #2, responsible for the walls and roof of the new building finished their work early this afternoon.  Now, we wait for crew #3 to install … Continue reading →

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Another small step forward over the weekend

Posted on April 25, 2022 by casifarm

Monday, April 25, 2022 It’s raining again this morning, 1.1″ (28mm) since midnight.   #plant22 seems like a repeat of 2019.  If you go back and read the posts from April of ’19, you’ll find similar information about rain delays and … Continue reading →

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It has started..

Posted on April 8, 2020 by casifarm

Wednesday, April 8, 2020 Last Friday (April 3rd), we began rolling in the fields.  Ross and John started with the application of NH3 for the 2020 corn crop.  I took the sprayer out the apply a herbicide/fungicide combo on the … Continue reading →

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‘nother rain

Posted on May 9, 2019 by casifarm

Thursday, May 9, 2019 Ross searched again this morning for a ‘dry’ field to apply NH3, and decided to go to the Dunn farm.  So, he and John got going up there, and about 1230 pm, a wave of rain … Continue reading →

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Is winter over?

Posted on March 11, 2019 by casifarm

Monday, March 11, 2019 There is sunshine today.  It is 50ºF — certainly more pleasant out there. We received today the seed sizes (number of seeds per pound) for the soybean seed, making the next step possible– creating the planting … Continue reading →

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It’s a start…

Posted on April 14, 2018 by casifarm

Saturday, April 14, 2018 As I listen to the sound of gentle rainfall outside, I’m thinking a bit of our day yesterday.  It was good in most ways, and typical of a ‘first day’ in the field.  The windy and … Continue reading →

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A good two days

Posted on March 27, 2017 by casifarm

Monday, March 27, 2017 We had a good few days in the field.  Thursday, John got started spraying some herbicide on some soybean acres that we look to plant first.  Then, on Friday and Saturday, Ross and John took to the … Continue reading →

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70?

Posted on February 20, 2017 by casifarm

Monday, February 20, 2017 The temperature hit 70F today, about 25 degrees above average temperature for this day of February.  I hear of farmers in the area applying nitrogen.  It just seems a little premature for us.  But it does feel … Continue reading →

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