Tag Archives: Nutrien

Calm before the storm

Posted on January 8, 2020 by casifarm

Today brings us brilliant blue skies, and light wind. It is a beautiful January day in SWIN. But the weather forecasters tell us that rain (a very big rain) is coming tomorrow. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday is supposed to bring … Continue reading →

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Set up continues

Posted on March 26, 2019 by casifarm

Tuesday, March 26, 2019 Sunny today.  Will get a little above 50ºF today. Brad is  here from JL Farm Equipment, Poseyville, IN to install updated software in the MX290 tractor.  This update was necessary in order for the tractor’s controller … Continue reading →

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Rainy day to welcome Spring

Posted on March 20, 2019 by casifarm

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 I read a quote today:  “The first day of Spring is not the same as the first Spring day”… I must agree with that one. It’s raining again this afternoon.  Monday and Tuesday were quite nice, … Continue reading →

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Nicer day

Posted on March 6, 2019 by casifarm

Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Sunny and 33ºF.  The wind is calm, so it is a pretty nice day out there this afternoon.  The sunshine is bringing some melting to the snow, and a bit of a thaw…unless there is some … Continue reading →

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Training Day

Posted on February 21, 2019 by casifarm

Thursday, February 21,, 2019 Our local Nutrien location is sponsoring a continuing education meeting today.  We will meet to learn more about the Climate.com FieldView system. We have been using FieldView for 4 years, and it continues to develop and … Continue reading →

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Flurries

Posted on November 27, 2018 by casifarm

Tuesday, November 27, 2018 There is snow in the air today.  Just a light amount of flurries, not a heavy snowfall.  We don’t expect any accumulation.  Still, it reinforces the chill in the air, and makes it seem like winter … Continue reading →

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#harvest18 ends… well, almost.

Posted on October 27, 2018 by casifarm

Saturday, October 27, 2018 It’s kind of a gray day today, after a rainy Friday.  The forecast is for several days of light rain over the next week.  Maybe the gray days of November have arrived early. Wednesday afternoon, we … Continue reading →

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Corn is done; ’19 begins

Posted on October 18, 2018 by casifarm

Thursday, October 18, 2018 On Tuesday evening, we finished up harvesting the 2018 corn crop.  It was not a record yield crop, but pretty darn good.  We are grateful. We have our double-crop soybeans (DCB) to be harvested, as well … Continue reading →

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Wow, what a rain…

Posted on September 10, 2018 by casifarm

Monday, September 10, 2018 From Friday evening to late Saturday afternoon, (about 20 hours) we received 8.24 inches (209 mm) of rain.   That was amazing to us.  We went out to Vincennes for supper Saturday evening, and coming home by … Continue reading →

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