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End the week on a holiday…

Friday, March 17, 2023 Happy St. Patrick’s Day!   With our Irish heritage, it seems like this holiday should have more significance to us that it actually does.  It was 5 generations ago when William Carnaghan ( somehow the silent ‘g’ … Continue reading

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Digging deeper with a more thorough inspection

Tuesday, August 28, 2018 We had a formal, mechanic-performed inspection of the S680 combine done, and it revealed some work that needed to be done.  These were things that we did not discover on our own inspection.  Most was routine … Continue reading

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Another PIP

Tuesday, April 12, 2016 John Deere provided another PIP (Product Improvement Program) for our S680 combine today.  Seems that John Deere has had some complaints about the S-series cabs being noisy, so Kyle from Hutson, Inc. is here today to install more … Continue reading

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PIP

Thursday, February 25, 2016 Last Monday, Jon from Huston’s came to install a PIP (Product Improvement Program) on our John Deere S680 combine.  John Deere provides these kinds of changes whenever they discover that an improvement will help their warranty … Continue reading

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Here we go again…

Friday, July 10, 2015 After the wettest June on record, we are entering a similar July…it’s raining again today.   At least it’s cooler than normal, making for a more favorable environment for tasseling/silking/pollination for the corn crop. The White … Continue reading

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A little bit of this, a little bit of that…

Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Today, there is some corn going to market at GPC. The Vision was in the shop yesterday for cleaning and for repairing a flat tire. I’m going to practice flying the UAV. We got the GoPro camera working … Continue reading

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Saturday, January 21

The icy covering on the secondary roads and the sidewalks make getting around a little uneasy right now.  Hopefully, that thin ice coating will be gone by morning. Last Thursday was a busy day here.  Our 9770 combine was in … Continue reading

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