Tag Archives: planting prescriptions

What is a planting prescription?

Posted on April 4, 2014 by casifarm

Friday, April 4, 2014 Seems like the 3-day rain has finally ended, with a total of 3.3″ (89mm) received.  We can use this rain-delay time to review the planting prescriptions that we created. What is a planting prescription?  It is … Continue reading →

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Really windy

Posted on March 14, 2014 by casifarm

Friday, March 14, 2014 The wind is really stiff out there!  If it’s not nailed down this afternoon, it’s gonna blow away… We had hoped to sprinkle some fescue seed on the levee at Burke, but that will have to … Continue reading →

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More prescriptions needed

Posted on March 29, 2013 by casifarm

Friday, March 29, 2013 Today, 80 units (enough to plant about 62 acres) of Pioneer seed beans were delivered.  A unit of soybean seed can be measured in two ways, depending on the supplier.  Some call a unit 140,000 seeds, others call a … Continue reading →

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Prescriptions

Posted on March 4, 2013 by casifarm

Monday, March 4, 2013 I’ll be calling our Monsanto seed dealer, neighbor Jeff Jackson to learn if he has some seed sizes for our soybean seed.  We need to know that particular number, the seeds per pound, in order to … Continue reading →

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Here it comes again

Posted on February 21, 2013 by casifarm

Thursday, February 21, 2013 It started out as sleet about 330pm, and moved on to become a full-fledged snowfall by 5pm.  Pat tells me the roads were slick as she came home from work.  We postponed tonight’s small group Bible study … Continue reading →

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Monday, April 23, 2012

Posted on April 23, 2012 by casifarm

We had a good weekend here, even if the weather was cooler than we’d like.  Much of the corn has emerged from the soil, and it’s looking for some warmth!  About half the soybeans are emerged, but the cool days … Continue reading →

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March 17, 2012

Posted on March 17, 2012 by casifarm

St. Patrick’s Day!  It is a time to recall that our Carnahan ancestors came to America from Ireland.  John has done some research about the previous generations, and we think that the first to arrive here in Indiana from Ireland … Continue reading →

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March 6, 2012

Posted on March 6, 2012 by casifarm

Hello everyone.  I’ve had a short absence from this website while Pat and I took a couple weeks’ vacation in Florida.  We visited with Ross and Rhoda in Winter Haven, and saw our friends Sylvan and Janis Ice and Sam … Continue reading →

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