Tag Archives: S680

Harvest 15 wraps up*

Posted on October 12, 2015 by casifarm

Monday, October 12, 2015 The corn is all done and brought in from the fields.  We rolled over the last of the Shake farm in the early afternoon on Saturday.  Thursday night, we cut the final regular soybeans at Nellie.  … Continue reading →

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Good bean day

Posted on October 5, 2015 by casifarm

Monday, October 5, 2015 This was a good soybean harvesting day.  We harvested some corn this morning, but shifted back to soybeans today.  We are running short on room in our storage for beans, so we may have to clean … Continue reading →

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Pause

Posted on September 19, 2015 by casifarm

Saturday, September 19, 2015 A little drizzly rain this morning will stop the harvesting for today.  We will bring the machines home from where they were parked in the field overnight.  We had a very good first day of soybean harvest … Continue reading →

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Corn, continued.

Posted on September 18, 2015 by casifarm

Friday, September 18, 2015 We did stay with corn harvest on Thursday.  It was an eventful day, working on the Two Hills and the Cox farm.  All these fields are along US 50.  The Two Hills are the steepest fields we … Continue reading →

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Here we go again…

Posted on July 10, 2015 by casifarm

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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Brrrrr on the way…

Posted on November 10, 2014 by casifarm

Monday, November 10, 2014 The other combine is being washed outside today, and it’s a good thing because the weather forecast calls for rain tomorrow, and very cold days after that.  Highs in the 30s by mid-week!   Brrr! Office work … Continue reading →

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Into DCB

Posted on October 25, 2014 by casifarm

Saturday, October 25, 2014 We will be heading off to cut some DCB at Waldo today.  We have under 300 acres of DCB remaining to harvest.  The mornings have been a little damp, but by noon it’s a go! Our … Continue reading →

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Check one (or two) off the list…

Posted on October 23, 2014 by casifarm

Thursday, October 23, 2014 Yes, we did finish harvesting corn yesterday.  About 3pm, the final rows of the 2014 corn crop disappeared into the combines.  The S680 and the 8230 performed well through the corn and soybean harvest.  We were … Continue reading →

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Odds ‘n ends

Posted on September 5, 2014 by casifarm

Friday, September 5, 2014 Shop work this week: Power-wash the shop exterior walls: Replace two wheels on the bush hog. The tires on the corn header wagon needed to be replaced. Mowing along US 50. The JD 612C corn head will … Continue reading →

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Wheat harvest starts.

Posted on June 19, 2014 by casifarm

Thursday, June 19, 2014 Wheat harvest began today! The new combines went to the Dunn farm about 10 am.  We each discovered some glitches… Ross an oil leak and me a sensor on the steering that was installed out of … Continue reading →

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