Tag Archives: soybean planting

Won’t be long now…

Posted on April 3, 2017 by casifarm

Monday, April 3, 2017 It’s threatening rain today, but we have used the morning productively.  John has rinsed out the sprayer in order to change over and spray corn acres.  Brandon has taken the water truck to CPS for a … Continue reading →

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Sunny Friday

Posted on May 27, 2016 by casifarm

May 27, 2016 It’s a sunny Friday afternoon, and rather breezy.  The rain that fell yesterday just before noon has the soybean planter stopped.  Again.  We will wait for drier field conditions to get the soybean planter going once more. … Continue reading →

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We missed one

Posted on May 25, 2016 by casifarm

Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Well, the weather man said we’d get some rain last night… and we didn’t!  That’s a good thing, at least for a few weeks… it is allowing some fields to get drier, and closer to being appropriate … Continue reading →

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Small Repairs

Posted on May 18, 2016 by casifarm

Wednesday, May 18, 2016 While re-filling the soybean air drill today, we performed an inspection on the drill part of the planter.  Brandon thoroughly checked each of the 60 planting units across the drill as he was pumping grease into the … Continue reading →

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Wet Tuesday

Posted on May 17, 2016 by casifarm

May 17, 2016 Again, it’s raining… lightly this time ( half-inch so far).  It’s enough to stop us from planting and spraying.  It is beginning to feel ‘urgent’ about getting the soybean crop planted.  We’re almost halfway done with that, … Continue reading →

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A little progress

Posted on April 27, 2016 by casifarm

Wednesday, April 27, 2016 We were able to go to the fields with the planters Monday afternoon and Tuesday.  We made some progress with planting until another rain event Tuesday evening.  Here are some pictures of that progress. This is … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day memories

Posted on May 25, 2015 by casifarm

May 25, 2015 Today it’s cloudy and drizzling rain.  It’s okay with me because late last night, the soybean planting got finished.  We had a small window of opportunity over the weekend, with good weather and good soil conditions.  And with … Continue reading →

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Sunny but cool

Posted on May 12, 2015 by casifarm

Tuesday, May 12, 2015 The sunshine is brilliant today, and the air is a bit cool– 68ºF (20C).  It’s pretty windy, too.  Hopefully, the wind and sun will dry the fields so that we can return to planting soybeans.  The … Continue reading →

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More rain…

Posted on May 11, 2015 by casifarm

Monday, May 11, 2015 Over the weekend, we received .9 to 1.2″ of rain, depending on the particular farm location.  What a happy thing!  It had gone from too-wet to too-dry during last week.  We had become concerned about the … Continue reading →

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Rain, and this time it’s a happy thing.

Posted on May 9, 2015 by casifarm

Saturday, May 9, 2015 Soybean planting is on pause today, because of a little rain yesterday evening and this morning.   It has been amazing how quickly we went from too wet to too dry.  It was getting quite dry, and the rain will … Continue reading →

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