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Inching forward

Saturday, March 23, 2024 We made some bits of progress this week.  It feels like ‘baby steps’, but it is progress.  The nights have been too cold to allow us to move ahead with a ‘green light’.  In fact, the … Continue reading

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Fieldwork soon?

Wednesday, March 16, 2022 Brandon is planning to start applying the first field of anhydrous ammonia (NH3) tomorrow.  NH3 is our source of nitrogen for our corn crop.  We have a meeting with a specialty crop consultant scheduled for the … Continue reading

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It has started..

Wednesday, April 8, 2020 Last Friday (April 3rd), we began rolling in the fields.  Ross and John started with the application of NH3 for the 2020 corn crop.  I took the sprayer out the apply a herbicide/fungicide combo on the … Continue reading

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Still a ‘no go’

Thursday, April 12, 2018 Ross went out on his ATV this morning to search for a field dry enough to apply nitrogen.  He didn’t find a single field where he was comfortable to start.  So, we wait on this very … Continue reading

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Sunny Saturday.

April 19, 2014 It’s a sunny Saturday, and it has been a productive couple of days.  The wind finally died down enough yesterday and today (and the fields were just dry enough) so that the sprayer could be run.  Now, … Continue reading

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