Tag Archives: WASCoB

Some improvements

Posted on November 6, 2019 by casifarm

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 After the crush of busyness of #harvest19, the pace has eased a bit.  We have turned our attention to making some conservation improvements that we identified during they year.  We have engaged our contractor, Olan Worland, … Continue reading →

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Random thoughts on a rainy day.

Posted on April 25, 2019 by casifarm

Thursday, April 25, 2019 Yes, it is another rainy April day in SWIN.  This keeps pushing back progress towards #plant19.  I guess it now feels like we are past any opportunity to plant ‘early’, but it does not feel ‘late’ yet.  So, we patiently … Continue reading →

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Maybe today?

Posted on April 13, 2018 by casifarm

Friday, April 13, 2018 Yesterday’s 75ºF (24C) temperature coupled with the stiff winds, made a lot of progress to dry the fields.  Ross pulled  home a couple ammonia tanks, just in case he finds a field dry enough to apply … Continue reading →

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Conservation work

Posted on November 15, 2017 by casifarm

Wednesday, November 15, 2017 We are building a new WASCoB terrace at our Steen farm, on the south side of Wheatland.  This addition should improve the performance of the erosion-reduction efforts at that location.  This new terrace will be over … Continue reading →

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Two surprises.

Posted on March 21, 2017 by casifarm

Tuesday evening, March 21, 2017 This morning, we were out with Mr. Olan Worland to survey and discuss and plan and prioritize the spring conservation repairs that he will be doing soon.   We discovered an unanticipated problem.  A rather large culvert … Continue reading →

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A repair

Posted on March 17, 2017 by casifarm

Friday, March 17, 2017 Yesterday afternoon, John made a repair of a tile hole here near the farm office.   A tile hole occurs when an unwanted opening occurs in underground drainage tile.  The hole can be made by a failure of … Continue reading →

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That was a close one…

Posted on December 23, 2015 by casifarm

3 pm, Wednesday, December 23, 2015 We just went through a short tornado warning for Knox County.  The worst seems to have passed us by this time.  When the radio folks announce a tornado warning, I don’t want to disregard it…  we … Continue reading →

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Beauty of a day…

Posted on October 14, 2015 by casifarm

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 On this clear-blue-sky day in SWIN, many post-harvest things are happening.  Ross has sold some of the soybeans in our inventory, and Brandon and Bill are delivering them to ADM in Newburgh, IN.  John is thoroughly … Continue reading →

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Well, it’ a start…

Posted on April 14, 2015 by casifarm

Tuesday, April 14, 2015 For the most part, as you travel around our fields today, you see that it is still too wet to be doing any field work.  But we did find 2 or 3 locations where it is … Continue reading →

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Glitch

Posted on March 13, 2015 by casifarm

Friday, March 13, 2015 Friday the 13th, huh?  Maybe that’s why I’m having a less-than-perfect day.  Yesterday, I discovered that I made an error in the calculations for the soybean planting rate chart.  Therefore, all the planting prescriptions must be … Continue reading →

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