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A happy weekend

Posted on June 22, 2020 by casifarm

Monday, June 22, 2020 Yes, we got started with wheat harvest on Saturday.  The grain got dry enough that we could harvest it well.  After Ross started on Saturday afternoon, he called to say I should bring the other combine … Continue reading →

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Wheat in the rear-view mirror

Posted on June 27, 2019 by casifarm

Thursday, June 27, 2019 Late last night, we completed our harvest of our 2019 wheat crop.  As we were working after dark at our Crook farm, you could see flashes of lightning all around.  I wondered if we would get … Continue reading →

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Rainy Saturday

Posted on June 15, 2019 by casifarm

June 15, 2019 Yes, we are having a light rain today, and occasionally some thunder.  We had planned to begin wheat harvest today.  We tried it on Wednesday, but the grain was too wet.  Since then, the weather has been … Continue reading →

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‘nother rain

Posted on June 15, 2018 by casifarm

Friday, June 15, 2018 Early this morning, about breakfast time, we received another light rain.  This is on top of the one we got on Wednesday evening, which brought us about a half inch (13mm).   6.2 inches (157 mm) this … Continue reading →

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Rainy weekend

Posted on June 11, 2018 by casifarm

Monday, June 11, 2018 We were awakened this morning, not by the alarm clock, but by the booming sounds of thunder.  It brought additional rain to add to the total from Saturday and Sunday.   So far in this rain event, … Continue reading →

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Almost here…

Posted on June 8, 2018 by casifarm

Friday, June 8, 2018 #wheatharvest18 John has the soybean herbicide (first post) application complete.   The corn is ‘laid by.’  Therefore, today we turn our attention more fully to prepping for wheat harvest.  Ross has gone to sample some heads of … Continue reading →

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French news

Posted on July 21, 2014 by casifarm

Monday, July 21, 2014 Received some text messages from our 2013 French student,  (our French “son” for the month of June 2013).  He says the hard wheat and barley harvests are not so good for their family.  The yields are down … Continue reading →

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Done!

Posted on June 23, 2014 by casifarm

Monday, June 23, 2014 Today was a big day.  Ross and Brandon finished harvesting the wheat crop…at about 3pm.  It certainly looked like it would rain them out of the last field, but the rain went around and they were … Continue reading →

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Rain out

Posted on June 20, 2014 by casifarm

Friday, June 20, 2014 We were making progress today, with the combines and with the planting of double-crop soybeans (DCB).  But at 3pm, the dark sky opened up the floodgates and in just a few minutes we received .4″ (10mm) … Continue reading →

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Replanting soybeans

Posted on June 18, 2014 by casifarm

Wednesday, June 18, 2014 We inspected wheat fields late this morning, and decided to give harvest a try come tomorrow morning, about 10 am. In the meantime, we checked out the Huey farm, Flat Left field… and discovered some dead … Continue reading →

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