Tag Archives: wheat planting

Rain!

Posted on October 5, 2023 by casifarm

Thursday, October 5, 2023 At about 11 am, the rain began to fall, very light at first, and more is on the way.  The radar predicts that this rain event will last until about 5pm, and we should receive .6″ … Continue reading →

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Pause for a little rain

Posted on September 27, 2023 by casifarm

Wednesday, September 27, 2023 Hallelujah!  Some rain this morning!   Hasn’t rained a whole lot, but it’s sure soaking in.  .13″ (3mm) so far, but it looks like more is coming.  This sure is welcome, and we are grateful.  The dust … Continue reading →

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Sun is out!

Posted on September 23, 2021 by casifarm

Thursday, September 23, 2021 The sun is out again after a few days of gray and rainy skies.   The day started relatively chilly, 46ºF (8C).  So, it is ‘get on a sweatshirt’ day.  I miss wearing my shorts to work, … Continue reading →

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Drippy, rainy day

Posted on September 21, 2021 by casifarm

Tuesday, September 21, 2021 The rain is a comin’ down.   It’s not cold, but the gray skies are not a happy thing today.   Rain wasn’t supposed to hit until about 1 pm, but here it is at 830 am.  We … Continue reading →

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Corn again

Posted on October 6, 2020 by casifarm

Tuesday, October 6, 2020 Now that the first-crop soybeans are all harvested, yesterday we returned to the corn fields.  We were hoping that the grain would be dry enough so that we could place it directly into storage, but it … Continue reading →

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Good week

Posted on September 26, 2020 by casifarm

Saturday, September 26, 2020 This has been a good week for cutting soybeans.  We began harvesting soybeans last Wednesday, and we used every day since then to harvest them.  Now, this morning, it feels like we are having an ‘Oregon’ … Continue reading →

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Return to corn

Posted on October 16, 2018 by casifarm

Tuesday morning, October 16, 2018 Gonna go back to the corn field today.  It’s not gonna be ideal; the field will be soft, and we will have to park the trucks on a road.  Wow.  We are in the last … Continue reading →

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Wrapping up one task

Posted on October 2, 2017 by casifarm

Monday, October 2, 2017 Larry is back today, and he should finish the planting of the 2018-crop wheat.  He has been working very diligently since September 25.  We discussed this morning his experience with wheat planting.  According to his ‘red book’ … Continue reading →

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Another meeting

Posted on July 18, 2017 by casifarm

Tuesday, July 28, 2017 We met this morning with Greg Anthis of CPS Wheatland to discuss our plan to  plant wheat this coming fall.  We discussed all facets of the plan… seed, starter fertilizer, planting method, topdress nitrogen, and yield … Continue reading →

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Decisions, decisions…

Posted on August 16, 2014 by casifarm

Saturday, August 16, 2014 We met Thursday morning with our Pioneer seed salesman David Flint, and the Pioneer agronomist, Tony Halter.  We reviewed many things, but mostly our plan for wheat for 2015.  We have decided that any wheat we … Continue reading →

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