The last of the field work is close at hand. We have wrapped up all our anhydrous ammonia applications and now only have some in-line ripping to finish on our Greenfield farms. The weather has turned much colder and dry again. What tiles were running are no longer. Recent forecasts have put chances of rain in them and then removed them as the time has gotten closer. Our hopes of going into winter with the soils fully charged are being dashed quickly; although we know we are better off than a lot of other farmers throughout the Midwest.
The new rail spur being built on the South side of Jacksonville is going up fast. This new facility will hold two million bushels of grain and has the capacity to dump 20,000 bushels per hour. This is the third rail shuttle facility to be built in our area. And rumour has it that a fourth will be built North of us in Menard County very soon. Read more about the Bartlett expansion at http://www.bartlettandco.com/viewNews!details.do?newsArticle.id=76.
We continue to make 2013 seed and herbicide decisions as well as clean up fall equipment. We hope to take in the Greater Peoria Farm Show this week too.
Loading the dry fertilizer into the strip-till bar 
Custom strip-tilling down in Loami
The new railroad shuttle being built in South Jacksonville.
Bartlett Grain expected to be online by July 2013.
The newer CaseIH tractors now take Urea to clean the exhaust so they meet the Tier 4 emissions requirements
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Owen getting in his last yard work of the year before the weather turned cold
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