Mark Lawton
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Retired after a 35 year career in Agriculture. Detroit Tiger ⚾️ fan. Been to all 30 MLB parks. LLWS ⚾️ 🇨🇦 1972 team. Experiences not stuff. Tweets are my own.
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Today retirement begins. It was a fabulous 35 yrs in Agriculture for me, 30 yrs with Monsanto, 1 with Bayer and 4 with Syngenta. I leave with no regrets, just full of gratitude, appreciation & a lifetime of memories from the 1000+ people I have met & worked with over the years ♥️
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A year ago today, May 31, 2019, my 30 year career with Monsanto/Bayer came to an end. Tomorrow, June 1, 2020, a new contract opportunity for me with Syngenta begins. Doing something completely different in this next adventure. Never too old to learn, never too young to share.
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Another new job starts tomorrow, Seed Agronomy and Technical Manager at Syngenta Canada. Lead NK Agronomists in Canada and provide in country leadership of Seed Trialing & Product Placement Scientist teams. NK Agronomists work in partnership with new 100% seed focused sales team.
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Over 60 pounds lighter than 5 years ago with blood sugar wake up call. Walk 5 km a day, watch my carbs consumption (but not crazy like in early days) and monitor blood sugar daily to keep me honest. 4-6” off waistline, never felt better.
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Big surprise to end the year/decade. Got a DM today from our favourite
@tigers
⚾️ Twitter page and as part of Tigers 12 Days of Giving contest from December I won a prize of throwing out a first pitch at a Tiger game in 2020! How cool 😎 is that!
#mydecade
#ballbouncingmyway
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Eric (Son
#1
) officially graduates with his MSc. from U of Guelph at 2019 Convocation. I’m still a big fan of the academic ceremony and tradition of bestowing degrees on new graduates 🎓.
#VeryProudDad
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Houston sports weekend coming up but my boys surprised me with an early birthday (actual day is Sunday) gift. Got 3 tix for me & boys to go to Michigan & MSU 🏈 game on Nov 16 in Ann Arbor. They even FaceTime my Mom for cake and HB song! I have lots to be thankful for!
#ProudDad
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Great news, David was accepted, interviewed & had offers for grad school from Western & U of Ottawa. Chose Ottawa, starts in Sept, will be in Dept of Microbiology & Biochem in Faculty of Medicine. Working on virus human disease, research lab at Ottawa General Hospital
#ProudDad
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The simplest, most effective AND appreciated action leaders can take to address work/life balance of employees is to state ... “No sending company work emails on the weekend”. No work email is that urgent to send on the weekend, it can wait till Monday. The business will be fine
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Back to work on Monday …… maybe
#jk
. Highly recommend a 2 week disconnect from work to recharge. Fabulous road trip to Charleston SC, Amelia Island & Panama City Beach, Fla. Best part was sharing every minute of the trip with someone special
#experiencesnotstuff
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Great news! Son
#2
(David) current grad student at U of Ottawa was accepted to transfer directly into a PhD program from his current MSc program. Will expand his research on Hepatitis C and liver function in Faculty of Medicine, Depart. of Microbiology & Immunology
#VeryProudDad
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Very exciting day! He passed! Eric (son
#1
) is a Master of Biomedical Sciences (Neuroscience). Pic from his dry run with me last night
#happydance
#veryProudDad
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Completed 356 daily 5 km neighbourhood walks in 2020. On a everyday walking streak starting June 21. One for one in 2021 ✅
#KeepMoving
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Thinking about my Dad who passed away 35 yrs ago today on his kind of blue sky, sunshine day in St. Petersburg Fla. He had just turned 55, my Mom was only 49. Remembering what was for my first 27 yrs & what could have been for last 35. Held by his Mom, sitting in front of his Dad
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Off on road trip to Key West. Mom’s been to 6 continents and nearly 70 countries but has never driven to Key West along US1. She has macular degeneration so eye site not getting better. Driving out Wed am and back late on Thurs. ☀️☀️No time like the present.
#ExperiencesNotStuff
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Big thanks to
@RomeoErin
and
@Badsmoke23
for creating and hosting a virtual meeting for Monsanto Canada alumni. 90 people attended, every decade from 70’s represented. Jeopardy knowledge was top shelf, the pick and move from table to table to connect virtually was brilliant. 👏
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North America Agronomy Leadership team. So proud to work with this talented group
@flannaganrd
@jtHugNbear
@BoydCarey
@FreitagD
@AllisonMoskal
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Spontaneous decision to go to
@Tigers
game. Tickets from the street. First row beside Tiger dugout
#newperspective
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And to celebrate
#InternationalWomensDay
just found out my 83 yo Mom has her appointment on March 11 to get her first Pfizer vaccine shot in Windsor. She was so excited on the phone and honestly I’m so happy and relieved as well ❤️
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On behalf of all our Technical Agronomists across North America I want to thank our retail, seed dealer and Seedsman partners and the 1000s of farm cooperators who take time to help us with our commercial field scale trials. Couldn’t do it without you!
#localdatamatters
#ThankYou
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Appreciate the well wishes from former colleagues & warm welcomes from new colleagues from this tweet last week. Agriculture is full of fantastic people. So fortunate this city kid found agricultural as his life long career
#happyplace
. Week 1 was great!
#TakeTheRoadLessTravelled
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Little League World Series from Williamsport PA. Played there for Canada team in 1972 from Windsor ON. Only 8 teams (4-US & 4-Int’l) back then. No team from Windsor has gone since as 🇨🇦champs. We finished 6th, 1 win, 2 loses. I’m back row 3rd from left, we are age 12.
#LLWS2019
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Happy Thanksgiving 🇨🇦. A few pics from last week with trees displaying Mother Nature’s beauty
#nevergetsold
🍁
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After tour day remembered you have to give yourself a time out to enjoy the beauty around you so I did. First time in my nearly 61 years drove along hwy 21 on eastern shore of Lake Huron.
#Bayfield
#Goderich
#roadlesstravelled
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#IWD2018
, 60% of our western Canada DEKALB Agronomist team are women 👍 Give them a follow
@danielle_berard
@AlbertaLiz
@GrayAg5
@jimmileejackson
@katehadley3
@CarrieMacLean1
@ArvelLawson
@elbrockstar
@MegDesjardins
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Found 2 more in “mint condition” so I’m good for another 50 years 😂
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Some things just take priority like driving 300 km one way to take Mom for Pfizer vaccination. Well organized at WFCU Center (hockey rinks) in Windsor & very nice day. Shout out to women & me in pharma R & D who made the vaccines happen, remarkable achievements!
#ThankAScientist
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Outstanding week in Saskatoon for National Sales mtg kicking off 2019. Learned lots and tons of fun!
#greatplacetowork
#lipsyncbattle
#hard2beatDEKALB
#Agronomistsrock
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Sometimes you have to change your scenery to change your perspective. Good for your soul
#happyplace
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Leafs and Flyers on Sat night with 3 generations of MON alumni
#alwaysspecial
#connectedforever
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Bittersweet day as David and gf Leah move to Ottawa for his MSc. Starts grad school at U of Ottawa & Ottawa General Hospital
#ProudDad
but I’ll miss him
#SadDad
. Started at the “Hotel” Vic in Winnipeg in Jan 1998. 4 years in the ‘Peg, 18+ in Guelph & now to Ottawa
#lifejourney
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That’s a wrap from Dunedin. Thanks to Mike McGuire for the invite to visit. Dunedin is a charming town that is not overrun w development or tourists & they have ⚾️. Best kept secret in FL. Have a blank canvas personally & professionally so was good to see & consider.
#choices
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Great day! Drive from Marathon to Key West (Lower Keys) was best but some hurricane Irma damage still visible. Key West is nice. Even toured Little White House that President Truman started.
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This city kid’s quest for a career in Agriculture started 40 years ago as a summer student in 1981 working in soybean breeding at Ag Canada in Harrow ON. Returned next summer to work on bacterial speck of tomato & then started MSc in fall ‘82 on same disease at UoGuelph
#thankful
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Robin Angell recognized for Technical Excellence award at North America TDA meeting in St Louis
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Sunset picture Eric sent me from his condo balcony tonight in Guelph
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Take a bow Guelph, 725 vehicles stopped, ZERO alcohol related suspension/arrests
@CamGuthrie
Police report no alcohol-related arrests during weekend R.I.D.E.
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Big day for my 83 y/o Mom❤️. How it started - March 11, 2021 💉. How it’s going - June 5, 2021 💉💉. Finally! Miracles of vaccines.
#ThankAScientist
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F bomb by O’Reilly then he apologizes. So Canadian 🇨🇦
#beauty
Blues' Ryan O'Reilly had the most Canadian reaction after dropping a celebratory f-bomb 😂🇨🇦
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Pfizer Covid vaccination
#1
done. Wait up to 4 months for shot
#2
. Well done
@WDGPublicHealth
. Don’t forget to
#ThankAScientist
!
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OK day is set with tickets. USC and Arizona State 🏈, then Red Sox and Dodgers, game 4 WS ⚾️. Cost an arm and a leg but it is my birthday 🎂
#experiencesnotstuff
👏
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Happy 83rd Birthday to my Mom ❤️. Third time she shares this day with a US Presidential election. Also happened in 1964 and 1992.
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Off on another change your scenery change your perspective weekend. Off to Cooperstown NY for baseball hall of fame induction on Sunday. Quite a class with Chipper Jones, Trevor Hoffman, Jim Thome, Vlad Guerrero and my 2 Tigers Jack Morris and Alan Trammel
#experiencesnotstuff
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Great win for the Blues now up 3 games to 2. Play for
#StanleyCup
on home ice on Sunday. To all my hockey puck friends in St Louis this is your
#ExperienceNotStuff
moment to attend the game in person and remember for a lifetime!
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What a pleasure to meet
@themanwho66
and his daughter. Really enjoyed Andy’s story on how he became a Tiger fan and his sports passion for all things Detroit, while living in Edmonton AB 🇨🇦
#likeminded
⚾️
@tigers
#MotorOn
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Ziploc bags with candy on table in garage. Self serve, will see how many show up, usually 125 or so, expecting less tonight 🎃🎃 😷
#HappyHalloween
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Made it to Dunedin, took a walk to the stadium, some stranger gave us 2 tickets and here we are
#payitforward
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My sister is a PSW at a long term care centre in Windsor. 5 am to noon shift. Was the hairdresser after her shift in spring when site closed. She is a saint! They had zero Covid cases which is remarkable. She got the Pfizer vaccine on Dec 24. Rusty growing fast!
#ProudBrother
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A year ago today, watching baseball ⚾️ in Dunedin.... Well that last trip around the sun ☀️ was interesting and like no other 🦠😷
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Amazing innovation by corn breeders. Old phrase for corn of "knee high by 4th of July" is now, shoulder or head high
http://t.co/rxfZjFEfWx
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Day 1 with Monsanto was 27 years ago today. Can't believe how much Ag has changed since. Very proud to work for a company so focused on Ag
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Great day, 33 km bike ride from Dunedin to Clearwater Beach/Sand Key. Chamber of commerce sunshine day ☀️
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Extended weekend in Washington DC. Always impressive and lots more to do.
#experiencesnotstuff
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Plans in place for road trip to Erie PA
@erie_seawolves
next Mon and Tues to see
@tigers
starting pitching for 2021 ⚾️👏
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Voted ✅. Your right and obligation in a democracy. Never take it for granted.
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When one of the parents of your childhood friend passes make an effort to attend the service. Even after 30-40 years your unexpected presence will matter to you and more importantly to your childhood friend. Something I just experienced with a friend from Rankin Ave
#bethatperson
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A lot of Canada 🇨🇦 DEKALB soybeans on their way through commercialization pass through this facility in Redwood Falls, Minnesota
#prefoundation
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