I encourage everyone on here to have a look through this 2022 report from
@globalfoodsecur
to understand the “consequences” of our farming practices in five crops in my province of Saskatchewan and Western Canada
I want to state something that seems pretty important to make clear
I farm and rely on the environment to make my living.
Our farm has adopted practices over time to improve our farm and productivity with proven benefits to the environment
Without government intervention
Who wants to take my rainy day challenge.
I pledge to donate a thousand dollars to a charity of my choice if it rains a half inch or more at my place by may 25th
No dollars for likes or retweets or anything like that
Join me if you wish
The boys hired a worker on farm simulator
Feed back from them
He’s cultivating the field before I bale it and it’s costing me money to hire them
I’ll do it myself
#fired
two minutes after hired
Ruthless eight and five year old businessmen
Life lessons
You can joke all you want about the nonsense weather maps and the hay pasture and crops suffering. It’s the way I cope with most things. But this stretch of heat and dryness is testing everyone’s resolve. Take care of yourselves please.
Hey
@JeremyClarkson
I consider it a real goal of mine to get you to Saskatchewan (a western Canadian province with 61 millions acres of arable land (38M or so cropped) for a keynote address at a farm conference next winter. We can do some tractoring! Who else agrees?
Conversation between my 6 and 8 year old boys watching the morning news
Oldest to youngest : China won’t take our canola anymore
Youngest: what???? Our canola is awesome!
I think I would like to know how a country the size of Canada can spend 67ish Billion a year on public service wages and benefits plus another 14-16 billion on consultants each year and not expect some serious questions from the people it’s supposed to serve.
@cathmckenna
Every commodity group and association I am aware of which represents a significant portion of farmers in Canada has been incredibly critical of and opposed to this carbon tax. Additionally I am a farmer and I certainly do not support this tax. Please tell the truth.
My canola is yielding almost double what it did last year
Wheat 50 percent more
Lentils 40 percent more
Sounds really impressive until I tell you what the yields were last year
#funwithnumbers
For some reason I remembered a conversation in the truck last Saturday with my boys whilst looking at a recent land acquisition.
The youngest (9 yo) asked flat outta the blue but could tell he’s been thinking about it
“Dad how you gonna decide who’s going to be the farmer”
Some canola facts
Canola represents a 26 billion dollar contribution to the Canadian economy
55 percent of the crop is crushed here and 45 percent is exported as whole seed
90 percent of the canola crop is exported to 50 countries around the world
Hey folks
Glad to see precipitation and for those waiting yet I know you’ll get it
Support for a charity of choice with our fun little deal has been amazing. Thank you.
I realize it would rain/not rain either way but
#agtwitter
has shown what it’s like to share the wealth
I talked to my
@JohnDeere
dealer about this message that keeps showing up more often than normal. Can’t find any codes and says all is working fine. Anyone else have any thoughts. Doing
@PioneerSeedsCA
P501L canola
Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. Lawrence MacAulay, met with Sask Wheat directors
@rgstone1
and
@lesleyraekelly
and Executive Director
@goldadeb
to discuss issues on behalf of SaskCrops & Sask Wheat, including investments in crop research and policies impacting
#Sask
farmers.
On this
#CdnAgDay
I think about all the reasons I’ve never wanted to be anything besides a farmer. Thankful our family’s farm is a part of the backbone of our 🇨🇦 economy and get to do what I love every dang day! (That’s me in first picture sitting in the tractor waiting for dad)
What followed was a great conversation with the two of them about farming and how we got where we are and where I think we are headed.
It’s really interesting as well hearing how they see things and what they are hoping for as life unrolls.
I was glad he brought it up.
Welcome to a new episode of when dry augers go bad
Coming up
-when the bolts break on the flighting join
Again
Stay tuned after a word from our sponsor whiskey. Lots of whiskey
I am pleased to announce my intent to run for the nomination for the Liberal party in Moose Jaw-Lake Center-Lanigan
J'ai le plaisir d'annoncer mon intention de me présenter à l'investiture du Parti libéral dans Moose Jaw-Lake Centre-Lanigan
Today’s Twitter summary
It’s dry
It’s too wet
Everyone thinks everyone else’s equipment is dumb
Great chats about smokin meat
It rained somewhere and someone else missed the rain
Oh also the government doesn’t know nothing about nothing
Free Brittney!
Hey
@elonmusk
I understand your deal. Buying Twitter pretty much the same as buying a good section you’ve always wanted with a few sloughs on that it that needed a little fixing
#editbutton
Reading a column in this weeks
@Grainews
about making mad money selling off small parcels of land to people fleeing the city life. I would carefully consider all the things that come with that before taking any money.
One thing in this election I would like to hear about.
What kind of legislation will the government implement to respond to the increasing incidences of illegal occupations and protests at agricultural businesses and farm operations.
I’m thinking about the inability to buyout or roll a canola contract because it would create an unacceptable level of risk for the grain buyer
Yet when I want to deliver a contract for the specified month it’s made in times past they may or may not allow me that privilege 🧐
Last full day of planting. Big thanks to the crew who worked right through and all the suppliers manufacturers and professionals who made this happen. Our ag community is awesome.
Coffee tastes extra good after a good day yesterday
Well actually the entire week was excellent
Yard gravelled and spread
Installed a new to us motor on conveyor
Equipment in its winter places
Answered the skid steer question
The truck I ordered in January arrived
A farm safety reminder
It is seed bag paper tape season. Ensure to double check all pockets. Filling the dryer lint trap could result in substantial harm when the laundry person gets ahold of you
Always fun and exciting to build things. This has been going extremely well. Lots to go yet but I think the years of planning and thinking are coming together. I claim the corner office
Most useful thing I’ve ever bought at an auction sale. Supper in the field. Thanks very much Davidson School Teachers very much appreciated
#finehamabounds