Walked this field with an 85yo farmer today. He’s never in his life seen late-season frost impact plants this big. (6th June)
Back to 30°C & heat stress today ☀️
#WestCdnAg
New honey bee research centre planned for Ontario Agricultural College ow.ly/grZS50OPJ4H #cdnag #ontag #westcdnag
CMMS offers onsite services. Check us out! #TireandTrunnions #onsite services Cargill SaskPower #bunge SASM | Safety Assoc of Saskatchewan Manufacturers #dryers #onsite #portable The Mosaic Company Richardson International #miningandexploration #oncall24 /7 Greenland Equipment #WestCdnAg Prarie Farms SARM
Our AIM site is seeing some new and innovative products being applied 🥼
In field research, spray bottles are carefully measured with product and water and used to apply products. All calibrated through a hand boom. Pretty neat stuff!
#westcdnag #aim2023 #Aginmotion
Learn how AAFC Canada researcher Dr. Meghan Vankosky (@vanbugsky) is using historic and current data to investigate western Canada’s most wanted pest populations and model the impacts of climate change 🚨🦗🪲🐛🚔: agriculture.canada.ca/en/scientific-… #GcAggie #WestCdnAg
So far a dynamic water year on the prairies. Once again a situation of have’s and have nots for precip. Water input is critical to grow things but at the same time I’ve been thinking a lot about the invisible part of the water cycle-evapotranspiration🧵1/12 #WestCdnAg #drought23
Oilseed returns since June 1. Vegoils far outpacing oilseeds, even #soybeans after today's rally. Also put #canola in both $USD and $CAD to show that rising loonie is sucking value out. #soyoil #westcdnag #fbnfarmers
Every year I have some winners and losers. This Fall Rye made me smile today! #winnerpotential #westcdnag #fallrye
Growing season risk management made easy! 🚜 🇨🇦
Learn how FarmCash can safeguard your farm’s finances in the FarmCash spring E-Newsletter!
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#AAFC_APP #WestCdnAg #AgTwitter #AbAg #SkAg
POV: you asked a SW Sask agronomist how their week is going
#grasshoppers #SaskAg #WestCDNAg #AgTwitter #plant23
Lethbridge Agriculture Commodities Price Report by MPC #LethbridgeGrainPrices #AlbertaCattle #WestCdnAg
Drought is going to become a global scourge in coming decades, and it will only get worse as the climate continues to fail.
An excellent Long Read in The Guardian by Tim Smedley
theguardian.com/news/2023/jun/…
Corn School: 4Rs drive side-dress #nitrogen application w/ Ontario Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs's Colin Earl Elgie ow.ly/MSti50OObct #cdnag #ontag #westcdnag #cornschool