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Ag journalist and photographer. Pretty much interested in all things ag. #agriculture, #Ontag, #Cdnag, #Westcdnag #Agsky
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The molecule that gives caraway seeds their flavor is the mirror image of the molecule that gives spearmint its flavor.
August 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The molecule that gives caraway seeds their flavor is the mirror image of the molecule that gives spearmint its flavor.
What a great story
What an amazing story. Watch this.
Many fossil fuel execs like to say they are full of caring for people suffering from energy poverty and just want to help. If this was true, they would support solar.
Awesome video about how solar has replaced diesel for Indian salt farmers.
Awesome video about how solar has replaced diesel for Indian salt farmers.
June 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
What a great story
A dozen years ago I did a story on a German farmer who manually entering Waypoints on his RTK guidance lines to optimize his passes on fields. Has anyone automated this process yet? Thinking enter equipment size, drive perimeter, hit optimize?
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May 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
A dozen years ago I did a story on a German farmer who manually entering Waypoints on his RTK guidance lines to optimize his passes on fields. Has anyone automated this process yet? Thinking enter equipment size, drive perimeter, hit optimize?
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A boatload of windmill blades going by
April 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A boatload of windmill blades going by
A boatload of windmill blades going by
April 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A boatload of windmill blades going by
Easter Weekend. One of my rituals is listening to Handle's Messiah. It's not only a great piece of art, but as a person who's spent their 40+ years working as a contract creative professional, I relate and am in awe that he cracked it out in a week because he needed the money.
April 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Easter Weekend. One of my rituals is listening to Handle's Messiah. It's not only a great piece of art, but as a person who's spent their 40+ years working as a contract creative professional, I relate and am in awe that he cracked it out in a week because he needed the money.
#agsky Lynn McKay and Arnie Droogh discovered their sheep videos had accidentally made them Instagram and Youtube celebrities. www.deere.com/en/publicati...
The Furrow: Unexpected Fame
Ewetopia Farms' YouTube channel turns Lynn McKay and Arnie Droogh into sheep celebrities.
www.deere.com
March 22, 2025 at 3:29 AM
#agsky Lynn McKay and Arnie Droogh discovered their sheep videos had accidentally made them Instagram and Youtube celebrities. www.deere.com/en/publicati...
#agsky Richard Bell only had $300 in his pocket and a passion for poultry when he immigrated to Canada from Northern Ireland in 1993. He turned it into Farmcrest Foods a vertically integrated marvel. www.deere.com/en/publicati...
The Furrow: Start to Finish
Farmcrest Foods finds success through vertical integration.
www.deere.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
#agsky Richard Bell only had $300 in his pocket and a passion for poultry when he immigrated to Canada from Northern Ireland in 1993. He turned it into Farmcrest Foods a vertically integrated marvel. www.deere.com/en/publicati...
Tray grown strawberries reduce pressure and speeds up harvest www.deere.com/en/publicati...
The Furrow: Tray-Grown Strawberries
Quebec strawberry producer pioneers new method
www.deere.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Tray grown strawberries reduce pressure and speeds up harvest www.deere.com/en/publicati...
#agsky Over the midterm (within 25 years) I expect farming in North America will hit a brick wall.
Why?
Corn yields have been increasing by 1.5 bu/ac/yr for 65 years. Wheat and soybeans by about half that.
Why?
Corn yields have been increasing by 1.5 bu/ac/yr for 65 years. Wheat and soybeans by about half that.
March 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
#agsky Over the midterm (within 25 years) I expect farming in North America will hit a brick wall.
Why?
Corn yields have been increasing by 1.5 bu/ac/yr for 65 years. Wheat and soybeans by about half that.
Why?
Corn yields have been increasing by 1.5 bu/ac/yr for 65 years. Wheat and soybeans by about half that.
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Methane emissions from livestock have been overestimated three to four times, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's sixth assessment. #agsky www.farmonline.com.au/story/890254...
Methane emissions from cattle and sheep majorly overestimated, farmers told
Farmer were encouraged to educate themselves on carbon emissions.
www.farmonline.com.au
February 27, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Methane emissions from livestock have been overestimated three to four times, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's sixth assessment. #agsky www.farmonline.com.au/story/890254...
'I didn't understand you were saying that. That said, I think power lines should all be buried to prevent them sparking and causing wildfires during storms.
February 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
'I didn't understand you were saying that. That said, I think power lines should all be buried to prevent them sparking and causing wildfires during storms.
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Check those snow loads! Especially with poly structures, a collapse can be fatal (and was for a local farmer last winter). Heads up! If in doubt, stay out www.realagriculture.com/2025/02/chec... #agsky
Check snow loads, use caution in older barns and poly structures
Farmers are sounding the alarm on snow loads and structure integrity this winter, as areas of Ontario have been hard hit by lake-effect snow and large snow events. From southern Ontario, up into the B...
www.realagriculture.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Check those snow loads! Especially with poly structures, a collapse can be fatal (and was for a local farmer last winter). Heads up! If in doubt, stay out www.realagriculture.com/2025/02/chec... #agsky
Image of a farmer Farm and Food care Ontario slide presented at the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention
February 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Image of a farmer Farm and Food care Ontario slide presented at the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention
One food discussion I haven't seen yet is the impact that the huge numbers of people now taking Ozempic, Wegovy, and other semaglutide weight loss drugs (15 million Americans and 1.5 million Canadians are now taking one) must be having on food consumption.
February 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
One food discussion I haven't seen yet is the impact that the huge numbers of people now taking Ozempic, Wegovy, and other semaglutide weight loss drugs (15 million Americans and 1.5 million Canadians are now taking one) must be having on food consumption.
What a cool story - thanks for this.
The International Commission on Stratigraphy may have rejected the Anthropocene, but deep future Geologists and Palaeontologists will have no doubt that a new Epoch started here.
theconversation.com/how-the-poll...
theconversation.com/how-the-poll...
How the pollution of today will become the ‘technofossils’ of the far future
Chickens, concrete, computers and clothes will leave a billion-year mark in the rocks.
theconversation.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
What a cool story - thanks for this.
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Sounds good. Between 20% and %60 increased yield, healthier vines, and other benefits including enhanced aroma profiles.
#agsky #viticulture #agrivoltaics
#agsky #viticulture #agrivoltaics
Mobile Solar Panels Boost Wine Quality, French Study Finds: Sun'Agri's Innovative Agrivoltaics Enhance Grape Health, Yield, and Aroma Profiles, Reducing Irrigation Needs #SolarEnergy #WineQuality #Agrivoltaics #SustainableFarming #GrapeHealth
Mobile Solar Panels Boost Wine Quality, French Study Finds
Sun'Agri's Innovative Agrivoltaics Enhance Grape Health, Yield, and Aroma Profiles, Reducing Irrigation Needs
www.vinetur.com
February 13, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Sounds good. Between 20% and %60 increased yield, healthier vines, and other benefits including enhanced aroma profiles.
#agsky #viticulture #agrivoltaics
#agsky #viticulture #agrivoltaics
#agsky It's starting to appear the only thing that will control the spread of avian influenza that's devastating poultry flocks and causing egg shortages in the US are vaccines. However vaccinating the American flock is unlikely to happen anytime soon. Why?
February 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
#agsky It's starting to appear the only thing that will control the spread of avian influenza that's devastating poultry flocks and causing egg shortages in the US are vaccines. However vaccinating the American flock is unlikely to happen anytime soon. Why?
#agsky I would not be surprised if advancements in genetic engineering, combined with human health concerns over things like the avian influenza outbreak in tge US will drive the development of animal free milk, eggs, and cheese. Thoughts? www.ynetnews.com/article/hksw6cztjx
Israeli startup grows world’s first real dairy protein in potatoes—no cows needed
Israeli startup Finally Foods unveils genetically engineered potatoes that produce real cow-milk protein; first field trial set to take place in southern Israel near Gaza border, paving way for innova...
www.ynetnews.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
#agsky I would not be surprised if advancements in genetic engineering, combined with human health concerns over things like the avian influenza outbreak in tge US will drive the development of animal free milk, eggs, and cheese. Thoughts? www.ynetnews.com/article/hksw6cztjx
@kgk52.bsky.social - I don't think I'll be in a big hurry to fly to the US anytime soon
February 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
@kgk52.bsky.social - I don't think I'll be in a big hurry to fly to the US anytime soon
-17C after a +2C day yesterday
February 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
-17C after a +2C day yesterday
How have Canadian egg producers managed to largely dodge the Avian flu epidemic that has wiped out 20 million layers and counting in the US? Different biosecurity measures? smaller flock sizes? pure luck? #agsky,
February 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
How have Canadian egg producers managed to largely dodge the Avian flu epidemic that has wiped out 20 million layers and counting in the US? Different biosecurity measures? smaller flock sizes? pure luck? #agsky,
Canadian whiskys are really world class these days. Here are this years award winners. canadianwhiskyawards.com/canadas-best...
Canada's Best Whiskies — Canadian Whisky Awards
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February 3, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Canadian whiskys are really world class these days. Here are this years award winners. canadianwhiskyawards.com/canadas-best...
Great piece on American egg producers fight against avian flu. ehttps://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/02/nx-s1-5282389/avian-bird-flu-eggs-prices-cull-usda-michigan-poultry-influenza-farmer-vaccination-h5n1
On the frontline against bird flu, egg farmers fear they're losing the battle
The tools the US used to contain previous bird flu outbreaks just aren't working this time, according to some agricultural experts. Some egg farmers have called for vaccinations for poultry.
www.npr.org
February 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Great piece on American egg producers fight against avian flu. ehttps://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/02/nx-s1-5282389/avian-bird-flu-eggs-prices-cull-usda-michigan-poultry-influenza-farmer-vaccination-h5n1
Wiarton Willie, the beloved groundhog in the picturesque town of Wiarton, Ontario, heralded the early arrival of spring today morning, much to the delight of sp…
February 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Wiarton Willie, the beloved groundhog in the picturesque town of Wiarton, Ontario, heralded the early arrival of spring today morning, much to the delight of sp…