Kyle Mullen

@ecuamateo What kind of rainfall do you get? And why do you break the pasture every 10 years?

Neighbors wonder why our grass is so much better than theirs. Graze intensely and fast, every 35-40 days, mow down the remnants (with blades or horses) to stimulate vertical growth instead of rhyzomatic, also adds organic matter growth, 8 tons of compost per hect a year, fermented manure broths with added calcium and sulphur after every grazing, sometimes other micros, then drill in seeds every other year. Till every 10 years if ever. Never ever herbicides. Short answer: work and brain

This is what it has always meant. Just look at England in the 50s The Earls Fitzwilliam spent generations building a prosperous coal mining industry in Northern England, and were beloved by the miners because they cared about safety, paid very well, provided schools and such for the kids, and otherwise were great employers in a way that essentially none of the oligarchic rather than aristocratic coal miners were In so doing, and building up a stable and prosperous coal extraction industry that was worked by loving and loyal employees, they became immensely wealthy. That wealth was used to build Wentworth Woodhouse, one of the grandest and most gorgeous English country houses, and its beautiful parklands That state of things lasted for over a century, with the Fitzwilliams and their workers having remarkably good relations even as labor agitation elsewhere was a disaster Then, in the aftermath of WWII, Attlee's Labour regime was elected, and it nationalized pretty much all of British heavy industry, from the steel mills to the coal mines to the railroads That meant the Fitzwilliam mines were expropriated from them. Yet worse, it meant a spiteful mutant named Manny Shinwell ordered the strip mining of all the coal on the estate, including through their beautiful and beloved parkland. The workers still loved the Fitzwilliams, and they revolted, and in a genuine outpouring of love and support, refused to follow Shinwell's orders and begged Attlee to reverse the decision. He didn't, the strike was broken, and the grounds were irreparably destroyed. So too was the house, which had its foundation destroyed by the open-cast mining, which went right up to the doorstep. Now it can't be lived in, and the Fitzwilliams had to give it up. The government of course refused to pay for the damage it has done And what was gotten from all that destruction? Nothing. The coal mined from the Fitzwilliam parkland was essentially valueless, the stolen mines were largely shut down by the Thatcher years, and all the capital that could have funded Britain's post-war rebuilding was instead stolen and wasted on the welfare nanny state Priceless forms of English heritage were destroyed, and noblesse oblige not just ignored but punished, all to fund the NHS for a few days

@JustinD8787 @Marielaina3 The problem about reforming the constitution is that it requires unanimous consent. All provincial governments and a majority of voters in every province. To achieve true reform is impossible when it requires the agreement of the current benefactors of the system.

@Marielaina3 Is that all you have? Claiming I’m completely oblivious or watching MSM. I’m definitely not oblivious and I certainly do not watch MSM.

I read a post this morning from a Canadian stating that Alberta leaving Canada would cause Canadians a lot of hardship & for that reason, we are terrible people to leave. I wonder where those people were when federal policies hurt Alberta, decimated the economy at one point.

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@Jason However for the American citizen, 30m deportations would be equivalent to a windfall. Lower the price of housing, traffic on roads, competition for services. While increasing the value of labour and wages. Bad for corporations who want low wages high consumption. Good for people

1. Deporting 30m illegal aliens would cost trillions — like one to two trillion 2. We would lose four trillion in GDP in doing so 3. We would lose $75-100b in taxes Would crash the economy, which is why President Trump promised it but didn’t execute on it. If you want to deport the worst of the worst, 300,000+ a year, that makes total sense.. as does closing the border

@bruce_barrett The system is a tariff rate quota. Every country is allowed then for a handful of agricultural products. The United States has one on sugar for example and another on steel. Canada has one on dairy and poultry products. China has one on wheat.

🚨 America just demanded Canada must expand access to its dairy market for CUSMA to be extended. All Carney had to do to avoid tariffs was drop the ones imposed on the US. Here’s a Canadian dairy farmer dumping 30k liters of milk:

@trevortombe I’m not sure how removing resource revenue changes equalization by a billion but by forcing the revenue potential of Quebec hydro moves it by 4. Equity would be that provinces with natural wealth who oppose its development should be punished for their non market choices.

Really enjoyed contributing to this Alberta Views dialogue in their December issue on whether equalization is "unfair" to Alberta. Give both sides a read here: albertaviews.ca/equalization-p… #cdnecon #cdnpoli

@ShortnBluntTho The lambs in this instance are not likely headed to slaughter. They’re likely to get the vet treatments regular for lambs. Their shots and hopefully a vitamin/mineral shot as well. So far as their use for food, clothing and lamb skin. They are delicious and soft.

Separating mothers from babies so that consumers can buy their milk, wear their skin and wool, and eat their flesh. The indifference when he slams the gate onto the mother’s head who desperately tries to stay with her young.

@Chewypilot22 @aasingleton17 1. Reserve do not equal production or price. Alberta produces double an realizes a price 15$ a barrel lower or at the moment 25% lower. 2. A non insignificant portion of the oil revenues are sent to the federal government though, income, corporate and dividend taxes.

@aasingleton17 The Scandinavian countries have $1 trillion heritage fund. Alberta produces 90 times the amount of oil yet has a fucking deficit….🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 wake the fuck up you retarded sheeple!!

Alberta had an $8.3B surplus at the end of fiscal year 2024-25. Seeing such a rapid swing of $15.8 BILLION into the negative should be a huge red flag to every single Albertan. There is nothing fiscally responsible about the UCP #ableg cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…

@shagbark_hick At present coal companies regularly pay 10% dividends even now with low coal prices. Due to ESG divestment. There’s some Canadian oil companies with a 8-9% dividend at the moment. US treasury 10 years are over 4%. Corporate bonds can yields higher. 3% is low.

This is obviously a joke -- you can't reliably get 8%. But you can reliably get 3%, which is $15k/yr, or $1250/mo. It's NOT hard to live on $1250/mo, even in the USA. Once you get $500k, you're done if you want to be. Beyond that, luxury is all you're working for.

@ShonnOborowsky @davidpugliese It was my understanding that the proposed gripens would use new rolyles Royce engines

@davidpugliese Saab. Made with US parts. I hope they come with engines.

Is Saab’s Gripen winning the PR war on the Canadian fighter jet file? espritdecorps.ca/media-watch/is…

@TheDailyCowman Wouldn’t it be the depreciation on the cow due to the median expected calves. Bred to 3-4 year old breds have 1-3 fewer calves over their lifespan.

I have never understood paying more for a bred heifer than a 3-4 yo cow if all else is equal Its like paying more for a 18yo virgin compared to a 30yo chick in a t-top Camaro with some primer on one of the fenders and thinking you are going to get the best bang for your $

@murray_can @EricDLombardi There are other alternatives both from a policy and a personal perspective. One is that agricultural property gets a carve out of the means test. The other is that you start transferring farm ownership to your children or successor.

OAS is the elephant in the room for federal budgets. Politicians who tell you they’re being fiscally responsible but won’t touch reform here are not being honest. Simple reforms, like raising the age to 67/68 and tying it to life expectancy, setting means testing rates at the median full time income, and not paying out to seniors with more than $1M in assets would save potentially tens of billions of dollars without putting a single senior into poverty. It’s the difference between a sustainable fiscal track for Canada and not. We once reformed CPP. Time to reform OAS too.

@smithjosephy @murray_can @CDNPolicyHawk Canada’s military is amongst the highest paid armed forces in the world neck and neck with Australia. It isn’t the salary. It’s the fact that fewer and fewer young men see Canada as worth fighting for or trust in the leadership of the nation.

@CDNPolicyHawk Here's a radical fix: how about pay the military service members very well; do an extensive realistic recruitment program (with proper tests and achievement limits); give good pensions; and for God's sake take care of veterans for the rest of their lives. Oh, and support Invictus

Boomers, stop artificially creating challenges they never faced for younger generations, challenge. Level: Impossible. Could we at least *try* having enough training slots, getting volunteers into uniform quickly, and treating them well, before jumping to conscription?

@ozertayizx @Popolo1269930 @baselessassert @grok Andean agriculture still had irrigation, fertilizer. If your issue is with farming using tractors or machinery then that would require 125 years of civilizational devolution. Because 3% of the population farming only works in an “industrialized” manner.

@KyleMullen793 @Popolo1269930 @baselessassert @grok Potatoes do not require any of that, they grow almost everywhere, people have been growing potatoes in the Andes region for 5000+ years. They even developed freeze dried chuños without electricity or high tech. You are talking about industrial potato monoculture.

Over 1000 meat eaters responded to my post. The majority were explaining to me that a cow weighs more than 1 kg and can feed more than 2 people. They didn’t realize the picture of a cow is just a symbol for beef and this a conversion ratio. How can people be this stupid?

@ozertayizx @Popolo1269930 @baselessassert @grok Well I hate to break it to you but natural pastures is the vast majority of the acreage in pasture. At the very least all the BLM land is natural pasture which is a couple million acres. All crown pasture in Canada is natural pasture so a couple million more

@KyleMullen793 @Popolo1269930 @baselessassert @grok Not to mention many pastures also require irrigation, fertilizer, herbicides pesticides. Natural pastures for all the cows to graze without any external input is about as rare as a rainbow-farting unicorn.

@grok @ozertayizx @Popolo1269930 @baselessassert Thank you. Thus marginal lands exist where cattle production is the maximally efficient means of production. This is where cattle production is today because land that produces better crops is priced out of reach of cattle producers. So cattle land usually is best use.

Fair point—assumptions should reflect realistic ranges, not extremes. In Alberta's dry prairies like Kneehill, unfertilized dryland corn averages 20-40 bu/acre in viable years but faces frequent near-zero yields from drought, netting ~1-3 kg protein/acre annually after failures. Beef stocking typically hits 1 cow per 10-20 acres on native/tame pasture, yielding 2-4 kg protein/acre steadily without crop risks. This favors grazing for consistent output on such variable lands, integrating with cropland elsewhere for balanced efficiency.

@grok @ozertayizx @Popolo1269930 @baselessassert Your assumption places the crop production at the best case scenario. But beef in the worst case. On the low end corn receives no yield and on the high end beef is 10 acres or less per cow.

In Kneehill's conditions, unfertilized dryland corn under 20 bu/acre yields up to 508 kg grain/acre, providing ~48 kg protein and 1.85 million kcal/acre in successful years, though outputs often drop near zero from moisture stress. Beef on native rangeland at 1 cow per 20 acres delivers ~2 kg edible protein and ~25,000 kcal/acre yearly via sustainable grazing. Crops offer higher potential nutrition when viable, but beef ensures steadier output on such marginal, low-input land without total failure risks.

@grok @ozertayizx @Popolo1269930 @baselessassert Can you compare the grams of protein and calories between the corn and beef please in this example

In Kneehill County's semi-arid climate with under 400mm annual precipitation and no irrigation, unfertilized dryland corn yields typically fall below 20 bu/acre in good years, often failing entirely due to moisture deficits. Beef grazing thrives on native grasses at stocking rates of 1 cow per 10-20 acres, delivering 10-20kg edible protein per acre yearly without synthetic inputs. Marginal lands like these favor ruminants for sustainable production, complementing crop agriculture on fertile soils to optimize global food systems.

@grok @ozertayizx @Popolo1269930 @baselessassert @grok your calculations do not account for regional variations or the variations in fertility. If you have an acre of land with no irrigation in kneehill country. Compare beef to no fertilizer, herbicide or pesticide corn

Global average corn yield is about 2.4 metric tons per acre, so 4.8 tons on 2 acres yields roughly 17-18 million kcal and 450 kg protein. Soybeans average around 1.2 tons per acre, or 2.4 tons on 2 acres, delivering 10-11 million kcal and 850-900 kg protein. Beef from one cow pales in comparison at 450-500k kcal and 35-40 kg protein, confirming plants' superior efficiency per acre.