Mark Laycock

@hamiltondw2 I keep following my GMC salesperson, he has been to 3 different local dealers. He's in his 80s now and still absolutely loves what he does and treats everyone with respect and fairness. Hard to find that these days

Dear car dealerships. Most of you suck ass!! Wife called about trading off her truck almost 0 gave her the time of day, 1 got interested when she said my name as her husband. 1 was full in from the beginning. Small town was full in large city couldn’t give her time of day

BREAKING: THE NITROGEN TRAP JUST SNAPPED SHUT. Three locks. Three countries. One outcome: LESS FOOD. • Strait of Hormuz — fertiliser shipments BLOCKED. • Russia — ammonium nitrate exports HALTED. • China — phosphate + nitrogen exports BANNED. This isn’t a delay. It’s a chokehold. And the timing? Brutal. Planting windows are closing RIGHT NOW: – US corn belt: weeks away – Europe: already fertilising – India Kharif: next – Bangladesh rice: underway Crops don’t wait. Biology doesn’t negotiate. No nitrogen at the critical stage = PERMANENT yield loss. Not 1–2%. Think 5–10% globally. 20%+ in vulnerable regions. That doesn’t mean “higher prices.” It means: → Food inflation shock → Export bans → Supply panic → Hunger in the poorest regions We’ve seen this before: 2008 → food riots in 30+ countries 2021 Sri Lanka → fertiliser shock → 40% yield collapse → government fell Now imagine that… but global. This isn’t about oil. This isn’t about war headlines. This is about molecules NOT reaching soil. The kind of crisis that starts silently… and ends with empty plates. The war is fought with missiles. The famine is decided by nitrogen. And right now — nitrogen is locked out.

@rhofford No, Helix Virance and Lumiderm.

@LaycockMark Before that u just went without buteo?

cutworms bamboozled me on my ridge last year :( pricks

@rhofford Buteo Start and Lumiposa this year here.

@LaycockMark Can't get buteo and lumiderm both on invigor I was told?

@Denny2point0 Yesterday's cook on the smoker. #brisket

Steak on the flattop tonight. It’s time to cook outside multiple times per week. #Spring

Anyone seeing insane Urea prices yet?

Selling 1999 W900. Super clean truck . Odometer is 1,400,000 miles . 500 HP N14 Cummins motor with 72,000 on new motor . Complete brand new 18 speed transmission installaled Oct 2025 w/new clutch . 353 Gear ratio. Truck had new rear ends installed 2024. $55k RT appreciated

Anyone in Twitter ville have a fix for these stupid doors on these old steel quonsets. They are such a Bitch to open in the winter if not impossible. TIA.

@Pness03 Diamond Bifold door.

Classic Movie Night Who Knows it !!

@simonmaechling @lesleyraekelly I always say, if Glyphosate gave us cancer or hurt us, there should be no farmers left in the world.....

Now that everyone here thinks they are an expert on glyphosate, I want to add some context to the noise. Glyphosate is a molecule. It has been studied for 50 years. Hundreds of regulatory reviews. Tens of thousands of pages of data. Toxicology, residue studies, epidemiology, environmental fate. You don’t have to “trust Monsanto.” You can read assessments from: 🇺🇸 EPA 🇪🇺 EFSA 🇯🇵 PMDA 🇨🇦 Health Canada Here’s what gets lost in the shouting: Hazard ≠ Risk. Risk = Hazard × Exposure. Real-world dietary exposure? Measured in micrograms. Hundreds of times below conservative safety limits. That’s risk assessment. And no - IARC saying “probably carcinogenic” does not mean “causes cancer at real-world exposure.” It means “can under some conditions.” Same category as: • Red meat. • Night shift work. • Very hot beverages. Context matters. If you think farmers spray poison because they enjoy it, you’ve never met a farmer. They use tools. Tools are evaluated. If they don’t work, they’re dropped. If they aren’t safe under regulation, they’re not approved. The claim that we are all being secretly poisoned? That collapses under dose-response curves and biomonitoring data. Emotion spreads faster than toxicology. But toxicology still wins. If you care about food, health, and the environment, learn the difference between hazard and risk. It will change how you see almost every chemical debate online.

@dtex1961 Thanks!

@LaycockMark Nice rig !!

I'd say we had a bit of wind with the snow. #spring26 is a ways off yet!

@apasztor82 It makes a 💩 job a little more enjoyable! Thanks Andy

Coolest snowblower set up goes to Mark!!!!

For sale: 2014 Elmers Super 7 harrows. Brand new tines this winter. Asking 58,500$

Any of my twitter buddies have or know of an extra truck and or grain trailer for sale? Or not for sale but would sell? Would consider all configurations but mostly like to buy from someone I kind of know. Prefer Prarie provinces but consider anything for the right price.

@JSeimes @MaizeingPete @Shawridgefarm @HighlandWayne @MdMcLean1 RDX is one step up. Takes less power out each side vs the chute

@MaizeingPete @Shawridgefarm @HighlandWayne @MdMcLean1 Schulte with a front mount pole. Never look back, literally, and also, figuratively.

Suggestions on a snowblower for an 8245R ? @Shawridgefarm @HighlandWayne @MdMcLean1

@LaycockMark Box! My daughters 2010 Sierra is rusted quite bad.

I own two 2009 GMC half tons, boxes are rusting out but rest of the trucks are in great shape. Bought 2 boxes from Arizona. #keepitclean