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spend the money on health care. Health care spending generally has a stronger and more sustained ripple effect due to its labor-intensive, locally sourced nature (e.g., salaries for medical staff recirculate domestically). Olympic spending multipliers are lower, with significant "leakages" (e.g., imports, crowd-out of regular tourism), and empirical outcomes often fall short of projections.

.@MarkJCarney Let’s do all we can to attract the 2038 Olympics to Canada! From coast, to coast, to coast, we can showcase our wonderful country, our natural beauty, our amazing people and, of course, our superb athletes. 🇨🇦 #CanadaOlympocs2038

AAC Synergy is the most common malt barley variety in western Canada as of the latest data from 2024–2025. According to the Canadian Grain Commission's 2024 harvest quality report, AAC Synergy accounted for approximately 34% of the area seeded to malting barley varieties in western Canada, making it the top variety. A December 2025 report from The Western Producer, referencing 2025 seeded acres, indicates it held about 35.6% of malting barley acreage,

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@ValaAfshar @grok when was this picture taken

Life is too short to worry about stupid things. Have fun. Fall in love. Regret nothing and do not let people bring you down. Study, think, create and grow. Teach yourself and teach others. —Professor Richard Feynman

@birenball @merry123459 @grok who is in this picture

The head honchos. Also, Mark Carney is here.

Beckie, H.J., Gulden, R.H., Shaikh, N., Johnson, E.N., Willenborg, C.J., Brenzil, C.A., Shirriff, S.W., Lozinski, C. and Ford, G., 2015. Glyphosate-resistant kochia (*Kochia scoparia* L. Schrad.) in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. *Canadian Journal of Plant Science*, 95(2), pp.345–349.

Trying to get an idea of where kochia has spread to in the Prairies. If you've got kochia, especially a newer problem, we'd love if you would upload your observation to iNaturalist so we can get a feel just how far it's moved! Please retweet! Project here: inaturalist.org/projects/kochi…

@TerryDaynard I believe so, though I am not familiar with their soil test recommendations.

@Lockeal Just out of curiosity: Kentucky has both glaciated and non-glaciated soils. Do they need different soil fertility recommendations for each?

This is a bit unnerving. The results suggest variable-rate soil P fertilization lacks value. I hope that only applies in Kentucky. I save money by variable-rate P application in Ontario. acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

@CropRotationSK Will you also survey the last 50 years of published crop rotation research done in the Prairies?

Albertan, Sask, & Manitoban farmers, your voice matters! Join the #USASK Crop Rotation Survey to showcase 30 years of sustainable progress in Prairie agriculture. Shape policies, share innovations, and share your voice! #FarmersLead #Sustainability #albertaag #Manitobaag #SaskAg

@agronomistag I would like to assess the actual data with random forest analysis.

@Lockeal The paper is open access. Is that what you want?

Ever wonder about the four soil health principles promoted by NRCS? This ambitious research set out to evaluate them. Perennials improved some soil health indicators, annual cropping did not. Open access. acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sa…

Snowmelt sampling our 4R P experiment ⁦@HenryW_AAFC⁩ ⁦@AAFC_Canada⁩ ⁦@Agritruth⁩

@harder_water Spatial variability of soil moisture is one of Taras’s objectives.

@Lockeal Thanks - we're moreso focused on quantifying the spatial variability of soil moisture within the field scale in order to optimize zone based management.

To quantify ag-water interactions in the real-world we put to use a suite of sensors, models, and data. Some sensor installs happening this afternoon to provide the information for the first step in the process #water #soil @SWATMAPS #SWATWATER

@harder_water Contact Taras Lychuk AAFC Brandon, he has conducted field scale research on soil moisture for the past few years.

I've also reached the point in my career where I get to send people to the field to do the fun stuff while I get to enjoy meetings and writing things ☹️

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@harder_water @swatmaps Congratulations Phillip, please stay in touch. Precision agriculture is an interest of mine.

After 16 years of being involved with Usask hydrology research in various capacities I’m excited to share that I’m shifting gears! Over the next couple weeks I will be transitioning to the role of Research Director & Hydrological Scientist @SWATMaps

@agronomistag Interestingly, the hay producer asked the cattleman after several years of bale grazing, if he could move the cattle to the hay field rather than sell the bales. The hay producer thus reduced export of plant nutrients, and maintained soil quality/health.

@agronomistag My comments to Andrew were based on observations of bale grazing on a producer’s farm in Saskatchewan. However I could not publish due to lack of resources and randomized replicated treatments in a study over time on the same soil association.

Extraordinary claim explained by ordinary practice? Gabe Brown claimed to have increased soil organic matter from 6.1% to 11.1% in just 3 years. I challenged that, based on his listed practices. We may now have an explanation: bale grazing.

@karlrohe In the counter of these motivations, what is your opinion of Deming regression?

i'm teaching linear regression in the spring First thing we'll do: highlight the two *very* different motivations for linear models 1) for causal inference 2) for prediction Breiman's "two cultures" paper is too advanced for mid-undergrads... are there any easier readings?