Frank Maddock

@YoungBuckFarms @rhofford My neighbor has a GMC tandem grain truck with a screeming Jimmy. You can hear him accelerate a mile down the valley.

@rhofford I'm jealous. Bucket list item for me for sure is an old 2-stroke Detroit powered truck. My dad rebuilt 100's of them in the 70s and 80s in drilling rigs.

Where in mb or sk would a guy find body parts for a 1974 c9500

@GreenAcres_Farm Thanks. Two drill passes

@MaddockFrank Hi Frank, just 6m

We don’t get many chances to weedsurf but with organic winter oats yet to really take off and charlock well up, this was one

@garrett_wolf3 Used to have two local guys. One had a small shop, the other ran a service truck. Both ended up having to go back to working in industry. One guy said it was chasing billing and none payments that he couldn't deal with.

Are there any decent ag mechanics in west central Alberta? Someone that can work on different brands of equipment, don’t cause more issues than they fix, don’t take a 20 years and isn’t $200/hour, etc Spruce view, Eckville, Caroline, innisfail, olds, Rocky, Rimbey, red deer area

@partialtruth Get her a stool to stand on?

Waiting to see if he figures out to kneel, or I got to dig him a hole.

It was amazing to match these results to personal history of on farm experience. And, we are probably only beginning to figure out how to use these techniques to grow with less inputs and potentially more nutrition.

Today, I spent a mind bending afternoon with Farming Forward and Regenerative Alberta Living Lab for an in depth dive into the soil on this farm. From soil samples to multi layered digital maps, plotting soil carbon levels, total soil nitrogen amounts and colour coded soil charts

@YoungBuckFarms Just add weights

What do ya think? Might need to throw some duals on the 2290

@hanslope Just curious, as terms for things vary by location, when you refer to contract acres, are you contracting with the landowner on a per service basis and they own the crop? Or is it really a rental or land lease arrangement?

@MaddockFrank Thank you Frank!

My latest piece for Direct Driller. A rumination on scale in 3 songs. I would love to gauge the opinion of other contractors in this present market - commodity and environmental 🙏 directdriller.com/farmer-focus-j…

@TSmith1867 About of a third of my small farms income come from direct to consumer marketing. About a month ago I added a $20 surcharge to deliveries under $300. Or people could organize and combine trips. Different type of farming.

What percentage of your farm expenses is fuel? Apparently the entire air line system is 20% and they can't handle these increases. Also, what's your farms fuel surcharge when your hauling grain to buyers?

@hanslope Looks like you swap tires, compared to previous spring work videos?

Hoe action in IP29

@JimBenn71220505 Putting in a Cummins is probably to get around import emissions regs. China as tiers of manufacturing quality. We tend to see the crappy stuff because importers thrive on low cost high volume.

Anyone know anything about these tractors built in Alberta? Cummins engine

@TSmith1867 I remember dad had a Chevy stepside from the late fifties, had a ten foot box. But by then it was relegated to a chore vehicle.

Today I learned....🤯 Has anyone in canada ever seen one of these things before!? Wow😂🤌

@cynicalmilkmaid @blackdirtpaul @Korteacres @RickBieber81 @FLOLOfarms We've certified through OCIA for 13 years. I like the "local chapter " model, and the international connection. Their online application portal seems a bit clunky and slow.

Organic folks: Who do we like for certifiers? @blackdirtpaul @Korteacres @RickBieber81 @FLOLOfarms

@Milkabot @kowalchukfarms1 The role of a municipal government is to create benefits for the community as a whole, not any one business or individual. "The needs of the many out weigh the needs of the few. Or the one." Star Trek

@MaddockFrank @kowalchukfarms1 Are you saying the government should tell private business how they should run their business?

Anyone else have buildings and businesses in their small towns being purchased and then basically shut in after and never opened? It’s taking potential businesses away from our communities Gotta be some shady stuff going on here?

@buggy_ridge I see a froe. Not sure about the curved hand adze?

Cool new tools I have been saving up for. Essential for the new cabins I'm building.

Good old Schulte for the win!

@hanslope @GWCT Is this done several times a year? I would think the mix of birds changes, seasonally.

The best morning for the @GWCT big farmland bird count. Sunny, still and cold in IP29 ☀️