Jay Sprott
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@_TheMizzouTiger It’s alfalfa. What does that run a bag? Per acre cost? Any idea?
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This is cute. Now do a couple cases of chem that is $500-$1000/gallon. Or a tote of top tier fungicide. Seed is the least of our worries. Fertilizer and iron are a much bigger issue.
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American farmer shows what $5,000 worth of seeds now looks like This is what happens when the seed industry has been taken over by monopolies and farmers are now forced to use their seeds and pay their insane markups
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@K3ranchin You can put them inside but they usually just stay together as chunks and get unloaded as frozen chunks if it cold. If it’s warm it breaks up and you don’t notice. I try and sort it out but some still gets in which isn’t a big deal
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How do vertical and horizontal mixers handle frozen silage chunks? Do you have to sort them out for either of them?
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@ChristiFriesen @Plantmore1 @yegwave According to watching Chicago fire I think cyanide is made from mixing cleaning chemicals. Not sure if that’s actually true haha
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@Plantmore1 @yegwave That’s what everyone’s waiting to hear. Canmore is a pretty popular tourist destination this time of year.
Being a volleyball and hockey mom, who travel frequently to hotels with pools, this is actually a new fear that has been unlocked.
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About a dozen Alberta children were taken to hospital Sunday after falling ill while swimming at a hotel pool in Canmore, about 100 kilometres west of Calgary.
Emergency crews responded to the Canmore Inn and Suites around 11 a.m., where roughly 30 children were showing symptoms such as coughing and vomiting. Health officials briefly declared a mass casualty incident, evacuated the pool area, and set up triage inside the hotel.
Ten children were treated at the Canmore hospital and one was transferred to the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary. The incident is believed to be linked to a chlorine exposure, with firefighters detecting elevated levels of a hazardous substance traced to the hotel’s mechanical room.
Most of the affected children were in town for a minor hockey tournament. The town says the area was ventilated, the source secured, and further testing confirmed there was no ongoing danger.
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I need to shine some light on our Red Angus offering. All sired by McLovin (pictured) and consistently good across the board. McLovin walked our fields for two seasons (9 y/o last year) and bred every single cow. The sons are thick, long, and muscled with a quiet demeanour.
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Alberta’s cattle producers and many citizens have raised serious concerns about the proposed livestock traceability guidelines from the CFIA.
Today, the CFIA has paused these regulations and will be going back to the industry for further consultation. I want to personally thank Minister RJ Sigurdson for leading Alberta’s position in this matter and advocating for producers.
We’ll keep standing up for common sense rules that work for our producers and consumers.
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@inchcreekjr Here’s a black angus, put some white/ grey specks on it to customize it liked a speckled!
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@inchcreekjr Likely can only find a highland or dairy cow haha you need to make a speckled park cow ornament line!
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Tis the season…bull sale season 🤠
Pictures are underway, and the reds were showing off!
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@MackenzieSeidle That’s awesome, wish they brought back a year of retro swag!
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@jay_sprott A friend has a pretty cool hat too. They went all out!
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It is with a very heavy heart that I am sharing the loss of one of the most influential men in my life.
Yesterday, at the age of 90, my Papa Jack left us peacefully to grab the best seats in the house for the World Series this year.
My grandpa was a lifetime farmer. I have him to thank for my passions of both agriculture and the sport of ball. I have so many great memories with him, whether it be on the farm, sitting in the living room watching the Jays together, or sitting down and working on puzzles with him. He lived a long life and passed on his strong work ethic and values to me at a very young age.
He was always so very proud of me. I would never miss out on any chance to tell him about what I was up to, then sit and listen to his stories about the good old days on the farm.
I will continue to make him proud as I know he will be smiling down at me and with me every step of the way.
Rest easy, Papa. Until we meet again.
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Very happy with Wiebe’s Steel Structures (no relation) out of Morden MB on our new shop project. Highly recommend these guys for a wood or steel frame building!
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@jay_sprott Ya, I'm pretty happy with it. I might have some of my info a bit wrong but I'm sure your seed retailer could give you the full rundown. I don't think I'll ever use an awned barley again
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@jay_sprott The other two awned varieties I've looked at cost around $11.95-$12.95/bushel stockford cost $10.95/bushel. It's been around a while but so far I like it a lot better than any other barley I've used. Probably best if silaged but I don't have that option
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@inchcreekjr Wow that’s really impressive! What does that seed cost compared to regular barley varieties? That would be really interesting seeing the feed tests.
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@jay_sprott I'm not sure if it would do 10, I think it could get pretty close in good conditions. It's actually made to perform well on poor land and in irrigation. Lots of dairy's use it for silage around here. Supposed to have high feed value and lower nitrates than most barleys
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@inchcreekjr Those lumps are awful. Yeah that would be interesting to combine! It looks really good, think it would hit 10 tonnes an acre in a decent year? Would the feed value similar as other barley varieties? I saw some awnless fall triticale that would be interesting to try.
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@jay_sprott Same as lumps inside their mouths. It also yields way higher in biomass than regular barley for feed it seems. I always kind of want to combine it to see what it would yield cause the heads are ridiculous
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