Cedric J MacLeod

30 years old, she cleans up pretty good, wish I could buy a new one ,14000hrs and never touched, $56000 new, great tractor, runs every day, 125white @peipotatoes@canadanbeef

Super cool paper by @GeorgiouKat et al! Top lines: - Mineral type matters for understanding SOC saturation! - Ag soils are way below SOC saturation capacity (<50%) - Grazing lands (!!) are particularly undersaturated & are good SOC restoration targets nature.com/articles/s4146…

Sequestration efficacy is highest on croplands bc they're in a greater SOC deficit, but this paper reiterates importance of sequestration efforts on grass/rangelands bc 1) they're still far from saturation, & 2) they cover SO much land. We won't reach climate goals without them.

Finally, I think this paper puts to bed the classic argument that SOC sequestration isn't a worthwhile climate change mitigation strategy because of saturation. Most soils aren't even at 1/2 capacity according to this new analysis. Lots of room and opportunity to improve SOC!

And they’re off! A half a million potatoes are headed down University Ave to Grafton St and will be ending at the Charlottetown Event Grounds.

Dr. Rene Van Acker has been reappointed dean of #UofG's Ontario Agricultural College (@UofGuelphOAC) for a five-year term. @UofG @PlantAgGuelph @ArrellFoodInst @UofGAlumni  fal.cn/3hQFL

What a beautiful Green Spirit field from Cedric at @localvalleybeef! 🌱🐂 #GreenSpirit #ItalianRyegrass

Dialed In Precision Ag doing some #SWAT mapping in PEI before soil sampling and prepping for the 2022 potato crop. Now is a good time to start thinking about next year! #variablerate #precisionag

This week #PrincetheTractor & his #aglivinglab potato friends are singin’ in the rain DYK 🥔🥔🥔 require 1 inch of water each week Though #PEI farmers still rely on 🌧️to provide most of the crop water requirements, supplemental irrigation is used for a few weeks during droughts

@KenSchaus Are Maritime yards an option Kena fair volume of high quality feed around

We are looking for custom feeders for this fall here in #Ontag Backgrounding calves from Western Canada Top sets of calves to feed and background Can DM Ranch calves from drought areas are coming early and will perform very well

@ryansnoddon You bet Ryan, we've moved the majority of our #Forage production over to silage. Mow day-1, bale day-2, wrap wet. Allows us to manage our harvest risk much more effectively

It's been a tough summer for farmers in the Maritimes (and most of eastern Canada for that matter) trying to get their hay cut, then dried & baled. 3 dry days in a row have been tough to come by. Happy to see some baling underway in NB today... before more rain arrives tomorrow!

We spoke with @localvalleybeef today about this year's hay crop! You can hear here: cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

@VanessaVVCBC Sometimes it's hard to beat the view from the field. 122-bales down, another 100 to go

Update from @localvalleybeef - looks beautiful out there!

Meet the BCC Team! As a farmer and an agrologist, Cedric MacLeod @localvalleybeef has a unique ability to connect with, engage, & provide insight to the farming community. These attributes make him a valued member of BCC’s Board as Treasurer. Read more: bit.ly/3gFoo8w

Thanks for the chat today @VanessaVVCBC. Chasing the rain away with @TreeHouseChick on the rake ahead of the baler

#haymaker oats in the #maritimes @localvalleybeef nice looking field my friend!

It's really too bad @seguincbc that the NB Climate Change secretariat hearings last week were dominated by talks of #Glyphosate bans and not actual climate change mitigation to support the next generation. Let's start talking about strategic forest management practices instead

@blake_vince Amidas all the way Blake, we see nice yield increases with it, minimal to zero burn. Using airflow boom spreaders

Agriculture Tweeps, looking for some input on Urea/ESN applications on Waist high corn. Methodology, Equipment, Stabilizers/Inhibitors

This is how @localvalleybeef turns a #CoverCrop into profit. 2020 planted @BarenbrugUSA #GreenSpirit underseeded to oats, alfalfa and high performance grasses coming off as #Forage21

Out today on SpudChat...our June Grower Check-In with Bryan Maynard, Gordon McKenna and @macaulayfarms. Available now wherever good podcasts are found! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/10-…