Duane MacDonald

@raeintheworld As a single potato farmer this tweet not only gives me hope for the world but myself!!

@SpudSmartMag SpudsmartMag headlines and articles consistently take the most negative and spectacular side on this topic. This is a blatant promotional article designed for fearmongering and the continuation of an arbitrary trade rule. Shame on you!

Potato wart spreads relatively slowly in soil but, left untreated, can eventually cause between 50 and 100 per cent crop loss due to tuber disfigurement. #SS_Insiders #CropProtection #TriCal. hubs.li/Q02kDJtz0

@clintwfischer My sister gave me a button when I was 13.. “ A little is alot if it’s all you got” Truth!

"He's not a REAL farmer." Someone said this to me when I mentioned I'm working with a guy who just rented his first 25 acres. That comment fired me up. I got defensive of him. There's no all-or-nothing application process in ag to "qualify" as a farmer/rancher. Frankly, if you have a 1/4 acre vegetable patch and one pig and call yourself a farmer, who am I to judge? Our goal ought to be to encourage more people with the grit & gumption to chase their ag dreams... Not call them fake farmers & diminish their standing in the ag community. -Some folks are able to earn 100% of their living from the farm/ranch. I applaud them. -Some have off-farm jobs to subsidize their operation. I'm happy for them. -Some just enjoy the country life on a hobby farm and don't expect to make any money. I respect them. I will gladly help any one of those people, if I can, because they're all part of the ag community. So the gist is, we all started somewhere & each story is unique. And if you're small-time and call yourself a farmer, good for you... I've got your back. And I know hundreds of others do too.

@spuddoc Thank you, credit to gps and the person I am renting the land from!

@macdonald_dk your potatoes look good

@spuddoc Love that pic!!

Happy Islander Day. So lucky to live here. I can find all 3 homes I’ve ever lived in on PEI in this photo❤️

@PleasantPork Speaking from firsthand experience on this issue, the sad reality is the best management plane which facilitates eradication of spores is growing non susceptible varieties in those infected fields. Otherwise the spores exist 50-75 years.

...keeping potatoe wart positive fields in production is problematic...positive fields should b out of potato production permanently so as to not create potential for more problems ...just has to b that way...

@DrNadiaChaudhri I look for your updates several times a day, thank you for sharing with this farmer on the east coast. Sending love to you three.

Friends, I couldn’t Shuffle today. My skinny pins are rejecting walking & I have to respect them. I made you a special video instead. A friend brought me pieces of the forest. Moss, lichen, leaves, cypress. Shhh…don’t tell the nurses. I’m not sure if this is contraband 😂

Last load of crop 2020 just in time to start filling the tanks again. Hopefully 2021 is gentle and generous to us all!! #MacBrosbigrig!! #liveforthesedays

@rachkeirstead Wishing you two a perfect island day, Congratulations

Last pass of planting 2021, we aren’t the prettiest or the smartest, after 3 tractors, 2 windshields, 2 hydraulic motors, numerous moments of contemplating life choices….” That all she wrote folks!”

@SkylerBluePEI Thanks big wheel, will try to enjoy it!

@macdonald_dk Happy planting Duane

Crop 2021 begins, this piece of ground always makes me smile. #hopelesslyoptimistic

Did you see me eating my handpie for breakfast??

Another day in #2020crop working the home farm. Take a moment today to remember why you do what you do, this is it for me. #favouriteplaceonearth #peifarmer #reddirt #peipotatoes #johndeere #lemken

@Agproudmary Thanks for the reminder, definitely miss the trips to the field with a good friend.

Gone too soon and missed by so many. A great person who had such passion for agriculture.

Last night I had an epiphany... workboots bought last September, world went to hell..... good riddance spawn of Satan, apologies to all of you! #WhateverItTakes #betterdaysahead, #humansacrificenext

@kemurray33 Yes, will take both totes, not sure if i can pick them up today though

@kemurray33 Hi Kevin, do you still have the barley?

This morning Angus got behind the wheel of the loader. He was all smiles as we drove out the lane and back. As we turned at the end of the lane a car drove by the smile disappeared “ Do you thinj they will call the cops???” #somuchtolearn, #farmingisfun

There are many mornings as a farmer when stepping outside and starting your day fills you with excitement and possibilities... loading potatoes at 5:30am in 50km/hr winds with -28 windchill unfortunately challenges that optimism. #justanotherdayinparadise