2016 presented me with an opportunity to plan some soybean trials. The perfect location, perfect soil comparisons, and hopefully the time to do it properly. Original plan was to run some simple variety plots of the 5 different varieties I had booked from several seed companies. When discussing my seeding plans with one seed rep, he…
First Published in Grainews Australia is a country that should be on every farmer’s bucket list to visit. Nowhere in the world can you find farming, (and farmers) that most imitate what we see in our own Prairie towns yet with a unique British flair. Getting ideas Careful planning and research will make for a…
For all you ag readers under the age of 30, or the age of Google, you may not understand how all us oldies found information. In 1996 there wasn’t much to find, and it certainly couldn’t be found easily . This was the days of Angelfire, or the Canadian equivalent at Sympatico. Most ISP’s allowed…
Roaming Nothing makes the heart beat faster than seeing that word on your phone screen. Instantly you should be wondering what is your phone bill going to be when you get home. The horror story of kids running up $1000+ phone bills on a…
Been asked in the past by some of my Twitter followers about how I set things up in my tractor cab to make things go a little easier everyday. In the past I have been the guy that never gets to drive a tractor since I am the lowest guy on the seniority scale.…
2011 was a record year for flooding in the Assiniboine River Valley, an unprecedented snowpack in Saskatchewan combined with untimely rains made for 52,000 cfs of water arriving at Portage la Prairie. But that was more than the dikes downstream and the Portage Diversion were designed to handle. After causing devastation in cities like Minot…
The Winter is always a slow season for farm auctions in Western Canada. Snow, Blizzards and -40C tend to limit attendance and enthusiasm for good reason. But the winter is the time to sit in your office and find those items you need/want/wish for at the April rush of auction sales. Today there are over…
If you are a farmer and an information junkie, there is one tool that should be second nature to you. An RSS Reader Google Reader is the grand daddy of them all, but they shocked the industry last month when they said they were shutting down this great service that so many people depended on.…
Over the past couple years we have done some work fixing up some old Allis Chalmers tractors that we use nearly everyday. They are fantastic yard tractors, very nimble and maneuverable while being very economical to run. I never got why people want a John Deere 4020 so badly, after growing up on Allis Chalmers…
After being around Jack Russell Terriers all my married life, this “pup” is quite the handful. They definitely have a mind of their own and are very protective, but they need an attitude adjustment once in a while. I think the issue is they think they are “people” Anybody else have one? They are good…
I know what you’re thinking, What do we need another Blog for? Isn’t the Internet full yet? No it isn’t and this blog will be an extension of my @webfarmer Twitter account . Sometimes you need to have more than 140 characters to say what you want to say. Whether anybody agrees, or cares for…