We know high nitrates in water are not good. We know solutions. Time to stop studying and start doing!

This is for you Tim Dufault! Mary Kennedy may even approve! 😂

Now this is a different type of agrivoltaics! #solarpower #solarpanels

New to us air seeder just delivered. Replaced one bought used in 2005. I get my money’s worth out of equipment! Now to get it set up for VRA seeding and fertilizer.

🧵Since it is becoming hard to keep track, here is a list of countries/municipalities that have seen catastrophic flooding in the first 11 days of September 2023:

- Greece
- Turkey
- Libya <--- *thousands feared dead*
- Brazil
- Hong Kong
- Shanghai
- Spain
- Las Vegas

MB Agriculture is looking for a new
Oilseed Specialist! Join the team and help grow Manitoba’s canola, sunflower, flax and hemp industries!
jobsearch.gov.mb.ca/generateBullet…

Good article about how a couple of farmers in areas with no-till challenges have made the change!

'And all at once, Summer collapsed into Fall...”

— Oscar Wilde

Mark Grantham

Here's another interesting clip with Benjamin Bikman this time on Casey Means, MD Level's podcast. In this clip Dr. Bikman describes the pathway by which over consumption of Omega 6 (linoleic acid) seed oils leads to fat cell hypertrophy and thus insulin resistance plus…

Updated RO24: new steering software, cab with turnable seat and verious smaller things where updated after first planting trials last year. We are getting there step by step.

Cover Crops, Intercropping and Soil Health Field Day 📅September 19, 2023
🕙9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
📍Hickson, ND (Morning) and Fargo, ND (Afternoon)
✅Register ndsu.ag/covercropday

#soilhealth #agresearch

My new analysis released today for EWG found that the federal Crop Insurance Program paid out a record $19.1 billion to farmers in 2022. This was a 546% increase from what the payouts were in 2001. 1/4 ewg.org/research/crop-…

China has requested certain #fertilizer manufacturers to halt their #urea exports due to a surge in domestic prices. This would limit the availability of urea & lead to increased expenses for farmers, & send ripples across the fertilizer industry. Farms.com Ontario

bnnbloomberg.ca/china-asks-fer…

Another great NDSU Extension field day is coming up on September 19th! Don't forget to register: ndsu.edu/agriculture/ex…

Swathed our peaola yesterday. Canola stand was thin on tops of knolls due to drought but peas filled in the canopy. One of the advantages of #intercropping . ⁦Mike Ostlie⁩ ⁦Lana at SE Research Farm⁩

Some people who oppose renewable energy like to criticize their material requirements — the metals and rare Earth minerals they use.

Usually, this is a disingenuous argument, but there are issues with mining that need to be fixed.

But here’s some important context.

Louise Grain Growing Canadian Foodgrains Bank This amazing drone footage was captured by Michael Harms

Louise Grain Growing Canadian Foodgrains Bank

😂. But how do you tell them apart?!

All the microbes these biological companies are selling to farmers, the farmers already have access to. We are helping farmers harness the power of indigenous micro organisms from their native systems and bring it back into their cropping systems #imos

Can grasslands be managed in ways to optimize carbon dioxide uptake? Managing Rangelands for Carbon Capture, led by Rebecca Phillips, Ph.D. principle researcher for Ecological Insights, aims to answer that question!
kfyrtv.com/2023/08/28/nat…