We’re off! Seeding Bolles HRS wheat (still my favourite variety on irrigation) into hemp stubble. ⁦Walter Smith⁩

A big thanks to the volunteers from the Bow Island, Burdett and Foremost fire departments who worked all night to contain a fire at the landfill and kept it from spreading into our property. A few neighbouring farmers also hauled water to the site.

While much of the prairies still has snow in the field, this is what I saw this morning in Southern Alberta.

Pretty cool. Less than a 1/4 mile away from me. #AgTwitter

Rather unusual weather forecast for the area E of us. Chance of funnel clouds followed by snowfall warning.

March seeded durum enjoying the moisture!

Spraying burnoff on Bolles spring wheat in hemp stubble before it emerges tomorrow.

Perfect day for spraying and seeding. CDC Citrine yellow peas going into CDC GoldNet durum stubble. ⁦SeedNet Inc.⁩

Spraying broadleaf herbicide on perennial rye grass being grown for ⁦Forty Mile Turf Seed⁩

Anyone else have huge flocks of noisy seagulls? Never seen this many before and they’ve been hanging around for several days already.

An early than normal start for us.

April rainfall totals a whopping 7.6 mm! That’s 0.3 inches for my American followers.

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Seeding InVigor canola for ⁦BASF Canada Agricultural Solutions⁩. This is our 28th year for them and our 31st year of hybrid canola seed production.

Spraying the yard using green-on-gravel spot spray technology running in manual override mode.

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Our Rye and Winter Wheat trial! One winter wheat , 2 hybrids, and 1 OP Rye

That’s great news!

This plane suddenly made a sharp turn a long way away from any airport. Was the pilot flying with family and they suddenly decided to go somewhere else?

Saw the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Farewell Tour last evening. Amazing musicians, 2 of which started the band after high school in 1966! They are still as good as ever.