Laura

• CCA-ON • Spare Time Livestock • 20/21 CYL Mentee • OAC Class of ‘18; Ag Econ • tweets are my own and do not reflect my employer •

[Laura @1AgentLaura]

Work until you no longer have to introduce yourself. #StockShowKid

[Laura @1AgentLaura]

The most peaceful 2 hours of my week right there. Even have the dog trained to pick her toys up. 🎶

[Dennis Clarke @Denny2point0]

If I had time to mow grass, it truly is a enjoyable job. Ear buds, some good tunes and giver.

Trouble is it’s always a panic cuz there’s a 1000 other things to do.

[Laura @1AgentLaura]

@farmerschneck @gee_vee_eff @joejansen1 Pretty sure it’s in my job description…

[Laura @1AgentLaura]

@farmerschneck @gee_vee_eff @joejansen1 You don’t even need fences now…

[Laura @1AgentLaura]

🧯Fire extinguishers 🧯 people, get your damn fire extinguishers checked & on equipment. Especially forage equipment. Also, make sure your equipment & liability insurance is up to snuff. It’s not rocket science people

[Instant Weather Ontario ⚡️ @IWeatherON]

#ONStorm #ONwx 🔥 Wildfire Risk Increasing Across Southern Ontario with Widespread High to Extreme Danger Expected Thursday

Heads up! While we’ve been enjoying a stretch of warm, sunny and dry weather, those same conditions are causing wildfire danger to steadily increase across much of Southern Ontario.

Over the past few days, wildfire danger ratings have already climbed into the “high” category in many areas. By Thursday, the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System (CWFIS) is forecasting widespread “extreme” wildfire danger across Southern Ontario.

An extreme wildfire danger rating means fires can start very easily, spread rapidly, and become difficult to control. Even a small spark from a campfire, cigarette, ATV, trailer chain dragging on pavement, or outdoor equipment can quickly ignite dry grass and brush.

If you’re planning any outdoor burning, be sure to check with your local municipality first. Fire bans and burn restrictions may already be in place, or could be issued as conditions continue to worsen.

You can also help reduce the risk by properly extinguishing campfires, avoiding the use of fireworks where permitted, disposing of smoking materials safely, and keeping vehicles off dry grass whenever possible.

The good news is that slightly cooler temperatures and the chance of more widespread rainfall this weekend should help lower the wildfire danger, at least temporarily. However, current forecasts suggest next week may trend fairly dry again after the weekend rain, so we wouldn’t be surprised to see the wildfire risk climb once more.

Stay safe and be extra cautious with any activity that could create a spark. 🔥

- Brennen

Source: CWFIS

[Laura @1AgentLaura]

@JSCustomFarms @farmerschneck I’m good, but I ain’t that good 🤣

[Laura @1AgentLaura]

@islandviewag @vg_tim Could always hear him laugh though. What a man.

I think we’ve sufficiently hijacked Tim’s tweet 🤣

[Laura @1AgentLaura]

@islandviewag @vg_tim He’d have his coat and boots on, and he curl in on himself and shiver violently while chain smoking and talking on the phone 🤣

[Laura @1AgentLaura]

@islandviewag @vg_tim Robin would’ve been sickened by this spring - too cold, too rainy, too not Florida enough for that man 🤣

[Laura @1AgentLaura]

Bout the most useful and consistent Tater trick in the Tater’s Book of Tricks 🤣

[Laura @1AgentLaura]

@JSCustomFarms @Shawridgefarm @Dungannon_Dan Champion closed a month ago

[Laura @1AgentLaura]

@VBFarms @islandviewag @BeansCA I draw the line at Jack Daniel’s…but the bottle on the counter is Gibsons 🤣

[Laura @1AgentLaura]

@islandviewag Sometimes, you just have to confirm that seed is indeed required to grow a crop 🤣

[Laura @1AgentLaura]

Everything you need to know…and with pretty pictures!

[Jason Deveau @Spray_Guy]

Our long-awaited best practices white sheet for pesticide application by drone. Detailed enough to be actionable, but not so overly prescriptive that it's obsolete in a week. Hopefully accessible to new applicators and to pros.

https://t.co/KgH2zLzKH0

[Laura @1AgentLaura]

@NYKCattle @NerbasBrosAngus Also have to consider that says % of producers. Less producers, more cows in the west. Eastern Canada is more producers, less cows and they measure pasture in cows per acre, not acres per cow…so the number of eastern producers might skew that number.

[Laura @1AgentLaura]

@islandviewag @Shawridgefarm If he doesn’t, I know somebody 🤣

[Laura @1AgentLaura]

@ThinkethSo @rhofford 72% heifers last year and it was the driest summer in 40+ years 🤣

[Joshua Nasielski @JoshNasielski]

Missing soybean cotyledons, commonly seen in no-till after corn. The seedling will survive but be much delayed. Not just caused by snails! Research by PhD Iraj Yagoubian shows they snag on corn residue mixed into seed furrow while emerging. More proof row cleaners are important!

[Laura @1AgentLaura]

@KeithWells6 @MaizeingPete Don’t get me wrong, it was cool, but makes you appreciate how long it took and how much handling that crop got to be of use.

[Laura @1AgentLaura]

@MaizeingPete @KeithWells6 Idk, the feed mixer/silage wagon/hay wagon/loader tractors are a pair of 2350s…open station of course 🤣 that being said, grandpa had us set up the thrashing mill his dad bought new in ‘27, and that was an experience I don’t need to do every year 🤣

[Ottawa Weather Records🌤 @YOW_Weather]

#Ottawa just had its driest meteorological winter since meteorological winter 1943. Total rain was just 16.5 mm. #YowWx #OttWeather #OttNews