Charlie Cumpson

Organic farming in Frontenac County. Sonset Farm.

[Charlie Cumpson @CharlieCumpson]

@islandviewag Yes, we milk around 40 cows, diversified into a few things lol.

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Spring calving is a go.

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@RSHFarms @Fendt_NA @McHaleOfficial @manitou How does that chopper do with two bales? Our older kvernland just seems to bind up and not feed in nice with two. But would be nice if it did…..

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@RSHFarms @WeCover_Steel Congrats on the achievement!
Looks great

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@5151john 👍. Our year rolling avg is 4.6. No corn silage fed here. Few jerseys in the herd though.🤔

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@MattWShow @tekmacrogersco1 Where do you source the SOP?

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Grazing cover crops that was planted after spelt harvest. Not a lot of volume due to lack of 🌧️ but cows will be happy for a few days .

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@JimBenn71220505 Go see your boy @RKSpartssupply
Did blades, scrapers etc on our 5400 this past spring

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If you want to change the rural landscape, there’s only one law you have to change. Require every bushel to be hauled off the field with gravity wagons. That’s it.

Keep the bushels local. Smaller elevators closer together. More feed mills. Walk it off the farm.

What do we gain exporting our bushels at a global discount just to truck in global fertilizer at a premium? Manure for fertility, close the loop.

Make gravity wagons great again

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@JimBenn71220505 Glenburnie by the sounds of it ?

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@tekmacrogersco1 That’s cool.

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@MattWShow Don’t stray too far from strives and Brutons here. Brutons are becoming more of my favourite even the stature of strives can be impressive. Still always curious on other varieties though

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@stone_grace_ Especially good year, usually a little more winter kill in parts of fields and usually a field that just doesn’t yield as good for one reason or another

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Last field of organic spelt for the year. Very consistent, well yielding in every field. Lots of straw for the pack barns this winter.

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@JimBenn71220505 @Huffycropguy @DeanPat57613010 I've got some famous friends
You probably never heard of
But back in Frontarock County
Our crowd is second to none
😂

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@DeereGord Bruce gets around. Cleaning spelt here last week.

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@DeanPat57613010 Nice view. It’s worth one night even for a farmer 😏

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@RSHFarms @JohnDeere Spit out a lot of them here too this time of year.

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@RSHFarms Any suggestions on where custom baling rates are at for 3x3 bales ?
These balers are getting expensive to replace…