Curtis Hoffmann

Pedigreed Seed Grower/Beekeeper. Growing mustard, flax, peas, lentils, wheat, barley, oats and alfalfa seed. Some tweets are opinions

[The Food Professor @FoodProfessor]

BREAKING: U.S. Justice Department probes fertilizer giants for possible price collusion.

[A Gene Robinson @AlBuffalo2nite]

🚨🚜 AI Is Now Farming… Lasers Are Killing 600,000 Weeds Per Hour🚨

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This is not sci-fi.

This is modern agriculture.

What you are looking at is the Carbon Robotics LaserWeeder, one of the most advanced AI farming machines operating in the world today.

It is mounted behind a standard @JohnDeere tractor and runs entirely off the tractor’s diesel engine through the PTO shaft.

Here is what is actually happening.

The machine uses high-resolution cameras and NVIDIA-powered AI processors to scan the field in real time.

The system analyzes every plant it sees.

Crop or weed.

In milliseconds the AI identifies the difference with sub-millimeter accuracy.

Once the weed is identified…

A laser fires.

The laser instantly destroys the weed at the cellular level without disturbing the soil or harming nearby crops.

No herbicides.
No chemicals.
No tilling.

Just pure precision.

And the scale is staggering.

Up to 10,000 weeds per minute
That is roughly 600,000 weeds per hour while the tractor simply drives across the field.

The NVIDIA GPUs are the “brain.”

They run the AI computer vision model that identifies plants in real time.

The tractor’s engine powers a generator on the implement which supplies electricity to the lasers, cameras, cooling systems, and computing hardware.

This is why farmers are excited.

Less chemical spraying.

Lower environmental impact.

Higher precision farming.

And dramatically reduced labor.

AI is not just changing software or social media.

It is transforming the physical world.

Even the weeds don’t stand a chance anymore.

#SilentMajoritySpeaks
#AStoneGroove

[Curtis Hoffmann @Freedom_speech1]

@Cronk_Ag Looks like you found my old neighbour😂. Was live action Gary in the house?

[Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper]

Joe Rogan: "Did you get Covid?"

Guest: "I got Covid like six times."

Rogan: "Of course you did, because you got vaccinated. The people who didn't get vaccinated got it once or twice."

[Curtis Hoffmann @Freedom_speech1]

@dudly81 @Mattxduchak @Lindahill2climb @INoScared Keep in mind the government takes more in taxes than what they give back in subsidies. Drop the tax level and there’s no need for subtitles. Same goes for consumers.

[Curtis Hoffmann @Freedom_speech1]

Been a while since I’ve worked with pipe

[Curtis Hoffmann @Freedom_speech1]

@lesleyraekelly Very cool, but try this…remove the cheese and gravy then add dill to sour cream and top off with a little feta and diced bacon 👌

[Curtis Hoffmann @Freedom_speech1]

If Federal Judges represent federal regulations why should Alberta fund them to bring with?

Just another reason to disembark from Canada.

[Scott Robertson @sarobertson_]

Corey Hogan on Danielle Smith's judicial appointment demands: "You can't create a new power out of powers that you do have. You can't say, 'I want to appoint federal judges. So I'm just going to withhold funding to federal judges.' That's not the way the Constitution works."

[Andrew Haynes @AndrewJWHaynes]

Alberta has DOUBLE the Oil Production of Norway, and a slightly SMALLER Population (5 vs. 5.6 million).

Alberta could have a Sovereign Wealth Fund larger than Norway's $2 Trillion Fund.

Alberta does not - because Ottawa and Quebec chose to take more than their fair share of Alberta's income.

There is still time for Alberta to use its wealth to provide for Albertans - if Alberta Chooses Independence.

cc: @RiseOfAlberta @ikwilson

[Theo Fleury @TheoFleury14]

This should piss a few people off!!!

[Curtis Hoffmann @Freedom_speech1]

@BDuchek @BantrySeedFarms The way thing are looking I would say buying extra feed now at a reasonable price is a smart idea.

[Raeanne Denomie PAg, BSc, CCA @RaeDen5]

The amount of information I have used in my career from this research farm is outstanding. Established in 1886, it has provided unbiased reliable information about Western Canadian Agriculture that can’t be replicated anywhere but Western Canada.

[Curtis Hoffmann @Freedom_speech1]

It’s been happening for over 20 years.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

He makes a good point. Saying this about any other race would be condemned immediately and should be.

So why is it not incredibly racist and wrong to say this about Whites?

[Curtis Hoffmann @Freedom_speech1]

@Cronk_Ag Wow, that’s a big difference! 27% savings👍

[Curtis Hoffmann @Freedom_speech1]

@blairbalog @Stampseeds Quite different than here. This is our blackest ground, a side slope in an alfalfa field. 1-4” of ice on the field. I’m hoping you send us some of your heat to melt this off. Good luck seeding!

[Curtis Hoffmann @Freedom_speech1]

That would be quite the precedent…

Take a look at Canadas grant application forms…

[Disclose.tv @disclosetv]

JUST IN - U.S. government investigating Nike over allegations that the company discriminates against White people, due to Nike’s "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion-related Targets." — CNN

[Curtis Hoffmann @Freedom_speech1]

@FarmingUK @AGRICENLIFER Looks messy and not very accurate

[Curtis Hoffmann @Freedom_speech1]

Thoughts?

[John Barlow @JohnBarlowMP]

Can you believe this?

Last year, the Liberal government spent $19 BILLION on consultants.

$8 MILLION for gender-just, low-carbon rice in Vietnam

$22 MILLION for Beans for Women’s Empowerment in Congo

$33 MILLION on a prison farm

Now, that same government claims it has no choice but to shut down agricultural research facilities and lay off Canadian scientists and researchers.

Billions for consultants.
Cuts for Canadian agriculture.

Make it make sense.

[Curtis Hoffmann @Freedom_speech1]

@xerofarmer It would be interesting to break it all down and see where there money goes in the supply chain. Following the money would be very simple for an accountant if politicians ever felt the need to know.

[Curtis Hoffmann @Freedom_speech1]

Could your farm survive a 50% rollback in land prices?

Land just north of me sold for 50% above the going rate…

7.8 times more then the going rate in 2008

If you pencil it out it doesn’t pay for itself at 50% of what that land sold for

It’s been coming for 10 years…

[Trent Klarenbach @TrentKlarenbach]

Farmland values: A fascinating time. Experts discuss factors like interest rates, grain prices, and rental rates impacting the market. Is a pullback coming? #Farmland #Agribusiness #RealEstate #Agriculture

[Curtis Hoffmann @Freedom_speech1]

@CateSask The letter sounds very reasonable. They’re asking for dialog and reform. Here’s how the system currently works. Would it not make sense to have judges with a regional focus and background? Perhaps judges should be elected, not appointed…