Marc Vincent P. Ag

Plant Breeder| Agronomist| Research Scientist| Farmer| Tweets are my own.

[Marc Vincent P. Ag @Marc_Vincent014]

@realagriculture This is just another potential blow to Western Canadian Grain Farmers. Prices are low already. But this season I have definitely noticed that grain is not being delivered very quickly to grain elevators off farm. No grain truck line ups to highway this season.

[Marc Vincent P. Ag @Marc_Vincent014]

@ProfSmithSask Unfortunately we are not managing our forests correctly. Need to be harvesting more lumber for export. The decrease in the pulp and paper industry is not helping. Forest management is just not being done. Need to do preventative controlled burns in overly mature regions etc…

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@LowBoomLowDrift I had worked with a company who had a winter canola breeding program in Europe. We use to screen lines in Canada for winter hardiness. Some years they survived and some years they did not. Very dependent on snow fall accumulation in stubble to help overwinter. Ontario grows WC.

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@joeleberman Unfortunately a degree in Russian History from Harvard and Masters degree in Slavic Studies from Oxford does not equate to being an accountant or an economist. Too many people in parliament with education that does not qualify them for their job.

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@merry123459 How I understand it is that more liberal leaning students go into arts and journalism. Conservatives are typically educated in science, business or are trades people.

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@merry123459 Maybe his party members and voting base are not happy with the agreement to back the liberals on all motions. Maybe NDP has shifted to more central and Liberal to the far extreme.

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@steve_boots If a program is launched properly would need to be like us. Where food is sourced from the same supplier and has minimum nutritional requirements. Now it’s we will pay but figure it out yourself. So it fails.

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@steve_boots We have had one in MB for 20+ years. Designed for low income areas with schools. Families under poverty line would qualify. Schools were out of pocket for the month till they got reimbursed. Many schools stopped doing it here. No purchase plan to source food.

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@scott_robb @RachaelThomasMP It’s a fact with MB Hydro in Manitoba for natural gas.

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@scott_robb @RachaelThomasMP Last month bill $70 on equal payment plan for natural gas and $34 is carbon tax.

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@scott_robb @RachaelThomasMP In MB it is. It’s almost half the bill for natural gas.

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@merry123459 School breakfast program has been around for 30 years. Low income schools would source fruits, muffins, juice and milk each week for kids that were not fed at home. Same food would be used to feed ones that forgot a lunch. Schools would get reimbursed each month.

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@JeffWaltersSask Not really a new program. School breakfast program has been around for 30 years. Low income schools would need to source oranges bananas, apples, muffins, apple juice and milk every week.

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@ItsDeanBlundell With the pause of the provincial fuel tax to offset the cost of the carbon tax by many provinces. With removal of carbon tax cost of what will be 17cents per litre. They will still be ahead.

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@merry123459 In Canada you vote for your local representative party. We do not actually vote for who will be our prime minister. The party with the most seats at the end leader becomes the new PM. In the last two elections popular total vote was not who won the election.

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@PLawrenceMP For those wondering where the 16% value comes from.

https://t.co/BDySUaZSvT

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Been a great couple of days having a demo with the Zurn 150 plot combine @ Sir William Stephenson Research Centre. We were able to dive into canola, soybean and wheat. Have been extremely impressed with the combine performance and level of service at Zurn. @Zurn_Harvesting

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@SpecialtySeeds Voraxor worked good on the RR + Dicamba tolerant kochia in a field in our area. Just need to watch recropping restrictions on canola.

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@rob_petrovic @ABDanielleSmith Seems reasonable for electricity if on a equal payment plan. Ours is about that in MB and we have the lowest rates.

The water bill and sewer is insane though. That would be our quarterly bill we get from the municipality.

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Sir William Stephenson Research Centre Tour

Aug 15th - Grower Day
Tour over 3500 plots.
Crops: Canola, Wheat, Soybean, Corn, Peas, Oats, Sunflowers, Forages, Flax
Trials: Fertility, PGRs, N-Fix, Biostimulants, Disease, Variety Demos, Fungicides, Herbicides etc…
9:00am -1pm

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Sir William Stephenson Research Center Upcoming Tours

Aug 2- General Mills Oat Agronomy Tour
9:30-1 pm