Ryan MacLeod

West Central Sask grain farmer & rain enthusiast

[Ryan MacLeod @choppermac]

@brianeasland @CGP2XbyOstara Oh nice. Great to see it become more concentrated. We had been using the original Crystal Green for years but gave it up this year due to bulkiness and cost. But will have to have another look at it.

[Ryan MacLeod @choppermac]

@SolickSeeds I need this! What’s the story on the remote callout? Where does a guy get one? Does it require a cellular plan?

[Ryan MacLeod @choppermac]

@EvanShout @grok describes this as “Tall Poppy Syndrome” or “Crabs in a bucket mentality”. Just human nature, nothing new.

[Ryan MacLeod @choppermac]

@LowBoomLowDrift @_daneco The trip is mostly gravel so probably wouldn’t tow it much faster than we drive it. Could save about 30 engine hours a year but would probably get less done in a day. Sprayer runs at about 65% non spray time.

[Ryan MacLeod @choppermac]

What are guys finding for real efficiency gains when switching to 160’ sprayers from 120’? Our 120’ averages 75 acres per engine hour. Can we expect 110? Sprayer upgrades are tough to make pencil out. @LowBoomLowDrift

[Ryan MacLeod @choppermac]

@_daneco @LowBoomLowDrift There has been some training of new operators over the last couple years and then they don’t run as hard when they are new, roading to 3 different areas we farm 80km apart. We load with hot tank in 5 minutes except at spring burnoff.

[Ryan MacLeod @choppermac]

@PostmissSk @JSeimes I’ll trade Joel’s canola for mine. No problem! It was knee high and bolting before.

[Ryan MacLeod @choppermac]

@LowBoomLowDrift Yep that’s a sweet sprayer, gave it a try in some nasty hills. Alex should have some good drone footage. At times we couldn’t see the boom tip out the window over the hill. Had to rely on the boom tip camera.

[Ryan MacLeod @choppermac]

@NESaskFarmer @JSeimes Stranraer is home sweet home for this guy. 2.5” so far. Things actually looked pretty good leading up to this.

[Ryan MacLeod @choppermac]

@GrainStats The better narrative is the dry area where smoke is coming from and what is grown there. Oats and canola 🚀

[Ryan MacLeod @choppermac]

@olblue81 The 11 year solar cycle combined with the 89 year Gleissberg cycle spells disaster for this year unfortunately. I believe the upper level low system that settled in last May was an anomaly that got us the crop. Overall bias is dry.

[Ryan MacLeod @choppermac]

@rgstone1 We ran a set for 1000 acres. Found that our ground was too heavy for them. Lots of draft. Dutch stood behind their product and got us switched into some straight ones that would penetrate better. Trash flow was better than straight. Dutch is making adjustments to design.

[Ryan MacLeod @choppermac]

@BAMichael7997 @DragoIndiana @HorschLLC What do the monitors look like when they are all fired up? Are they steering only or do they run rate control and sectional?

[Rosetown Muffler and Bearing (2020) ltd @RMB2020ltd]

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[Ryan MacLeod @choppermac]

@olblue81 @harder_water Totally agree. I’m mildly obsessed with the 89 year Gleissberg cycle after listening to the Andjelic podcast interview. If it all lines up next year could be the super drought unfortunately with a couple dryish years to follow.

[Ryan MacLeod @choppermac]

@olblue81 @harder_water Our durum rooted and used moisture like I’ve never seen. At its peak it was at 8.6” of available water now it sits at 0.2”. Good crop out there to be harvested but not a drop of water left. North of Herschel 7 miles.

[Mike Palmier @MikePalmier]

Have a customer debating between an inline knife opener or the standard side band fert knife on a Vaderstad drill. This is on Regina heavy clay soil type, I don’t have any experience with the inline knife in these conditions. Curious as to others’ thoughts?