Mark Brock

Grain and Sheep farmer. 2019 Canadian Nuffield Scholar looking at farm business structures to aid in farm financial viability.

[Mark Brock @Cropper01]

@AdamJPfeffer @JoshBoersen I creep in every once and awhile lol

[Mark Brock @Cropper01]

@JoshBoersen @AdamJPfeffer We started to cross reference for WIX as well, under half the price. New primary air filter, 2 cartridge fuel filters, 1 steel fuel/water separator, and 1 steel oil filter were just over $400 shipped.

[Mark Brock @Cropper01]

@MrBeast 1 million

[Mark Brock @Cropper01]

@AdamJPfeffer We skipped fungicide one year…never again…to me it’s just like a T3 in wheat

[Mark Brock @Cropper01]

I guess when your life revolves around weather you tend to pay attention to it…or says YouTube. Dinner conversations about the MJO all thanks to @snodgrss and @mcreard

Apparently I’m a big fan and don’t miss too many weather forecast videos. Thanks for all the hard work.

[Mark Brock @Cropper01]

@FieldwalkerAg @PatrickLynch13 @TheCropwalker @Bayer4CropsCA @DEKALB_Canada Soybeans and Corn 100% done West Perth

[Mark Brock @Cropper01]

@FieldwalkerAg @PatrickLynch13 @TheCropwalker @Bayer4CropsCA @DEKALB_Canada 100% soybeans and 66% corn…candy corn is evil 🤢

[Mark Brock @Cropper01]

@FieldwalkerAg @PatrickLynch13 @Bayer4CropsCA @DEKALB_Canada @TheCropwalker 20% corn 100% soybeans Perth county

[Mark Brock @Cropper01]

@FieldwalkerAg There’s isn’t one software package that can do It all. We use Harvest Profit, SMS, Excel, and Agrimatics (grain cart scale). There’s integration and API’s but they never work a 100% and you end up spending more time fixing errors than just doing some double entry.

[Mark Brock @Cropper01]

@FieldwalkerAg @PatrickLynch13 @TheCropwalker 62% harvested soybeans Perth county

[Mark Brock @Cropper01]

@Dungannon_Dan @farmerstrang I agree with @Dungannon_Dan the flagship x120 Case are solid machines for that vintage. Ran one for 8 years and had very little issues if any in season. Easy to work on and not all the fancy electronics. The Claas we run now it very nice and it doesn’t have the fancy tech 👍

[Mark Brock @Cropper01]

@FieldwalkerAg It’s everywhere it seems

[Mark Brock @Cropper01]

@FieldwalkerAg @PatrickLynch13 @TheCropwalker @FMCAgCanada 100% corn, 100% soybeans Perth County

[Mark Brock @Cropper01]

@modernfarmer Been using a Garmin Instinct watch for 3 years now for health and wellness monitoring. It’s gets beaten up everyday and I’ve had no issues. Best part, the battery life is awesome.

[Mark Brock @Cropper01]

@FieldwalkerAg @PatrickLynch13 @TheCropwalker @Bayer4CropsCA @DEKALB_Canada Soybeans 100%
Corn 45%
Southern Perth country

[Mark Brock @Cropper01]

@FieldwalkerAg @PatrickLynch13 @TheCropwalker @DEKALB_Canada @Bayer4CropsCA 100% soybeans, 0% corn Perth county

[Mark Brock @Cropper01]

@phhermans Honestly, using desiccants on half of our soybeans acres has let us start harvesting 2-4 days sooner. It’s gives us a better sample (especially in seed soybeans) and sets up for earlier wheat and weed free start.

[Mark Brock @Cropper01]

@MaillouxJosh I hate to say it but it was pretty dry here, we needed a good soaker, the first 1.5” disappeared pretty quick.

[Mark Brock @Cropper01]

As the “crow flies” the 63mm (2.5”) rain gauge is only 8km (5 miles) from the 91mm (3.6”) rain gauge…the 79mm (3.1”) gauge is located half way between the two.

[Mark Brock @Cropper01]

@jgreig Was at a one of a few area dealerships impacted by the
CDK issue. No issues getting part but was told it was going to result in a lot of future paperwork on their end.