Avery Shepherd

Small bison rancher working at improving my soil health and quality of life. Loving life with my three favorite ladies.

[Avery Shepherd @sunsetbisonsask]

DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME, or Yellowstone, Banff or the neighbors bison pasture, YOU WILL Get Hurt.
This is Cupcake, son of Buttercup our young bottlefed cow, most cows would stomp me into the ground at this range or take the calf away given the chance. Buttercup is a special cow.

[Imperial Seed @ImperialSeed]

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[Avery Shepherd @sunsetbisonsask]

@ImperialSeed Pasture, sowed in 2021, photo from 2022

[Imperial Seed @ImperialSeed]

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[Avery Shepherd @sunsetbisonsask]

Couldn’t agree more with this and it is as important in wet country as it is in dry country. Once the rain starts going in the ground where it falls farms become much more resilient.

[Tyler Wilson @tpotwilson]

What the top 5 things we need to improve on our farm?

1-water infiltration
2-water infiltration
3-water infiltration
4-water infiltration
5-water infiltration

[Avery Shepherd @sunsetbisonsask]

Chris is proving we can give a few acres back to the birds and the bees, without a loss in profit and provide a true benefit for the entire community.
Good work Chris.

[White Oak Pastures @whiteoakpasture]

There is talk about domesticated food animals soon being vaccinated with #mRNA. We want our customers to know that we will not vaccinate our animals with #mRNAvaccines. We believe there is a time and place for vaccinations, but they must be used sparingly. If livestock are raised in an environment where they can express their natural instincts, they probably won't need many (if any) vaccines. We hope to one day move away from all vaccines on our farm- we are close, but not there yet.

Everyone should know that over 80% of the antibiotics produced today are consumed by domesticated food animals. You read that right, even considering all of the antibiotics humans are prescribed, it's not even 20% of what's produced goes to people-the rest administered to food animals. It would only make sense that in order for vaccine companies to move from "very profitable" to "obscenely profitable" would be to capture the animal agriculture market.

I'm not sure that this would ever pass legislation, but law or not, Big Ag is highly influenced by Big Pharma. The multinational meat companies would certainly choose to mandate this if there was an opportunity for a shared profit.

In closing, please know: We don't believe in a blanket, one-size-fits-all approach to our health or our livestock. We will not add vaccinations for our livestock- we are moving in the other direction hoping to give fewer. (And, we already give very few). If this is adopted and there is a "panic" for food from livestock that hasn't had the MRNA vaccine, we will choose to honor the demand from our loyalty members and employees first. If you are not a part of that group, we cannot guarantee we will have any product for you. We are certainly not trying to promote panic- but, we do intend to notify our customers of how we will operate in times of growing demand. We screwed up during the pandemic- we won't do that again.

[Pepe Meme @pepe_fgm]

Just some dudes offering a cold one to a farmer on a hot day

[Imperial Seed @ImperialSeed]

If you are planning out #Plant23 this is a MUST WATCH! @sunsetbisonsask with Michael Ferguson and Paul Kernalugeun discuss cover crop uses for grain and forage usage including their species, their characteristics, management and more!

https://t.co/wZicAS5TUy

#AgTwitter

[Avery Shepherd @sunsetbisonsask]

@ABSeedman Looking good Patrick

[Avery Shepherd @sunsetbisonsask]

@FarmerBoy9870 You better swing by @ImperialSeed to see where your seed will be coming from. I can let Twitterless Jim know you are coming.

[Avery Shepherd @sunsetbisonsask]

I have invited a couple special guests to help with this webinar. @WillmarFarmsLtd will be talking about using technology to make cover crop decisions on a grain farm and Paul Kernalugeun will be talking about building TMR blends to meet nutritional requirements

[Imperial Seed @ImperialSeed]

It’s not too late to register and join Avery in tomorrow's webinar as he discusses all things forage selection!

Learn more: https://t.co/MMAHEovfb7

Register: https://t.co/Dop3TzN5n4

[Avery Shepherd @sunsetbisonsask]

Networking and taking in new ideas are the main reasons I love attending conferences like the Sasksoil conference today. #imperialseed #sasksoil

[Avery Shepherd @sunsetbisonsask]

The #sasksoil conference is a great way to spend Canadian ag day. Top notch speakers and a great crowd to network with. #imperialseed

[Alex Shumilak @imperialseed_as]

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[Joel Williams @IntegratedSoils]

#Nitrogen is a critically important nutrient for plant productivity and the use of N fertilisers has supported incredible gains in agricultural yields over the past 70 years or so. However...🧵

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[Joel Williams @IntegratedSoils]

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[Creed (Imperial Seed) @imperialseed_cc]

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Can be used towards any seed/blend purchase, or seed for a production contract.

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[Science girl @sciencegirl]

The incredible camouflage of a leaf insect
https://t.co/HWgeE6qiAy

[Tristan Scott @tristan__scott_]

You need to be making your own tallow.

A simple and cost effective way to obtain the most nutrient dense and versatile cooking fat there is

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