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Chris Sanford runs Yonder Hill Farm with Garrett Lauten on the South Shore of Nova Scotia. Her seed journey is deeply anchored in a commitment to regional resilience from working to preserve the local Tancook Island Cabbage to breeding and establishing hardy hazelnut, chestnut, and walnut orchards.

In this episode, Chris shares the logistics of running a small-scale seed farm. We talk about how having backburner crops lets you adapt to the natural rhythms of the farm.Chris reflects on the power of community seed partnerships, highlighting how seed producers can work directly with market gardeners to stabilize and select regional strains.

In the deep dive, Chris and I get into growing eggplant seed. We break down how to plan your fruit harvest and seed extraction to get great germination. And we talk about why patience is a virtue for eggplants.

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Episode links

Yonder Hill Farm website https://yonderhillfarm.ca/

Yonder Hill Farm on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/yonderhillfarm

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Massey Ferguson planters are designed to improve crop establishment through precise seed placement, advanced planting technologies and a flexible, field-proven platform.

I’ve been encouraging you to go out and find any accidental crosses that might be in your fields. These can be the beginning of exciting breeding projects. But once you’ve found those very special individuals, what should you do? That’s what this minisode is about!

In this episode we get into

• The difference between crossers and selfers • How many crossed up plants you need to start a breeding project • How to grow out your F2 generation tp get the best results • What to do if your crossed up plants want to go in many directions.

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Tell me what crops you think I should cover in my summer Seed Farmer school. Fill out this form to let me know: https://forms.gle/sZES93eNahtXi44y7

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Support the Seed Farmer Podcast https://www.farmerspreadsheetacademy.com//supportpodcast

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Stay in Touch Follow the Seed Farmer on instagram https://www.instagram.com/danbrisebois.farm/

Get my weekly seed newsletter https://www.farmerspreadsheetacademy.com/seeds

Order Tourne-Sol seeds (Canadian orders only) https://fermetournesol.qc.ca/

Get my new book The Seed Farmer https://danbrisebois.com/seedfarmerbook

❤️ Thanks for listening!

The CLAAS AXION 960 is a high-horsepower tractor designed to balance performance, operator comfort and data-driven management through features like CMATIC transmission, TERRATRAC and CLAAS Connect.

Yamaha Agriculture has launched an automated herbicide attachment for its Prospr autonomous hybrid platform to expand precision weed control in orchards and vineyards.

On June 2 the manufacturer announced the release of the MX Series mini excavators

A group of agricultural producers in Manitoba has banded together to offer a hefty financial reward following a targeted string of copper wire thefts that left local operations facing tens of thousands of dollars in damages just before the spring seeding season. Six local farms, including Verwey Farms near Portage la Prairie, jointly issued a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. The decision to involve the RCMP came after multiple producers discovered their irrigation pivots had been systematically stripped of copper wiring. Rachael Proden, a farmer with Verwey Farms, said her family discovered the vandalism in early May. In addition to the ruined pivot, thieves stripped the electrical wiring off a corn planter stored in one of their storage yards north of Portage la Prairie. The combined damage to the two pieces of machinery totals more than $70,000. “It was kind of a shock to the system and frustrating,” Proden said, adding that the thefts have caused months of de

Minneapolis-Moline dates back to the Candee & Swan Plow Company of Moline, Illinois, founded in 1865. It became Moline Plow Company (later, Moline Implement Company), a major Midwestern producer of tilling equipment: plows, harrows and other tools for sowing grain crops.  The Minneapolis Threshing Company began in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, in 1874, and settled in Hopkins, Minnesota, in 1887. It concentrated on equipment for the last stage of small grain production: threshing.  Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Company, founded in 1902, began by making heavy construction equipment and steam engines, then moved into vehicles, including tractors (the Twin City line, 1912) and buses. Its chief executive, Warren C. MacFarlane, engineered the 1929 merger of the three companies and became president. The merger produced a company that served farming tasks year-round: tilling, planting, weeding, harvesting and processing. Such integration was needed to compete with industrial giants like John De

Hundreds of people crowded together and cheered Tuesday morning for the grand opening of Princess Auto’s massive new flagship in Winnipeg — a store the company says marks “a significant evolution” in the shopping experience. The celebration began with a chain cutting ceremony before the shoppers — some spent all night waiting — were invited through the doors at 7 a.m. The 105,000-square-foot store at 500 Panet Rd. is the biggest of Princess Auto’s 59 stores across the country. It’s been under construction for 18 months and based on Tuesday’s turnout, a lot of people have been anxious for it. Chris Pellerin showed up at 6:40 a.m. and estimated there were 500 people in front of him. “I’m [at Princess Auto] almost every week, resupplying tools for our shop. So, you know, this is kind of a pivotal moment in time for me and for the company. It’s great to see it.” The first person in line arrived at 8 p.m. Monday night, said senior vice-president Heather Turnbull-Smith, who pulled in at

The White House announced it will reduce tariffs on imported farm and construction equipment such as harvesters and forklifts, an effort to boost the industrial economy and provide relief for American farmers. Under a proclamation issued late Monday, those duties would drop to 15% from 25%. Foreign companies could qualify for a lower 10% levy rate if capital equipment contains at least 85% US steel or aluminum, according to a White House fact sheet. President Donald Trump cited rising costs as a justification for the move. The changes take effect June 8 and would run through the end of 2027. The temporary relief will “spur near-term investments that will rebuild the Nation’s industrial base,” the fact sheet said. The directive comes as Trump has been courting US farmers, who have been wrestling with soaring fuel and fertilizer prices, and comparatively smaller gains in crop prices. The low-margin environment has intensified with the war in Iran, further delaying purchases of larger