Agriculture

BASF marks five years of Safety Scouts by providing free farm safety kits, supporting Kids FarmSafe Week, and helping Canadian farm families teach children safe and responsible farming practices.

A new children’s book uses farm life to teach young readers about self-worth individuality and finding purpose through simple language and relatable characters.

Today, let’s talk about how to set you up for successful seed harvests this summer. Taking a little time right now to make sure you have the right tools on hand means you can just head to the field and get those seeds when the weather is right!

Today’s minisode is all about

• Setting up your Seed HQ for your summer seed work • Choosing your seed harvest tools • Building field screens • And protecting your lungs and bodies from all the dust and sharp bits

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Dreher said his interest in agriculture developed after gaining firsthand exposure to farm life.

New Holland donated two tractors powered by alternative fuels for research on how some farming practices can help fuel the tractors in the future

AgRevolution has partnered with IHRA and Ellis Park to supply tractors, services, and training, showing how farm equipment supports racetracks and horse racing venues.

This year marks the tenth anniversary of EMILI (Enterprise Machine Intelligence and Learning Initiative), the culmination of a group of community leaders working towards a common goal: to grow Canada’s economy, with a specific focus on advancing agtech in the Prairies. Jacqueline Keena, Managing Director, explained that EMILI “is an industry-led non-profit committed to driving agriculture innovation, partnership, and engagement. We provide innovators access to leading-edge equipment, technology, and production practices to increase productivity, sustainability, and profitability across the agriculture and agri-food sector.” At the heart of it all are the partnerships that EMILI cultivates between producers, industry leaders, investors and innovators. These stakeholders work together “to grow a sustainable, economically resilient digital agriculture industry.” This work is done in a number of ways. “We know that Canadian agriculture can lead the world through transformative innovati

The gift was facilitated by Andy Dozler, manufacturing engineering manager of the CNH plant in Grand Island, Nebraska.

Licenses aren’t required on private land

Josh Volk runs Cully Neighborhood Farm on a one-acre lot in Portland, Oregon, where he grows vegetables for a CSA. Josh also operates Slow Hand Farm, where he helps grow market gardens and community through his writing and technical support. He is the author of Compact Farms and Build Your Own Farm Tools. Across all his work, Josh brings an engineering mindset to farming.

In this episode, Josh explains how he integrates seed production into a busy market garden and grows seed mainly for his own use. Josh tells us how he determines what crops to keep for seed. We discuss Josh’s “lazy” approach to growing seed which includes natural selection rather than intentional roguing, getting seed clean enough but not perfect, and embracing genetic diversity instead of trying to avoid all cross pollination.

In the deep dive, Josh and I talk about growing fava beans for seed. We get into fall-sown versus spring-sown crops, selecting for cold hardiness, and threshing using a vintage roller thresher. We also talk a lot about bean weevils.

Enjoy the conversation!

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Episode links

Slow Hand Farm website https://slowhandfarm.com/

Slow Hand Farm on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/slowhandfarm/

Cully Neighborhood Farm website https://cullyneighborhoodfarm.com/

News links

May 21 Open House quarterly seed call https://seedalliance.org/events/virtual-open-house-quarterly-call-2/

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!