We had a few of our Garmin GPSmap76 units unable to find satellites. It was pretty obvious that they were out of whack – the date was wrong, the time was wrong, and the unit was beeping plaintively that it could not find satellites. Here’s what I did to fix them. Turn the GPS on [...]
Why do you farm? Barb Glen posted the results from a U.S. publication’s poll that asked that question. I was surprised at how highly independence ranked on the poll. I know that independence was a huge factor for my dad when he farmed but I didn’t realize it was so widespread. I would have thought [...]
In this talk, Lalitesh Katragadda from Google discusses how they are working om mapping more of the world. I know that I find maps incredibly useful in our day-to-day work here at Tone Ag. One of the first things I do with a new client or damage claim is work up a set of maps [...]
Agriwebinar has a great talk from Jolene Brown on the The Top Ten Stupid Things Families Do To Break Up Their Business! Unfortunately I can’t link to the talk directly. However, you can go register for free on the Agriwebinar site then go to Search/View all past Webinars to find this talk. A lot of [...]
For those who weren’t convinced by Dr. Flaten’s presentation that Manitoba can deal with hogs in an enviromentally sustainable manner, maybe a few cute pigs will help sway their hearts? Mental Floss presents Ten Pigs We Love. The pigs we deal with aren’t prone to breaking into song and dance numbers (or philosophical discussions) but [...]
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone! I’m going to be out of the office from tomorrow to after New Year’s, so I thought I’d take this opportunity to wish you the best in the new year. See you next year!
Lilian ‘s post on the Food and Farming Canada blog, Feeding the world without destroying it? asks the question: how do we feed the increasing human population sustainably? There aren’t quick answers, but a lot of what I heard at the Manitoba Agronomists’ Conference this year gave me hope. There are so many ways we [...]
Now that’s manure management! Apparently there is a Taiwanese farmer who has trained his pigs to use a litter box. It’s probably not scalable, but there are always more possibilities out there to explore!
When you’re mapping a curved surface (like the Earth) onto a flat one (like a piece of paper), you need to use a Map Projection. There are many, many map projections out there and often you’ll find that some of your data is in one projection and the rest of it is in another. The [...]
Drill Logs are the records kept by those who drill wells. They record information such as the legal description of the well, depth of the well, the different soils encountered at different depths, who the well was drilled for, and the date of drilling. This is useful information, especially when when looking at sites for [...]
