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Damien Sommerville

@sommy79.bsky.social

Father of 3, Husband, Farmer, Agronomist, CFS volunteer , GrainGrowers National Policy Group member . Mid North SA. Ride a DR650 for fun.

183 Followers  |  134 Following  |  13 Posts  |  Joined: 19.11.2024  |  1.6975

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I don’t understand shutting down our coal fired power stations to keep emissions down whilst still mining and selling coal for others to burn. Unbelievable

19.12.2024 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I find it harder when you aren’t home on those days

16.12.2024 04:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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SA Grain Industry Awards GPSA is putting together the ultimate havest playlist - the Harvest 100!

If anyone from #agsky knows grain industry people who go above and beyond please nominate them

www.sagrainindustryawards.com.au

03.12.2024 06:02 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We live too far apart 🀀

30.11.2024 09:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Going to be a lot of lower quality grain around unfortunately

30.11.2024 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bit of heavy rain an hail last night, won’t help get the crop harvested.

29.11.2024 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The rains arrived 12mm with more on the forecast, looks like a few day off harvest

23.11.2024 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently just like X i can’t multi task and get the spelling rightπŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ

23.11.2024 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
John Deere harvester unloading canola into chaser bin

John Deere harvester unloading canola into chaser bin

Still going rain on the forecast, getting some good oil and aurprising yield from trident canola given the dry year #agsky #ausag

23.11.2024 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Probably auto steer in my time

23.11.2024 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Need a starter pack for ADV Riders

23.11.2024 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I agree, tipping bucket types seem to very unreliable

22.11.2024 23:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The price of wheat, urea and dap from 60s to present (in 2010 dollars).

The trend is similar in these commodities, and they also tend to follow the energy markets.

Fertilizer is heavily energy intensive to produce. #agsky

21.11.2024 05:43 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
How John Deere Robs Farmers Of $4 Billion A Year
YouTube video by More Perfect Union How John Deere Robs Farmers Of $4 Billion A Year

Open source and the right to repair go hand in hand.

Efficient innovation in ag, means we need to embrace open source for both software and hardware dev.

Really interesting video on the topic
youtu.be/jaOS6bGta7M?...

19.11.2024 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Agricultural commodities do not operate in isolation. They are heavily influenced by external (to ag) factors, such as the cost of energy.

Energy costs and grain are linked due to the cost of production but also the linkage to biofuels.

19.11.2024 23:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks

19.11.2024 02:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Australian agriculture and farming people - I am playing around here and thought a starter pack could be fun...

Who should I add?

go.bsky.app/EXzXncP

13.11.2024 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4

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