Damien Sommerville

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.

190 Followers 134 Following 12 Posts Joined Nov 2024
1 year ago

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

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1 year ago

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

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1 year ago

We live too far apart 🤤

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1 year ago

Going to be a lot of lower quality grain around unfortunately

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1 year ago
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Bit of heavy rain an hail last night, won’t help get the crop harvested.

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1 year ago

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

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1 year ago

Apparently just like X i can’t multi task and get the spelling right🤦‍♂️

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1 year ago
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

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1 year ago

Probably auto steer in my time

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1 year ago

Need a starter pack for ADV Riders

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1 year ago

I agree, tipping bucket types seem to very unreliable

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1 year ago
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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

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1 year ago
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How John Deere Robs Farmers Of $4 Billion A Year YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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?...

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1 year ago
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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.

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1 year ago

Thanks

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1 year ago

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

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