Welcome to our 2010 Alberta Farm Tour online!

1. Harvest at AdFarm

2. On the way to the field we saw…

3. On the way to the field we saw…

4. On the way to the field we saw…
Oh look! A field that is
actually harvested

5. On the way to the field we saw…
Ben, aren’t you a
little old for these
now??

6. Look yonder – the AdFarm field
Ben, grew up somewhere over here on the horizon.

7. The East Side – High Ground

8. Looks pretty good from the road

9. Heavy swathes on the high ground
This could be a
40 bushel crop

10. Note how tightly
the swathes are
tied into the
stubble. These
guys have
farmed in the
“suck and blow
zone” for years

11. The pods are
slightly
weathered and
the colour had
degraded, but
not too bad

12. A closer look
at the colour
of the pods

13. The sample – East High Ground
Sample
looks pretty
good, odd
green seed.

14. The sample – East High Ground
Good even
size, no
visible frost
damage

15. The sample – East High Ground

16. The sample – rolled out
Grade - #1 Canola
$463.30/tonne or $10.50/bushel

17. The West Side – Low Ground

18. West side looks great from the
road too!!

19. Wow – look at those swathes
This could be
better than the
east side

20. I’m a farmer in my
truck getting pretty
excited about my
canola.
Look at me farm…but

21. Something is not quite right
about the colour …

22. The stubble sure is green down here

23. The swath looks
dirty and is a
darker shade…
I should get out
of my truck.

24. A closer
look

25. The sample – West Low Ground
Oh-oh,
frost damage
and green seed

26. The sample – West Low Ground
Soft squishy
seed, green and
white seeds.
Very few solid
black.

27. The sample – West Low Ground

28. The sample – West Low Ground
Grade - #3 Canola
$413.30/tonne or $9.37/bushel

29. East Versus West – Swath Colour
East
West

30. East Versus West – Swath Colour
East
West

31. East Versus West – Sample
West
East

32. East Versus West – Sample
East West

33. The sample – East versus West
East West

34. The Implications – East versus West
East West
#1 Canola #3 Canola
$463.30/tonne $413.30/tonne
$10.50/bushel $9.37/bushel
Yield estimate 40 Yield estimate 40
bushels bushels
Gross Gross
$420.00/acre $374.80/acre

35. WELCOME TO FARMING !!!
Mother Nature just gave the
AdFarm team a $45.20 per
acre lesson
Enrollment In her school was
not optional

36. As we were leaving we saw…
Many more
unharvested
fields

37. Interesting camera angles

40. Thank-you Graham Farms