James Ashton
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Husband-Daddy-Want-to-be cottage builder-Puttering at the lake - Geomatics Manager - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Tweets are my own
Regina, Saskatchewan
Joined April 2009
The canola market: 20 years ago, sold canola for $6/bus and a greasy spoon biker breakfast was $4.95 2 yrs ago, canola $25/bu and breakfast $9.95 Today, canola $13/bu and breakfast $19.95 #farming #GoodTimes @SaskCanola
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Coworker: it just says "XY Table To Point". Why do you look so excited? Me:
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Part of a 1.160-acre section of land here at the farm boasting 100-plus meters of naturalized beachfront, nestled within wild marshland and woodland. We cannot sell nor farm, so we are making it a member-supported conservancy area. Will you join us? https://t.co/3DyQPFVNwj
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The ability to smartly, reliably and scalably 'productize' science is going to become an underrated differentiator for downstream Earth observation companies - especially those that hope to offer analytics- and insights- as a service within the climate and sustainability domains.
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Excited to announce that we are officially acquired by @Planet. Follow along @planet for more updates. https://t.co/Az80ldxnjs
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Earlier this month, Planet Labs PBC (NYSE:PL), a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, completed its previously announced acquisition of t...
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I am fascinated by the tendency of Earth observation companies to often "over-associate" themselves with space and the technology behind their solution but "under-associate" themselves with their end-user verticals and their jobs to be done.
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🌾Calling all #AgTwitter experts & farmers! We need your insights! Help us with our Agroclimate Impact Reporter survey in Southern AB, Southern SK near the US border, and Manitoba. Share the link 👉 https://t.co/8yUBQbNrQg
#WestCdnAg #ABag #SKag #MBag #Drought23 #Harvest23
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🌱🐮 How's your local pasture and rangeland doing? Share your insights in the July Agroclimate Impact Reporter (AIR) Survey - which opens next week 🗓️📝 Help track weather & climate impacts on agriculture to identify trends and provide support. Your input matters! #WestCdnAg
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Congratulations to City of Ottawa on winning the 2023 #Esri Special Achievement in #GIS Award for their #DigitalTwin! https://t.co/AbUShCVQZ6
#EsriUC #Esri #ArcGIS #URISA #smartcity #govtech #statelocalIT #GovIT
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Canada’s capital city recognized for building a GIS-based, interactive 3D digital twin that reimagines urban planning
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Don’t forget to check out the latest National Agroclimate Risk Report!
The latest National Agroclimate Risk Report is now available. See how the weather is affecting #CdnAg: https://t.co/DiY8xjM640 Want to contribute? Sign up to become an Agroclimate Impact Reporter: https://t.co/qogWHbi5zJ
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Come see us today through Thursday at @isi_wsc in Ottawa to explore the relationships between spatial analysis and statistics.
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Droughts are painful but also highlight the gaps. #drought23 reemphasizes that basic monitoring needs help. Where I am it’s about as bad as I’ve seen it. We are in “moderate drought” per drought monitor and soil moisture is “short” per sask ag but crops beg to differ #westcdnag
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The latest National Agroclimate Risk Report is now available. See how the weather is affecting #CdnAg: https://t.co/DiY8xjM640 Want to contribute? Sign up to become an Agroclimate Impact Reporter: https://t.co/qogWHbi5zJ
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It's always fun to run into Twitter famous people... @josephkerski is the real deal!! Catch his geospatial statistics talk next week in Ottawa https://t.co/3Y4iTWTBvF
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AAFC's Canadian Crop Yield Forecast is out - Packed with data to explore 14 crops + Climate and Pest data. @AAFC_Canada #thereisamapforthat #GCDigital #GCAggie #cdnag #LocationIntelligence
https://t.co/fALXReycZ3
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