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- Plan to attend winter workshops / courses. At the same time, think about visiting another operation this summer [or attending some field day(s) or workshop(s)]
- Register for Alberta Farm Fresh School (agenda attached) – connect with fellow producers, get answers and ideas and share your own thoughts with others
- Plan field layout of fields to be planted
- Check / Clean / Maintain equipment
- irrigation connections, nozzles, filters, pump injectors
- sprayer nozzles, pumps, filters, lines, etc.
- planters, seeders, etc.
- harvesters and tractors
- Check / Update signage
- Finalise plans and dates for advertising during season
- Plan for planting equipment and labour
- Prune Saskatoon berries (as able)
- Prune or mow primocane raspberry plants to the ground (as soon as can get to)
- Continue to monitor strawberry plant winter survival. Order extra if necessary.
- Ensure memberships in organizations are up to date (inclusion in websites, guides, etc.)
- Review production record notebook
- Fertilizer response?
- Pesticide response/efficacy?
- Application dates
- Pesticide applicator license update?
- Roundtable discussion with everyone involved in your operation
- Review errors – irrigation, fertilizer, pest management, staffing
- Collect ideas for improvement, whether it is diversification, streamlined processes, new and interesting ways to reach customers, whatever. Pick a couple to try out and put whoever contributed the idea in charge of it.
- Inventory
- Pesticide / fertilizer storage – What do you have? Has anything expired? Does everything have the proper labels? Is everything stored correctly?
- Containers – picking boxes, containers, pails, bags, etc.
- Complete order of fertilizer, pesticides, picking/packing containers, etc.
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