35 Better Farming | December 2024 Follow us on @BetterFarmingON Everyone has been on the same page since we started so early. Luke: Not having that plan in place, if something were to go wrong or as people get older, can lead to so many issues and farms coming undone. I have three siblings and there’s a lot on the go around here. My parents also have seven grandkids and we’ve already started talking about that next generation. It’s been huge for everyone’s mental state and keeping communication open and clear. How do you stay organized? Luke: I use a lot of Google Sheets. I keep track of all of our planting records on Google Sheets, and the fertilizer loads, and crop sales and budgets are on different sheets. That’s my biggest success – being somewhat organized around here. It’s pretty great when everything is clicking right, and I can just go on my phone and add to the sheet or look at crop prices. It’s huge for us to see all that information and not have to go back to the office and look through a bunch of sheets of paper. What keeps you up at night? Luke: It’s silly stuff mostly, like what I’m going to do the next morning. Sometimes during the busy times, I wake up in the middle of the night and try to plan my morning at 2 a.m. Sometimes I get kept up by a little bit of rain if it’s a wet spring. Katie: The only thing that keeps me up is the baby, but that’s the time of life we are in right now. What do you do in your free time? Katie: We’ve got two small kids. Our daughter is just over two years old, and our son is three months old, so that takes up most of our time. We don’t work Sundays and that’s a big blessing. We do a lot of family stuff together, as well as yard work and a lot of laundry. Luke: In the fall, we also like to go to pumpkin patches. BF UP CLOSE Visit your local ECHO Dealer for more information: Ancaster, Crossroads Equipment .................... 905-648-8001 Ayr, Ayr Turf & Trac ............................................ 519-632-9901 Brant County, Town & Country Sales & Service.. 519-484-2901 Brantford, Antler, A Davey Company ............... 519-753-6433 Brodhagen, B&K Tire and Battery ................... 519-345-2248 Burgessville, G.J.’s Harvest Centre Inc. ......... 519-424-9374 Castleton, Doug’s Small Engines ................... 905-349-3027 Chesley, Robert’s Farm Equipment ................ 519-363-3192 Courtland, Blue West Equipment ................... 519-688-0909 Dundas, WPE Landscape Equipment .............. 905-628-3055 Dunnville, R.E. Egger Truck & Machine .......... 905-774-1060 Grimsby, Ag & Turf Power Service ................... 905-945-4848 Hamilton, Outdoor Supplies & Equipment ..... 905-578-2411 Havelock, Belmont Engine Repair .................. 705-778-3838 Ingersoll, Ken’s Small Engines ....................... 519-425-4466 Maxwell, Maxwell Farm Service ................... 519-922-2108 Meaford, Robert’s Farm Equipment................ 519-538-1660 Millbank, Zehr’s Sales & Manufacturing.......... 519-595-7579 Milverton, G.J.’s Harvest Centre Inc. ............... 519-603-8374 Mississauga, WPE Landscape Equipment .... 905-569-2055 New Dundee, Coleman Equipment ................. 519-696-2213 North Bay, Hamelin’s Outdoor Power Equipment .. 705-497-8676 Orillia, Allan Byers Equipment ........................ 705-325-2746 Owen Sound, Bobcat of Grey Bruce ............... 519-372-9100 Pembroke, AJ’s Power Products ................... 613-735-6788 Rockwood, Connect Equipment ..................... 519-856-9512 Stirling, McIntosh Motors ............................... 613-395-3757 Vars, M.R. Blais Sales & Service...................... 613-443-1230 Walton, Robert’s Farm Equipment ................. 519-887-6365 Windsor, Vehicle Venture ................................. 519-966-8642 $69995 STARTING AT MSRP CS-590 59.8 CC REAR-HANDLE CHAINSAW Available in 18”, 20” & 24” bar lengths $61995 STARTING AT MSRP CS-4920 50.2 CC REAR-HANDLE CHAINSAW Available in 16”, 18” & 20” bar lengths PB-7910 H/T 79.9 CC BACKPACK BLOWER $869 95 FOR ONLY! MSRP The ECHO X Series PB-7910 expands ECHO’s lineup of commercial-grade high-performance backpack blowers by providing higher power at a lower price point than competitive models. It features an advanced 79.9cc 2-stroke engine. $97995 STARTING AT MSRP CS-620P 59.8 CC REAR-HANDLE CHAINSAW Available in 16”, 18”, 20” & 24” bar lengths $79995 STARTING AT MSRP CS-501P 50.2 CC REAR-HANDLE CHAINSAW Available in 16”, 18” & 20” bar lengths INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE AND VALUE ECHO.CA OUTDOOR POWER IS ALL WE DO.
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