Mady Adamson teaches about ag
By Joan Janzen
joanjanzen@yahoo.com
If you want to know anything about farming, you can have all your questions answered from the comfort of your home. Just check out Facebook videos entitled “Learning About Ag with Mady”.
Mady Adamson from Kindersley is a Grade 4 student in Kindersley, who presents a wealth of information about agriculture, by allowing her viewers to visit her family’s farm at Rosetown. Her famous farming endeavour began when the topic of agriculture was brought up in her Grade 3 classroom. She quickly realized her classmates didn’t understand much about farming, and realized she could help educate them by sharing short videos of her involvement on the farm.
Mady’s first video rolled out on April 24, 2021 and she’s been continuing to produce her them ever since.
“I had encouragement from my teacher and family to share about our farm and it just went from there,” Mady explained. “My dad taught me how to make the videos so that I can do it on my own. Both my parents are super encouraging and help me with ideas and making the videos when I need it.” Other than that, Mady confidently makes her own videos all on her own.
Those videos have covered a myriad of topics including seeding, moisture testing, spraying, types of chemical, seed treating, land rolling, crop rotation, grain scouting, delivery to the elevator, field moves, grain drying, harvesting and farm equipment. Her short, but informative videos are just right for kids to digest nuggets of farm knowledge. But kids aren’t the only ones who can learn from Mady’s videos; adults can also gain a lot of farming knowledge.
Although Mady says she wants to teach agriculture when she grows up, she has already started her teaching career at a very young age. Sun West School Division recognized the education value of her Facebook videos and presented her with a certificate.
Premier Moe shared one of her videos on Facebook and sent his personal encouraging message. While Mady is busy making her homemade videos, people are watching.
“My first interview was over the phone with the Western Producer during seeding,” Mady said. “This summer I did a Buddy Seat podcast with Winfield United, and I did a zoom interview with RFD-TV Frontline Farming. I also did the Discovery Farm event which was videotaped. All were great experiences.”
Discovery Farms hosted a live event with Mady and Quick Dick McDick as the special guests. Quick Dick McDick (QDM) from Foam Lake, Sask. is famous for his own humour-laden farming videos. Mady was a natural in front of a live audience, answering all of QDM’s questions and giggling at his funny comments.
“I’m not shy and I like to talk,” Mady explained. She told QDM she likes riding in the tractor cab with her mom and brother, and sometimes she sits on her mom’s lap and holds the steering wheel of the combine.
“Being at Discovery Farm with QDM was a lot of fun! It was the first time I did something other than my homemade videos. I enjoyed being on the stage sharing and answering questions. QDM is super funny and made being on the stage so much fun!” Mady said.
It’s obvious that Mady is having fun while making her videos, as she concludes each one with her endearing toothy grin.
“It makes me happy to know that my videos have reached others. I also love getting video ideas from everyone to add to my idea list,” she said.
She’s also using her fame to help out Stars Air Ambulance. One hundred percent of the proceeds coming from three styles of hats are going towards this worthy cause.
She plans to continue making her videos until she has reached her goal to educate people about farming. But if she feels can do more, she will continue.
Everyone who watches Mady hopes she will continue making her videos. After all, there is so much to learn about farming.
All her hard work keeps on gaining recognition. From November 22 to 27, Mady is going to be designated as this year’s Ag Ambassador at the Canadian Western Agribition in Regina. Way to go Mady!
