SpudChat
Talking about potatoes in Prince Edward Island, primarily discussing research and agronomy topics with farmers, agronomists, researchers and a variety of industry partners.
Podcasting since 2021 • 45 episodes
SpudChat
Latest Episodes
#45 Regenerative Agriculture with Kelvin Montagu
In this episode of SpudChat, Ryan Barrett chats with Kelvin Montagu of Applied Horticultural Research in Australia about regenerative agriculture at the World Potato Congress, held in late June in Adelaide, Australia. This recordi...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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30:25
#44 Precision Agriculture with Aitazaz Farooque
In this episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Aitazaz Farooque, Professor of Precision Agriculture with the University of Prince Edward Island. Aitazaz has been a frequent collaborator on research projects with the PEI potato industry, including r...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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33:03
#43 - Ian Scott on Colorado Potato Beetles
In this episode of Spudchat, we talk to Dr. Ian Scott of AAFC in London, Ontario about insecticide resistance in Colorado potato beetles. Ian was part of a team that worked for the last five years to test potato beetles from across Canada...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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27:56
#42 Tyler MacKenzie on PVY
In this episode, we talk to Dr. Tyler MacKenzie of Agricultural Certification Services in Fredericton, NB to talk about the work that their team is doing on PVY, including some research into aphicide resistance that they did for us here in PEI ...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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36:06
#41 Wireworm in the UK - Martyn Cox
In this episode of Spudchat, we head "across the pond" again to speak with Martyn Cox, an independent agronomist in England who has been working hard to figure out how to manage wireworm, which has become more of an issue in recent years. ...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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48:40