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 • 52 episodes
SpudChat
Latest Episodes
#52 Erica Fava - Variety Development
In this episode, Ryan talks with Erica Fava of AAFC Fredericton about AAFC's National Potato Breeding Program, and how variety development and evaluation is done in Canada. This includes work supported by the National Cluster Program under the ...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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35:24
#51 Steve Watts - Nutrient Management
On this episode of Spudchat, Ryan talks with Steve Watts of Genesis Crop Systems here in PEI about some of his on-farm research into nutrient management, including implementing 4R nutrient management, investigating the use of enhanced efficienc...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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35:47
#50 Judith Nyiraneza - Soil Amendments
In this episode of Spudchat, we welcome back Dr. Judith Nyiraneza from AAFC Charlottetown to talk about manure and other soil amendments in potato rotation, including some of the work that she and her team have been doing through ACS Living Lab...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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34:30
#49 Julie Pasche - Alternaria management
Spudchat is back for a new season! In this episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Julie Pasche of North Dakota State University in Fargo, ND about Alternaria, commonly known as early blight and brown spot diseases. They discuss the differences betw...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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34:52
#48 Potato Research and Sugar Testing - Darin Gibson
This week on SpudChat, Ryan chats with Darin Gibson with Gaia Consulting in Manitoba. Darin and his wife Debbie do contract potato research, variety evaluation, potato breeding, and sugar testing services in Manitoba, and both are well-known in...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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39:37