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This episode, Caitlin is joined by Dr. Aaron Mills, a research scientist at Agriculture and Agri-food Canada in Charlottetown, PEI, and Steve Howatt, coordinator of the Maritime Yield Enhancement Network with the Atlantic Grains Council. Aaron and Steve share some of the insights that have come out of the YEN over the last five years and talk about how producers can increase the yield of their crop through benchmarking and farmer to farmer learning.
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Website: www.perennia.ca
Host: Caitlin Congdon, Field Crops Specialist
Follow us on Twitter: @nsperennia
Connect with us on Instagram: @nsperennia Facebook: @nsperennia
Music: City of Sun by Mark July
Logo Created by: Perennia Food and Agriculture Corporation
Email us at: [email protected]
Links: https://atlanticgrainscouncil.ca/yen-application/
This episode, Caitlin is joined by Dr. Yunfei Jiang from Dalhousie’s Faculty of Agriculture and MSc student Baillie Lynds to talk about Baillie’s masters research. Baillie’s project looks at the impact of using enhanced efficiency nitrogen fertilizers on grain corn yield and quality, as well as environmental factors like greenhouse gas emissions.
SHOW NOTES:
Website: www.perennia.ca
Host: Caitlin Congdon, Field Crops Specialist
Follow us on Twitter: @nsperennia
Connect with us on Instagram: @nsperennia Facebook: @nsperennia
Music: City of Sun by Mark July
Logo Created by: Perennia Food and Agriculture Corporation
Email us at: [email protected]
This episode Caitlin and Perennia Forage Specialist Shane Wood discuss frost seeding legumes into forages – why it might be a fit for your forage fields, timing, and other considerations for this practice.
SHOW NOTES:
Website: www.perennia.ca
Host: Caitlin Congdon, Field Crops Specialist
Follow us on Twitter: @nsperennia
Connect with us on Instagram: @nsperennia Facebook: @nsperennia
Music: City of Sun by Mark July
Logo Created by: Perennia Food and Agriculture Corporation
Email us at: [email protected]
On this episode, Caitlin chats with Perennia’s Agri-Environmental Specialist, Mackenzie Rathgeber, about the importance of manure testing, considerations for application and storage, and updates to the provincial manure management guidelines.
Liquid Manure Sampling Factsheet
Taking a Compost Sample and a Solid Manure Sample
Website: www.perennia.ca
Host: Caitlin Congdon, Field Crops Specialist
Follow us on Twitter: @nsperennia
Connect with us on Instagram: @nsperennia Facebook: @nsperennia
Music: City of Sun by Mark July
Logo Created by: Perennia Food and Agriculture Corporation
Email us at: [email protected]
This episode, Caitlin is joined by Neil Campbell of the PEI Grain Elevator Corporation to chat about the 2024 season and some opportunities or challenges for grain production in the Maritimes.
SHOW NOTES:
Website: www.perennia.ca
Host: Caitlin Congdon, Field Crops Specialist
Follow us on Twitter: @nsperennia
Connect with us on Instagram: @nsperennia Facebook: @nsperennia
Music: City of Sun by Mark July
Logo Created by: Perennia Food and Agriculture Corporation
Email us at: [email protected]
In this episode, Glen Arnold, manure management specialist at the Ohio State University, and Melissa Wilson, associate professor at University of Minnesota, join Caitlin to share their work on using manure as a sidedress nitrogen source in corn. They discuss timing, some of the challenges and limitations, and why this has been a beneficial practice for producers in their states.
SHOW NOTES:
Website: www.perennia.ca
Host: Caitlin Congdon, Field Crops Specialist
Follow us on Twitter: @nsperennia
Connect with us on Instagram: @nsperennia Facebook: @nsperennia
Music: City of Sun by Mark July
Logo Created by: Perennia Food and Agriculture Corporation
Email us at: [email protected]
The Ohio State University Manure Extension Information
Side-dressing Emerged Corn with a Drag Hose
University of Minnesota Manure Management and Water Quality
This episode Caitlin is joined by Perennia Berry Specialist Sonny Murray to talk about the importance of spray coverage. They discuss some specific tips for fungicide applications targeting Fusarium head blight in cereals and considerations for insecticides or fungicides in corn.
SHOW NOTES:
Website: www.perennia.ca
Host: Caitlin Congdon, Field Crops Specialist
Follow us on Twitter: @nsperennia
Connect with us on Instagram: @nsperennia Facebook: @nsperennia
Music: City of Sun by Mark July
Logo Created by: Perennia Food and Agriculture Corporation
Email us at: [email protected]
Smart Spray Manual
Out Standing in the Field: Decoding Bt-Corn Traits with Adam Pfeffer
Canadian Corn Pest Coalition
Atlantic Grains Council Fusarium Head Blight Risk Forecast Tool
In this episode, Caitlin is joined by Dan MacEachern, a biologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Charlottetown, PE. Dan highlights some of the takeaways from his recent trial work on management practices that impact corn test weight including nitrogen source and fertilizer topdress timing.
Website: www.perennia.ca
Host: Caitlin Congdon, Field Crops Specialist
Follow us on Twitter: @nsperennia
Connect with us on Instagram: @nsperennia Facebook: @nsperennia
Music: City of Sun by Mark July
Logo Created by: Perennia Food and Agriculture Corporation
Email us at: [email protected]
On this episode, Caitlin and Perennia’s Dairy Specialist, Dan Mosley, discuss how to make the most of a dairy farm’s grain crop by exploring caustic-treated grain as a part of the diet.
SHOW NOTES:
Website: www.perennia.ca
Host: Caitlin Congdon, Field Crops Specialist
Follow us on Twitter: @nsperennia
Connect with us on Instagram: @nsperennia Facebook: @nsperennia
Music: City of Sun by Mark July
Logo Created by: Perennia Food and Agriculture Corporation
Email us at: [email protected]
On this episode, Caitlin is joined by Dr. Caroline Halde, Professor of Sustainable Agriculture at Université Laval in Quebec. Caroline’s research team is doing some exciting work on cover crops, including working on solar corridor cropping systems, using 60” row spacing in corn to accommodate cover cropping in between the rows. The conversation explores the potential benefits of this system and some of the agronomic work that Caroline’s team and the local farmers they work with have done.
SHOW NOTES:
Website: www.perennia.ca
Host: Caitlin Congdon, Field Crops Specialist
Follow us on Twitter: @nsperennia
Connect with us on Instagram: @nsperennia Facebook: @nsperennia
Music: City of Sun by Mark July
Logo Created by: Perennia Food and Agriculture Corporation
Email us at: [email protected]
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