The Talking Crop podcast is back for its third season. Hosted by University of Illinois Extension Commercial Agriculture Educator, Kathryn Seebruck, Talking Crop is a row crop production podcast, with episodes occurring every other week during the growing season between May and September. In each episode, a guest expert is interviewed to discuss topics related to their areas of expertise. Recorded throughout the growing season, each episode brings relevant and topical information to corn and soybean producers to help them make informed management decisions.
You can listen to Talking Crop at the Illinois Extension website (go.illinois.edu/TalkingCrop), Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Amazon Music.
The schedule of episodes, guests, and topics is as follows:
May 13: Giovani Preza-Fontes, University of Illinois, early-season growing conditions
May 27: Patrick Tranel, University of Illinois, herbicide resistance
June 10: Alison Robertson, Iowa State University, field crop diseases
June 24: Nathan Schroeder, University of Illinois, nematodes
July 8: Trent Ford, Illinois State Water Survey, weather extremes in Illinois
July 22: Madelyn Celovsky, Michigan State University Extension, cover crops
Aug. 5: Matt Ruark, University of Wisconsin-Madison, soil health and nitrogen
Aug. 19: Jonathan Coppess & Andrew Hockenberry, University of Illinois, ag carbon credits
Sept. 2: Laura Gentry, IL Corn, conservation
Sept. 16: Meaghan Anderson, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach,
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For the full schedule of topics and presenters, visit go.illinois.edu/Talking-Crop .
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