Talking Crop

In this episode of Talking Crop, Matt Ruark, Professor and Extension Specialist in Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management at University of Wisconsin-Madison, and host, Kathryn Seebruck, discuss what soil health indicators correlate with agronomic performance, on-farm research for nitrogen...

In this episode of Talking Crop, Madelyn Celovsky, Michigan State University Extension Conservation Agronomist Educator, and host, Kathryn Seebruck, discuss cover cropping strategies post-corn, -soybean, and wheat; interseeding and overseeding, cover crop mixtures, and more. 

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In this episode of Talking Crop, Trent Ford, the Illinois State Climatologist with the Illinois State Water Survey, and host, Kathryn Seebruck, discuss severe weather in Illinois both this season and beyond, El Nino, and the big three climate trends in Illinois and their effects on agriculture...

In this episode of Talking Crop, Dr. Nathan Schroeder, Associate Professor of Nematode Anatomy and Biology in the Department of Crop Sciences at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and host, Kathryn Seebruck, discuss soybean cyst nematodes, their pest status and control, as well as free...

In this episode of Talking Crop, Dr. Alison Robertson, Professor of Plant Pathology and Microbiology and Extension Field Crops Pathologist with Iowa State University, and host, Kathryn Seebruck, discuss southern rust, tar spot, and the invaluable field crop disease resources from the Crop...

In this episode of Talking Crop, Dr. Patrick Tranel, Professor of Weed Molecular Biology and Genomics in the Department of Crop Sciences at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and host, Kathryn Seebruck, discuss Dr. Tranel's research in weed genomics and herbicide resistance as well as...

In this episode of Talking Crop, Dr. Giovani Preza-Fontes, Extension Field Crop Agronomist in the Department of Crop Sciences at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and host, Kathryn Seebruck, discuss this year's planting and early-season growing conditions as well as Giovani's work on...

In this special bonus episode of Talking Crop, host, Kathryn Seebruck, speaks with Dr. Connor Sible, Research Assistant Professor of Crop Production and Physiology at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Dr. Sible is a speaker at the 2026 Northwest Illinois Agronomy Summit in...

In this special bonus episode of Talking Crop, host, Kathryn Seebruck, speaks with Dan Smith, Outreach Program Manager for the Nutrient and Pest Management Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension.

Dan is a speaker at the 2026 Northwest Illinois Agronomy...

In this special bonus episode of Talking Crop, host, Kathryn Seebruck, discusses herbicide resistance as a supplement to her presentation at the 2026 Northwest Illinois Agronomy Summit in Freeport, Illinois. Her presentation is titled, "Producer enemy number one: the case against waterhemp,"...