Ep. 97 - Nested Association Mapping - December 13, 2023
Nested association mapping is a tool to identify, with reasonable accuracy, the segments of DNA associated with complex traits – like nutrie...
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20 of 93 episodesEp. 96 - Canola Digest Science 2023 Highlights - December 6, 2023
Host Jay Whetter shares a few highlights from the Canola Digest Science Edition for 2023. Read the whole magazine at canoladigest.ca. Look f...
Ep. 95 - Field variability - November 29, 2023
What causes yield variability within a field, and which factors are most significant? Taras Lychuk, research scientist in precision agricult...
Ep. 94 - Photosynthesis - November 22, 2023
Our guest Linda Gorim is an assistant professor and Western Grains Research Foundation chair in cropping systems at the University of Albert...
Ep. 93 - Higher yields - November 15, 2023
Brian Beres, research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Lethbridge, Alberta, shares results from his recent research on see...
Ep. 92 - Plants need their microbiome - November 8, 2023
Alex Liu, a PhD student at the University of Saskatchewan, talks to host Jay Whetter about the canola root microbiome and how it relates to...
Ep. 91 - Heat and drought stress - November 1, 2023
In the first episode of our 2023 Science Series, AAFC research scientist Raju Soolanayakanahally explains the benefit of sulphur for canola...
Ep. 90 - Sclerotinia Stem Rot Moonshot - Chris Manchur - June 14, 2023
Chris Manchur, Canola Council of Canada agronomy specialist and team lead on sclerotinia stem rot, chats with CCC agronomy director Clint Ju...
Ep. 89 - Farmer Series - Shayla Wourms - May 17, 2023
Shayla Wourms farms at St. Walburg, in northwest Saskatchewan. In episode seven of the Farmer Series, host Jay Whetter talks with Shayla Wou...
Ep. 88 - Farmer Series - Scott Day - May 10, 2023
Scott Day farms at Dand, Manitoba and is the chief agronomist and a director with Fall Line Capital based in California. In this sixth editi...
Ep. 87 - Farmer Series - Joel Bokenfohr - May 3, 2023
Joel Bokenfohr farms at Morinville, Alberta and is a business advisor with Farm Credit Canada. In this episode of the farmer series, host Ja...
Ep. 86 - Farmer Series - Brian Tischler - April 26, 2023
Mannville, Alberta farmer Brian Tischler started AgOpenGPS to develop low cost auto-steer for his older John Deere tractor. He now shares do...
Ep. 85 - Farmer Series - Jackie Dudgeon-MacDonald - April 19, 2023
The farmer series continues with Jackie Dudgeon-MacDonald of Darlingford, Manitoba. Dudgeon-MacDonald talks with host Jay Whetter about impo...
Ep. 84 - Farmer Series - Anthony Eliason - April 12, 2023
For this second episode in our farmer series, host Jay Whetter talks with Anthony Eliason who farms near Outlook, Saskatchewan. They talk ir...
Ep. 83 - Farmer Series - Jill Burkhardt - April 5, 2023
Welcome to the Canola Watch farmer series. In this episode, host Jay Whetter talks with Alberta mixed farmer and farm writer Jill Burkhardt....
Ep. 82 - Soil tests and nutrient uptake - December 14, 2022
Do soil tests measure the right nitrogen pool? And do we need to update our tables for nutrient uptake and removal by field crops? Universit...
Ep. 81 - Clubroot resistance - December 7, 2022
Edel Pérez-López is a clubroot researcher and assistant professor at Université Laval. He speaks with host Jay Whetter about the clubroot pa...
Ep. 80 - Verticillium stripe - November 30, 2022
University of Manitoba professor and plant disease specialist Dilantha Fernando talks verticillium stripe with host Jay Whetter. Verticilliu...
Ep. 79 - Pollen beetle - November 23, 2022
Christine Noronha, research scientist at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Charlottetown, P.E.I., is preparing canola farmers for pollen b...
Ep. 78 - Synchronous operation - November 16, 2022
Roy Maki leads a project at Olds College of Agriculture & Technology to study synchronous operation of two field machines – one autonomous,...