
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 • 48 episodes
SpudChat
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#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

#47 Chad Mooney - Employing Drones on the Potato Farm
In this episode of Spudchat, Ryan talks with Chad Mooney, a potato farmer in Eastern Prince Edward Island about his journey back to the farm after time in the Canadian armed forces, how he is trying to use data from multiple sources to inform h...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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39:35

#46 Grower Check-In
Spudchat is back after a longer than anticipated hiatus!This week, we hear from Jonathan MacLennan of MacLennan Properties, West Cap and Brandon MacPhail of MacSull Farms, New London, to hear how their crops are looking so far this year,...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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23:55

#45 Regenerative Agriculture with Kelvin Montagu
In this episode of SpudChat, Ryan Barrett chats with Kelvin Montagu of Applied Horticultural Research in Australia about regenerative agriculture at the World Potato Congress, held in late June in Adelaide, Australia. This recordi...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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30:25

#44 Precision Agriculture with Aitazaz Farooque
In this episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Aitazaz Farooque, Professor of Precision Agriculture with the University of Prince Edward Island. Aitazaz has been a frequent collaborator on research projects with the PEI potato industry, including r...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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33:03
