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 resear

#43 - Ian Scott on Colorado Potato Beetles

15 days ago 27m 56s

In this episode of Spudchat, we talk to Dr. Ian Scott of AAFC in London, Ontario about insecticide resistance in Colorado potato beetles. Ian was part of a team that worked for the last five years to test potato beetles from across Canada for

#42 Tyler MacKenzie on PVY

22 days ago 36m 6s

In this episode, we talk to Dr. Tyler MacKenzie of Agricultural Certification Services in Fredericton, NB to talk about the work that their team is doing on PVY, including some research into aphicide resistance that they did for us here in PEI

#41 Wireworm in the UK - Martyn Cox

29 days ago 48m 40s

In this episode of Spudchat, we head "across the pond" again to speak with Martyn Cox, an independent agronomist in England who has been working hard to figure out how to manage wireworm, which has become more of an issue in recent years. Mart

#40 Potato Research and Agronomy in the UK - Mark Stalham

Mar 18th, 2024 1h

Spudchat is back! Apologies for the hiatus, but looking forward to bringing you more potato chat this year.In this episode, Ryan talks with Dr. Mark Stalham of Mark Stalham Potato Consultancy in the United Kingdom. Mark worked for many years

#39 - Potato Early Dying with Mario Tenuta

Mar 20th, 2023 51m 43s

In this episode of SpudChat, Ryan talks with Dr. Mario Tenuta from the University of Manitoba about Potato Early Dying complex (PED). Mario was the lead for Canadian Potato Early Dying Network (CanPEDNet) project as part of the FVGC National C

#38 Update on Potato Wart with Greg Donald, PEIPB

Mar 16th, 2023 23m 55s

In this episode of SpudChat, we hear from Greg Donald, General Manager of the PEI Potato Board from a presentation Greg made at the 2023 PEI Potato Conference. Greg provides an update on the ongoing potato wart investigation, the results of th

#37 Practical Approaches to Soil Health with Anne Verhallen

Mar 13th, 2023 43m 51s

This episode features another of our presenters from the 2023 PEI Potato Conference in Summerside on February 13th. Today, we hear from Anne Verhallen of OMAFRA in Ridgetown, Ontario, talking about practical approaches to soil health. Anne is

#36 Soil Heath and Cover Crops with Ryan Barrett (repost from Tuber Talk)

Mar 9th, 2023 26m 50s

On this bonus episode of SpudChat, we're pleased to share an episode of the Tuber Talk podcast from Potatoes in Canada that was recorded in late 2022. In this episode, Ryan Barrett talks about research and extension projects on cover crops and

#35 Common Scab with Dr. Claudia Goyer, AAFC

Mar 6th, 2023 31m 27s

This week on SpudChat, we bring you the audio from another of our presentations at the PEI Potato Conference in Summerside on February 13th, 2023. In this episode, we hear from Dr. Claudia Goyer of AAFC in Fredericton, NB. Claudia has been le

#34 Why was 2022 such a challenging year for PVY - Mathuresh Singh

Feb 27th, 2023 41m 9s

SpudChat is back! Over the next couple of weeks, we're sharing some of the presentations from the 2023 PEI Potato Conference, held in Summerside on February 13th. First up is Dr. Mathuresh Singh of Agricultural Certification Services in Frede

#33 Talking Weeds with Andrew Mckenzie-Gopsill

Jul 13th, 2022 29m 33s

This week, Ryan talks with Dr. Andrew McKenzie-Gopsill, Weed Scientist with AAFC Charlottetown about a range of weed-related topics, including herbicide rotation and efficacy, herbicide timing, and some of the interesting cultural and mechanica

#32 - 2022 Crop Update #1

Jul 7th, 2022 13m 7s

On this episode of SpudChat, Ryan Barrett provides and update on the crop following the first Crop Update Meeting of the year, hosted by the PEI Dept of Ag. Recorded July 7th, 2022.

#31 On Farm Climate Action Fund

Jun 29th, 2022 14m 18s

In this episode of SpudChat, Ryan Barrett walks through some of the funding available for farmers under the On Farm Climate Action Fund, administered in PEI by the PEI Federation of Agriculture.Full details available at www.peifa.ca/ofcaf

#30 Grower Check-In - June 2022

Jun 22nd, 2022 32m 1s

SpudChat is back with a new episode, and this week we bring back the grower check-in, where we talk with PEI potato farmers from across the province to hear how things went this planting season, and what's new for this year.This week, Ryan is j

#29 Irrigation Management - Michele Konschuh

Apr 6th, 2022 15m 43s

In this episode of SpudChat, Ryan talks with Michele Konschuh from the International Potato Tech Expo in Charlottetown about irrigation management following her presentation on March 30th. Michele is an irrigated crop researcher with the Unive

#28 Variety Management with Mark Pavek

Mar 10th, 2022 31m 48s

In this episode SpudChat, Ryan talks with Mark Pavek of Washington State University about his research and extension projects, including variety management projects involving newer varieties like Clearwater Russet and Mountain Gem Russet that w

#27 Nitrogen Management with David Burton

Mar 3rd, 2022 24m 33s

In this episode, Ryan talks with Dr. David Burton of the Dalhousie Faculty of Agriculture about nitrogen in potato rotations. Dave has been doing multiple projects looking at better quantifying the nitrogen in PEI soils as well as how producer

#26 David Jones, Canadian Potato Council

Feb 24th, 2022 26m 1s

In this episode of SpudChat, Ryan is joined by David Jones, Programs Manager with Canadian Potato Council in Ottawa. David gives an overview of the things that the CPC does for Canadian potato growers, including responding to continual pestici

#25 Wireworm and other insect pests with Christine Noronha

Feb 17th, 2022 32m 3s

In this episode of SpudChat, we talk to Dr. Christine Noronha, a research entomologist with AAFC in Charlottetown. We talk about the great work Christine and other have been doing on wireworm IPM strategies as well as a couple of other insect

#24 Jeff Miller on Pink Rot

Feb 2nd, 2022 33m 4s

SpudChat is back, and we're talking about pink rot with Jeff Miller of Miller Research in Rupert, Idaho.

#23 Cover Crops with Dr. Laura Van Eerd

Sep 29th, 2021 34m 1s

We cap off our three week focus on cover crops by talking to Dr. Laura Van Eerd, Professor and researcher with the University of Guelph at Ridgetown College in Southwestern Ontario. Ryan talks with Laura about her long-term cover crop research

#22 Cover Crops with Dr. Judith Nyiraneza

Sep 22nd, 2021 33m 3s

On this episode of SpudChat, Ryan talks to Dr. Judith Nyiraneza with Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada in Charlottetown about some of her research projects, including cover cropping, building soil health and fertility through rotation crops, measu

#21 "Wheat Pete" Johnson

Sep 15th, 2021 37m 46s

On this episode of SpudChat, Ryan talks with Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson, an agronomist, farmer and podcaster from Ontario to talk about the agronomy of winter cereals, as growers start ramping up cover cropping this fall. They also chat about

#20 Shaun Haney of RealAgriculture

Sep 8th, 2021 31m 50s

On this week's SpudChat, we talk with the king of Canadian ag podcasting, Shaun Haney of RealAgriculture. We talk about how he started his ag media business, how he enjoys reaching out to farmers of all types across Canada, and some of the new