Spud Smart Podcast

Recent Episodes

Keeping Your Fields Free of Unwanted Potatoes – A Spud Smart Roundtable Webinar & Podcast

Posted March 18, 2021 • 00:47:05

Potatoes are a welcome sight in a field when planted, but they can pop up in non-potato years and become unwanted visitors. Volunteer potatoes are tubers...

Fighting Back Against Late Blight – A Spud Smart Innovation Series Webinar & Podcast

Posted March 9, 2021 • 00:41:32

Late blight can devastate a potato field. Across Canada though, a group of researchers are working, as part of a national research cluster, to develop...

How to maximize fungicide use & reduce costs – A Spud Smart Innovation Series Webinar & Podcast

Posted February 17, 2021 • 00:47:56

AIR’s mission is to protect your crops and allow you to reduce your operating costs. Managing your pesticides effectively has many benefits....

Spud Smart Innovation Webinar Series — Wireworm Control on Your Farm

Posted November 26, 2020 • 01:33:39

Wireworms are a soil-borne pest which cause millions of dollars in damage to potato crops on Canadian farms each year. Canadian researchers have been...

Using SWAT MAPS to Grow the Best Potato Crop – A Spud Smart Roundtable Webinar & Podcast

Posted November 18, 2020 • 00:51:41

SWAT MAPS chart soil, water and topography in fields to help growers manage their potato crops better. Fields are not all the same, with low and high...