OUT STANDING IN THE FIELD

Out Standing in the Field is a podcast by Perennia directed at producers of field crops in Nova Scotia and aims to provide information that will help to grow and support the industry. Each month, Perennia’s Field Crops Specialist, Caitlin Congdon, will speak with experts and dive into production practices, pest management, equipment, and more.

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Season 4

E5S4: Insights from the YEN with Aaron Mills and Steve Howatt

This episode, Caitlin is joined by Dr. Aaron Mills, a research scientist at Agriculture and Agri-food Canada in Charlottetown, PEI, and Steve Howatt, coordinator of the Maritime Yield Enhancement Network with the Atlantic Grains Council. Aaron and Steve share some of the insights that have come out of the YEN over the last five years and talk about how producers can increase the yield of their crop through benchmarking and farmer to farmer learning.

This episode, Caitlin is joined by Dr. Yunfei Jiang from Dalhousie’s Faculty of Agriculture and MSc student Baillie Lynds to talk about Baillie’s masters research. Baillie’s project looks at the impact of using enhanced efficiency nitrogen fertilizers on grain corn yield and quality, as well as environmental factors like greenhouse gas emissions.

E3S4: Frost-seeding Forages with Shane Wood

This episode, Caitlin and Perennia Forage Specialist Shane Wood discuss frost seeding legumes into forages – why it might be a fit for your forage fields, timing, and other considerations for this practice.

E2S4: Manure Management with Mackenzie Rathgeber

This episode, Caitlin is joined by Dan MacEachern, a biologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Charlottetown, PE. Dan highlights some of the takeaways from his recent trial work on management practices that impact corn test weight including nitrogen source and fertilizer topdress timing.

This episode, Caitlin is joined by Neil Campbell of the PEI Grain Elevator Corporation to chat about the 2024 season and some opportunities or challenges for grain production in the Maritimes.

Introducing Out Standing in the Field