Heat, hail, herbicides, and a lesson in trusting AI | Wheat Pete's Word, July 1
About this episode
Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson discusses various crop production topics while celebrating Canada Day.
Happy Canada Day! This week, Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson celebrates Canada while tackling a wide range of timely crop production topics, from correcting last week's dogbane recommendation, to assessing hail damage, managing herbicides in extreme heat, and evaluating nitrogen losses after heavy rainfall. He also shares a firsthand lesson from Phytophthora root rot in... Read More
People in this episode
Host: Peter "Wheat Pete" Johnson
Topics covered
- crop production
- hail damage
- herbicide management
- nitrogen losses
- AI in agriculture
- dogbane recommendation
Keywords
- crop production
- Canada Day
- herbicides
- hail damage
- nitrogen losses
- Phytophthora root rot
- AI
Mentioned in this episode
Products: herbicides, nitrogen, Phytophthora root rot
Places: Canada, extreme heat, heavy rainfall
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