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Dr. Don Flaten – Are All Phosphates Created Equal? – Episode 18

Don Flaten is a Professor in the Department of Soil Science at the U of M, where he specializes in crop nutrition and nutrient management teaching and research, with a focus on agricultural phosphorus management from agronomic and environmental points of view.

Prior to joining the Department of Soil Science on a full-time basis, Don was Director of the School of Agriculture at the U of M, as well as Provincial Soils Specialist for the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture and a District Agriculturist for Alberta Agriculture.

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John Heard – Benefits of Pulse Crops in the Rotation – Episode 17

John has served as the soil fertility extension specialist for Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development and previously with Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food in extension and field crop research. He has a B. Sc. Agr. in Crop Science from the University of Guelph and M.S. in Soil Science for Purdue University.

Currently John is Chair of the MB Soil Fertility Advisory Committee and Vice Chair of the Manitoba Soil Science Society.

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Drew Lerner – Will the Weather Extremes Persist on the Prairies? – Episode 16

Drew Lerner is President and Senior Agricultural Meteorologist of World Weather, inc. Drew has been forecasting international weather for 35 years and supports the agricultural industry by providing detailed short and long range weather predictions for each major crop area in the world.

His daily assessments of crop and weather expectations supports commodity market trade and helps many companies and farmers make better agricultural business decisions.

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Brent Elliott – Protect the Quality of Your Stored Grain – Episode 15

Brent has a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with specialization in entomology from the University of Manitoba.

A Masters of Science in entomology from the University of Manitoba. Brent worked for Manitoba Agriculture from 1998 until 2001 before moving over to the Canadian Grain Commission.

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Keith Gabert – Sclerotinia, The Other White Combine – Episode 14

Keith brings more than 20 years of crop production experience in the Prairies to his role as a Canola Council Agronomy Specialist, with a background in pesticide research & development, canola seed production, variety testing and most recently five years of crop input retail sales.

Experience growing a wide range of crops and controlling a wider range of weeds spills over for Keith into entomology where with the Canola Council he has taken on the specializations of insect crop pest management and Sclerotinia management.

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Matthew Johnson – UAV’s in the Sky – Episode 13

Matthew Johnson is the owner of M3 Aerial Productions, a Winnipeg-based aerial imaging company that utilizes UAVs (drones) to gather data for precision agriculture, and other applications.

As a service provider, M3 Aerial Productions uses fixed wing and multi-rotor UAVs for investigative, and forensic data gathering of crops. This aerial data can be interpreted and processed by various software applications in order to provide NDVI crop health analysis maps, digital elevation models, 3D volumetric calculations, and a number of other functions.

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