Smart(er) Apple Spraying podcast

Dr. Mason oversees the network of weather stations across Michigan that feeds into the IPM forecasting tool call "Enviroweather". He talks about his experience in this position and why it is important to Michigan growers to have a reliable and available network of weather stations across the state. For more information visit: Dr. Keith Mason's website: https://geo.msu.edu/directory/mason-keith.html Eniroweather's website: https://enviroweather.msu.edu/

Dr. Mason oversees the network of weather stations across Michigan that feeds into the IPM forecasting tool call "Enviroweather". He talks about his experience in this position and why it is important to Michigan growers to have a reliable and available network of weather stations across the state. For more information visit: Dr. Keith Mason's website: https://geo.msu.edu/directory/mason-keith.html Eniroweather's website: https://enviroweather.msu.edu/

Brandon Carpenter is an agricultural specialist at the ISU Horticulture Research Station in Gilbert, IA. In the spring of 2020, the farm acquired new pesticide spraying technology called the Intelligent Sprayer. Brandon talks about their learning curve using the sprayer and how the technology has helped reduce their pesticide use. For more information read our blog posts on the Intelligent Sprayer:  -https://www.smartapplespray.plantpath.iastate.edu/post/introduction-new… -https://www.smartapplespray.plantpath.iastate.edu/post/how-does-intelli…

Drs. Slack and Sundin chat with Mark about one of the main diseases in apple production worldwide - fire blight - and describe some of the IPM tools that growers can use to better manage this bacterial disease. For more information visit: Dr. Slack's webpage - https://www.hort.iastate.edu/directory/suzanne-slack/  Dr Sundin's webpage - https://www.canr.msu.edu/people/george_w_sundin   

Dr. Kerik Cox talks to Mark about the disease-warning models available with the online forecasting tool called NEWA, developed by Cornell University. For more information visit: Dr. Cox's website: https://cals.cornell.edu/kerik-d-cox NEWA's website: https://newa.cornell.edu/

NEWA is a regional service that helps growers translate weather information into IPM risk ratings. Dr. Ivey, an associate professor and plant pathologist at Ohio State University, walks us through NEWA's features.

An IPM tactic can be promising, but is it profitable? Dr. Zhang, an associate professor in the ISU Department of Economics, explains how he helps growers run the numbers to forecast profit or loss.

Adam, an engineer at USDA-ARS in Wooster, Ohio, has been with the intelligent sprayer since its first steps. Why are growers so interested in this technology? (Part II).

Adam, an engineer at USDA-ARS in Wooster, Ohio, has been with the intelligent sprayer since its first steps. Why are growers so interested in this technology? (Part I).

Liv Meyer, a horticulturist and Iowa State University boxing coach, reflects on her background and how she got interested in IPM.  

In this introductory episode, Dr. Gleason (plant pathologist at Iowa State University) walks us through the reason for this project. We talk about intelligent sprayers, disease-warning systems, and getting feedback from growers.