USDA-ARS' Dr. Ryan Benke joins the Wheat Beat podcast to explain how artificial intelligence and machine learning are being used to predict crop performance.

Resources:
USDA-ARS Wheat Health, Genetics, and Quality Research Unit: ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/pullman-wa/whgq/

Deep Learning with R: manning.com/books/deep-learning-with-r-second-edition
WSU Variety Testing Data: smallgrains.wsu.edu/variety/2023-variety-data/

Episode transcription: smallgrains.wsu.edu/wbp179

The Way of the Future: How AI Predicts Crop Performance with Dr. Ryan Benke

A WSU Farmers Network Podcast;  Focusing on soil health and diversifying economical risks.    

Why does diversifying crops beneficial?  What are choices for rotational crops that we tried and worked?  Does grain nutrition value change when we change management practices such as tillage and crop rotation?  Is there a possibility that we add grain nutritional value into a marketing strategy?

Diverse Cropping Systems, Grow Nutritional Wheat

2020.03.16 - Growing Nutritional Wheat

Sheryl Hagen-Zakarison is a farmer on the Eastern Palouse of Washington State.  She discusses her strategies for cover cropping.  Cover crop mixes tried, Soil health benefit of growing cover crops, 
Costs and does it pay?

2020.03.09 - CoverCropping

Dr. Clain Jones is a Professor in Soil Fertility, Montana State University and has many years of experience in liming and soil acidity management.

Topics Discussed Include:  What are the expected results from lime applications? How long the soil and plant can benefit from one-time lime application?   All of us understand pH and acidity is important but so is making ends meet and making money. Do you have ideas for practical way of liming that going to show both agronomic benefits and economic benefits?  Is lime by zones necessary? How to make the zone maps?

2020.03.27 - Commercial Liming:  To Lime Or Not To Lime

This presentation will provide an update on a long-term study in northern Idaho to study the impact of liming on crop performance and changes in soil chemistry.  Lime application is costly, but the benefits will be realized over multiple years.  This project is just entering its fourth year and a summary of returns on this capital investment will be discussed.  In addition to liming research, there will be an update on screening for aluminum tolerance in wheat.
Dr. Kurt Schroeder: Assistant Professor and Cropping Systems Agronomist at University of Idaho, Moscow

The Way of the Future: How AI Predicts Crop Performance with Dr. Ryan Benke

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