FarmBits Podcast

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Hosted by graduate students in UNL's Department of Biological Systems Engineering and Nebraska Extension Digital Agriculture team members, FarmBits Podcast is a weekly series highlighting new innovations and trends in digital agriculture through interviews with academic experts, farmers and industry specialists.

FarmBits Podcast: Precision Conservation Conversation

December 10, 2021
UNL Assistant Professor Andrew Little discusses precision conservation and the work that he and his lab team are doing to further conservation practices using digital agriculture.

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Hosted by Jackson Stansell and Taylor Cross — graduate students in UNL's Department of Biological Systems Engineering and Nebraska Extension Digital Agriculture team members — FarmBits Podcast is a weekly series highlighting new innovations and trends in digital agriculture through interviews with academic experts, farmers and industry specialists.

FarmBits Podcast: NUtrack Animal Behavior Monitoring

November 18, 2021
Ty Schmidt, UNL associate professor, discusses NUtrack, which uses artificial intelligence-linked camera sensors to monitor animal behavior to help with early disease detection. 

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Hosted by Jackson Stansell and Taylor Cross — graduate students in UNL's Department of Biological Systems Engineering and Nebraska Extension Digital Agriculture team members — FarmBits Podcast is a weekly series highlighting new innovations and trends in digital agriculture through interviews with academic experts, farmers and industry specialists.

FarmBits Podcast: Precision Tillage with EarthOptics

November 16, 2021
CEO Todd Martin discusses how EarthOptics is using ground precision and innovation to improve knowledge for growers and boost soil health, yield and savings. 

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Hosted by Jackson Stansell and Taylor Cross — graduate students in UNL's Department of Biological Systems Engineering and Nebraska Extension Digital Agriculture team members — FarmBits Podcast is a weekly series highlighting new innovations and trends in digital agriculture through interviews with academic experts, farmers and industry specialists.

FarmBits Podcast: Bushel Powered Commodity Marketing

November 5, 2021
FarmBits kicks off a new fall series on Digital Tools for Optimal Economics with guest interview by Dane Braun, VP of product at Bushel, who discusses the company's software technology solutions for growers and grain buyers.

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Hosted by Samantha Teten and Jackson Stansell — graduate students in UNL's Department of Biological Systems Engineering and Nebraska Extension Digital Agriculture team members — FarmBits Podcast is a weekly series highlighting new innovations and trends in digital agriculture through interviews with academic experts, farmers and industry specialists.

FarmBits Podcast: Potato Protection Perspectives

August 26, 2021
Agronomists Seth Gurley and Jessie Ziems discuss the complexities of potato protection and how they are leveraging digital tools and advanced technology to combat pest pressure across the CSS Farms, Inc. operation.

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Hosted by Samantha Teten and Jackson Stansell — graduate students in UNL's Department of Biological Systems Engineering and Nebraska Extension Digital Agriculture team members — FarmBits Podcast is a weekly series highlighting new innovations and trends in digital agriculture through interviews with academic experts, farmers and industry specialists.

FarmBits Podcast: Seeing is Believing

August 19, 2021
Franklin Peitz, John Deere product marketing manager, shares operation and performance highlights of John Deere's newly available See & Spray Select system, the first public selective spraying system.

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Hosted by Samantha Teten and Jackson Stansell — graduate students in UNL's Department of Biological Systems Engineering and Nebraska Extension Digital Agriculture team members — FarmBits Podcast is a weekly series highlighting new innovations and trends in digital agriculture through interviews with academic experts, farmers and industry specialists.

FarmBits Podcast: Spray Tech Savvy

August 13, 2021
Sam Marx, UNL research technologist, discusses PWM technology, challenges in the spray application industry, and his work to improve the efficiency of spray nozzle designs using computational fluid dynamics.

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Hosted by Samantha Teten and Jackson Stansell — graduate students in UNL's Department of Biological Systems Engineering and Nebraska Extension Digital Agriculture team members — FarmBits Podcast is a weekly series highlighting new innovations and trends in digital agriculture through interviews with academic experts, farmers and industry specialists.

FarmBits Podcast: Sky-High Scouting

August 5, 2021
Taranis Regional Sales Manager Tim Pearson highlights the company’s approach to scouting — specifically the technology used in Taranis’ precision scouting services, and how it is making scouting operations more efficient.

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