MyAgLife
MyAgLife
MyAgLife
The MyAgLife Podcast is brought to you by JCS Marketing, Inc., the publisher of the industry-leading ag publications West Coast Nut and Progressive Crop Consultant. Our podcast will bring you exclusive interviews with industry professionals and more!
5/5/23 - MyAgLife Episode 168: Interview with UCCE's Sudan Gyawaly on Prioritizing Pesticides
Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Sudan Gyawaly, UCCE area IPM advisor for Butte, Colusa, Yuba-Sutter, Glenn and Tehama counties, to discuss choosing pesticide sprays to prioritize when you can’t afford them all.
May 5, 2023
18 min
4/28/23 - MyAgLife Episode 167: (RERUN) Interview with UCCE’s Jhalendra Rijal on ‘True Bug’ Monitoring and Management in Spring
Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Jhalendra Rijal, UCCE area IPM advisor for Stanislaus County, to discuss springtime and even late-season monitoring for and management of hemipteran ‘true bug’ pests in almond and pistachio.
Apr 28, 2023
25 min
4/21/23 - MyAgLife Episode 166: Interview with Kevin Logue on Solar Voltaic Applications in Agriculture
Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Aztec Solar's Kevin Logue to discuss solar’s viability in agricultural settings and contributions to both resilience and sustainability.
Apr 21, 2023
17 min
4/14/23 - MyAgLife Episode 165: Interview with UC Davis' Daniele Zaccaria on Vineyard Irrigation Scheduling
Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Daniele Zaccaria, UC Davis agricultural water management specialist, to discuss irrigation scheduling methods and tools for winegrape vineyards.
Apr 14, 2023
24 min
4/7/23 - MyAgLife Episode 164: Interview with WAPA's Roger Isom on Tree Nut Regulatory Updates
Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Roger Isom, president/CEO of Western Agricultural Processors Association, to discuss key tree nut regulatory updates spanning from pesticides, to machinery, to Cal/OSHA standards.
Apr 7, 2023
31 min
3/31/23 - MyAgLife Episode 163: Interview with UCCE's Franz Niederholzer on April Almond Considerations
Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Franz Niederholzer, orchard systems advisor for Colusa, Sutter and Yuba counties, to discuss important considerations for your almond orchard in the month of April and changes to consider given increased precipitation. 
Mar 31, 2023
17 min
3/24/23 - MyAgLife Episode 162: Interview with Live Earth Product's Russell Taylor and Fertilizer Institute's David Beaudreau on Defining Plant Biostimulants
Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Russell Taylor, vice president of Live Earth Products, Inc., and David Beaudreau, director of the Fertilizer Institute’s Biostimulant Council, to discuss biostimulant trends and usage as well as the recently reintroduced Plant Biostimulant Act and what this legislation could mean for the ag industry.
Mar 24, 2023
23 min
3/20/23 - MyAgLife Episode 161: Interview with Technical Nutrition Agronomist Matt Comrey on Almond Fertility Decision-Making
Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Matt Comrey, technical nutrition agronomist and sales manager with Wilbur-Ellis Agribusiness, to discuss understanding and leveraging the nitrogen cycle for informed almond fertility decision-making. 
Mar 20, 2023
18 min
3/10/23 - MyAgLife Episode 160: Interview with Jeff Merritt on Growing Large, High-Quality Fruit with Nutrition
Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Axiom Ag's Jeff Merritt at the 2023 Citrus Showcase to discuss optimal nutrition at different fruit growth stages and strategies for upgrading the modern nutrition program.
Mar 10, 2023
13 min
3/3/23 - MyAgLife Episode 159: Interview with UCCE's Kirsten Pearsons and Yu-Chen Wang about Bringing a Fresh Perspective to Combatting Disease in Lettuce
Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Kirsten Pearsons, UCCE IPM advisor, and Yu-Chen Wang, UCCE plant pathology advisor, to discuss new perspectives on combatting the lettuce industry's most prevalent diseases, such as impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV) and pythium wilt.
Mar 4, 2023
20 min
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