FarmBits

Episode 132: Next-Gen Plant Sensors with Dr. Qingshan Wei 

31 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, FarmBits hosts Katie Bathke and Victor Ferreira welcome Dr. Qingshan Wei from North Carolina State University to discuss his efforts in ...

Episode 131: Smart Farming in the Digital Age: Navigating IoT Security

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of FarmBits, Rana and Katie explore the role of IoT (Internet of Things) in enhancing agricultural security. From smart sensors and...

Episode 130: Chemigation Insights and Disease-Busting Tips

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, FarmBits hosts Rana Farrasati and Katie Bathke welcome Talon Mues from University of Nebraska – Lincoln's Plant Pathology Department t...

Episode 129: The Digital Brain of Greenhouses

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the FarmBits podcast, we sit down with Dr. Ketut Bagus P. Putra, solutions engineer at Koidra specializing in developing novel w...

Episode 128: AI-Driven Precision Nitrogen Management

25 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode of the FarmBits podcast, Camila and Victor are joined by Ankita Kalra, a dual PhD candidate in the Departments of Biological...

Episode 127: AI Applications in Agriculture

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The advantages of AI technology within agriculture is expanding our use technology by creating automated decision making. Common uses of such techn...

Episode 126 - The next generation of IoT in agriculture

13 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the next generation of agriculture, IoT technology is transforming how farmers manage their operations more efficiently. By using smart sensors ...

Episode 125 - IoT at Agronomy Environment.

13 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Joshua Dotto is a highly passionate engineer with 2+ years of experience in embedded hardware, sensors, backend databases, web dashboard developmen...

Episode 124: Accessibility and Feasibility meet IoT 

06 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a network of physical objects that are connected to the internet and can exchange data with other devices and syste...

Episode 123 - Soil Health is for Everyone

11 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we're having an interesting conversation with Extension Educator Dr. Katja Koehler-Cole about soil health and the enrollment of co...

Episode 122: Capturing Carbon with Agoro

28 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to another episode of the FarmBits podcast! This week Katie and Deepak were joined by John Shanahan, the head of science for Agoro Car...

Episode 121: Sowing the Seeds for Space

21 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode of the FarmBit's podcast, Deepak and Katie were joined by Dr. Anna-Lisa Paul, a plant molecular biologist and the Director o...

Episode 120: Rapid Soil Sensing Tool Contribution to Carbon Market

07 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hey everyone! In this episode, we've got a special treat for you. Rana and Ana had an enlightening chat with Omar Murad, a Postdoc Student at UNL, ...

Episode 119: From Soil to Space

29 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Embark on a cosmic adventure in this week episode with Cassie Palmer, a PhD student from Dr. Yufeng Ge's lab at Biological System Engineering Depar...

Episode 118: Technology for Soil Health (Part 2)

22 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode of the FarmBits podcast, Camila and Victor were joined by Dr. Carolina Cordova, Assistant Professor and Statewide Soil Healt...

Episode 117: Technology for Soil Health (Part 1)

15 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode of the FarmBits podcast, Camila and Victor were joined by Dr. Carolina Cordova, Assistant Professor and Statewide Soil Healt...

Episode 116: Ag for Space

08 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Katie Bathke and Emily Hanson kick off the Spring 2024 season with an out-of-this-world episode featuring Dr. Yufeng Ge from UNL's Biolo...

Episode 115: Digital Tool for Aerial Pesticides Application

30 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode of FarmBits podcast, Natasha and Camila are joined by Vinicius Velho, a business development representative at Perfect Fligh...

Episode 114: Setting Up Data for Utilizing Data Management Programs

16 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Navigating a significant volume of data is always a challenge for graduate students. This week, Natasha and Ana were joined by Igor Boninsenha, a P...

Episode 113: Data Management – Industry's Perspective

09 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, FarmBits hosts Deepak Ghimire and Emily Hanson welcome Tyler Nigon from Sentera to talk about the data management from an industry persp...

Episode 112: Pesticide Application Nozzles with TeeJet Technologies

02 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode of the FarmBits podcasts, Camila and Ana were joined by Debora de Oliveira Latorre to discuss the pivotal role of nozzle sel...

Episode 111: New Age Pesticide Application Technology (Part 2)

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode of the FarmBits podcasts, Victor and Camila were joined by Dr. Rodrigo Werle, Associate Professor in Weed Science at Univers...

Episode 110: New Age Pesticide Application Technology (Part 1)

19 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode of the FarmBits podcasts, Victor and Camila were joined by Dr. Rodrigo Werle, Associate Professor in Weed Science at Univers...

Episode 109: Sustainable Aquaponic Production in Nebraska

12 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode of FarmBits podcasts, Katie and Rana were joined by Kiel VandeerVeen to share the journey, challenges, and development of in...

Episode 108: Digital and Sustainable Aquaculture Production

05 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this season, FarmBits will also discuss Aquaculture and how new technologies can help growers improve production. To kickstart this topic, Natas...

Data Management - Producer's Prospective

28 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

FarmBits has a special segment of episodes this season where we will discuss all things data management from a variety of perspectives. To kick of ...

Episode 106: Turfgrass Management with GreenKeeper

27 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Natasha and Emily sat down with Michael Carlson to discuss his research in turfgrass and how GreenKeeper can help turfgrass professional...

Central Coast Cropping Systems Part 2

20 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode of the FarmBits podcasts, Katie and Victor were joined by Dr. Michael D. Cahn, an Irrigation and Water Resource Advisor, Coo...

Central Coast Cropping Systems Part 1

13 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode of the FarmBits podcasts, Katie and Victor were joined by Dr. Michael D. Cahn, an Irrigation and Water Resource Advisor, at ...

Episode 103: Pumpkin Production Possibilities

06 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode of the FarmBits podcasts, Emily and Camila were joined by Aaron Nygren, a Water and Integrated Cropping Systems Extension Ed...

Episode 102: Research Realities in Specialty Crops with Mia Luong

29 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode of the FarmBits podcasts, Katie and Natasha were joined by Mia Luong, a doctoral student at the University of Nebraska – L...

Episode 101: Robotics meets Gardening

22 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Emily and Rana visited with Joe Jones, Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Tertill Corporation. Joe has an extensive history in robo...

Episode 100: Farming Through the Ages

15 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode, which marks our 100th episode of FarmBits, we bring a special episode highlighting experiences and perspectives of differen...

Episode 099: Exploring the cannabis world with Dr. Leme

08 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Natasha and Emily sat down with Dr. Jose Leme from the Southern Illinois University to discuss his specialty crop research in cannabis. ...

Episode 098: Urban Ag with Agritecture

01 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Urban agriculture is the act of farming in urban settings with the focus of cultivating food crops for human needs. Agritecture was developed as an...

Episode 097: Livestock Healthcare with Merck

06 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A key component to managing any and all livestock is to maintain the overall health of the animals. Merck Animal health intends to do just that wit...

Episode 096: Predicting Spores

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Crop disease management is a challenge for farmers worldwide due to its influence on their yields and profits during the growing season. Adopting p...

Episode 095: Soybean Solutions with Dr. Koch

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

FarmBits hosts Taylor Cross and Natasha Umezu welcome Dr. Robert Koch, Associate Professor and Extension Entomologist at the University of Minnesot...

Episode 094: Instant Insights with Intelia

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With chicken being the second most popular meat in the world, managing poultry is important. Intelia helps provide real time insights into poultry ...

Episode 093: Smart Fencing

09 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranchers face labor shortages and are constantly rebuilding fences for rotational grazing acres as the seasons change. New technology like virtual ...

Episode 092: Precision Plant Protection

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This week, FarmBits hosts Deepak Ghimire and Katie Bathke welcome Nessi Benishti from Agrio to talk about precision pest management using artificia...

Episode 091: Predictive Pig Performance

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Livestock monitoring is important for herd behavior and health. FarrPro helps producers keep up to date with this information with their Sentry sys...

Episode 090: Spray Drone Dynamics

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

FarmBits hosts Deepak Ghimire and Katie Bathke welcome Dr. Simerjeet Virk, Assistant Professor and Extension Precision Ag Specialist at the Univers...

Episode 089: Ranch Records

09 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Record keeping is important in any operation, especially livestock. With Performance Livestock Analytics' Performance Beef and Performance Ranch a...

Episode 088: IPM Innovation

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Pest management is a challenge that every farmer faces, and integrating different strategies to mitigate the damage caused by pests is the best pra...

Episode 087: Tagged Tracking with 701x

26 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Knowing where your cattle are exactly can be one of the most time-consuming tasks that a rancher or cattleman is faced with. With the technology th...

Episode 086: Pest Predictions with Pattern Ag

19 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

FarmBits hosts Taylor Cross and Natasha Umezu welcome Mike Tweedy, Vice President of Sales at Pattern Ag, to the first episode of the 2023 season. ...

Episode 085: Insightful Irrigation from Valley

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode, hosts Taylor Cross and Emily Hanson sit down with Darren Siekman, Vice President and General Manager of International Irrig...

Episode 084: Sentinel Solutions - Part 2

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode, previous co-host Jackson Stansell and current Founder & CEO, sit down with FarmBits Hosts, Taylor Cross and Kelsey Swantek,...

Episode 084: Sentinel Solutions - Part 1

17 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode, previous co-host Jackson Stansell and current Founder & CEO, sit down with FarmBits Hosts, Taylor Cross and Kelsey Swantek,...

Episode 083: Digging up Data with NinjaAg

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, FarmBits hosts Deepak Ghimire and Jose Cesario welcome Courtney Arnall and Brian Arnall from NinjaAg LLC to talk about the imagery and p...

Episode 082: Irrigation in Age of Digital Ag

03 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's FarmBits Episode, hosts Emily Hanson and Katie Bathke meet with Dr. Derek Heeren, Associate Professor and Irrigation Engineer at UNL...

Episode 081: UAVs - The Power of Precision Ag

27 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's FarmBits Episode, hosts Deepak Ghimire and Kelsey Swantek meet with Dr. Yeyin Shi, Assistant Professor and Agricultural Information ...

Episode 080: More than Irrigation with Autonomous Pivot

20 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week's episode, FarmBits Hosts Jose Cesario and Katie Bathke sit down with Daniel Jenkins, Business Development Manager of Autonomous Pivo...

Episode 079: Enhanced Irrigation with FieldNET

13 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's episode, FarmBits hosts Emily Hanson and Deepak Ghimire talk with Reece Andrews, a Product Manager at Lindsay Corporation. Lindsay ...

Episode 078: Irrigation Analytics with Nave

06 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

FarmBits hosts Jose Cesario and Natasha Umezu welcome Jessica Korinek, President CEO of Nave Analytics, Inc., to this episode of the FarmBits podca...

Episode 077: Above Agriculture with Planet Imagery

29 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Satellite imagery can provide a better view from above of the field and help growers in their making decisions for crop management. Planet is a com...

Episode 076: Nebraska On-Farm Research Network – Farmer Focus

21 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, hosts Taylor Cross and Kelsey Swantek get a look into the Nebraska On-Farm Research Network from a new perspective – a research cooper...

Episode 075: Journey to Extension

14 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, hosts Katie Bathke and Kelsey Swantek have the opportunity to sit down with one of Nebraska Extension's newest extension educators, Brun...

Episode 074: Supporting Farmers in Innovation

07 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Digital agriculture can be difficult for some farmers to see the need for adoption. Dean Krull, Project Coordinator with a dual appointment at the ...

Episode 073: Digital Ag Adoption

30 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, FarmBits Hosts Jose Cesario and Taylor Cross sit down with Guillermo Balboa, a research assistant professor at the University of Nebrask...

Episode 072: Ag Tech Available for All

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode, FarmBits hosts Jose Cesario and Katie Bathke sit down with Luan Pereira de Oliveira, one of UNL's Water and Cropping System...

Episode 071: Creating Connections for Innovation

16 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode, FarmBits Hosts Jose Cesario and Katie Bathke sit down with Nate Dorsey, one of UNL's Water and Cropping Systems Extension E...

Episode 070: UnTAPped Potential

09 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This week, FarmBits Hosts Kelsey Swantek and Katie Bathke sit down with Chuck Burr, one of UNL's Water and Cropping Systems Extension Educators, to...

Episode 069: Nebraska Extension – Investing in the Future of Research

02 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, farm trials, research, agriculture, extension, extension educators, and FarmBits all have one thing in common -...

Episode 068: OFBxFB - The Crop Calculator

21 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Harvest is a stressful time of year for all involved. Between harvesting the crop, countless hours in the field, equipment breakdowns, and keeping ...

Episode 067: Utilizing UAVs in Animal Systems

14 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

FarmBits hosts Taylor Cross and Jose Cesario welcome Dr. Michael Sama, Associate Professor at the University of Kentucky, to this episode of the Fa...

Episode 066: Farming in Motion with the StockCropper

31 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

FarmBits hosts Asya Macon and Micah Most are joined this week by Zack Smith, a 5th generation farmer and one of the minds behind the StockCropper. ...

Episode 065: Automating Soil Sampling with Agronomic Innovations

24 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

FarmBits hosts Taylor Cross and Jose Cesario welcome Chris Whited, Director of Business Development at Agronomic Innovations, to this episode of th...

Episode 064: OFBxFB - Reviving Rural Connectivity

17 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, we're joined by Julie Bushell, President and Founder of Paige Wireless. She is an experienced, results-driven leader and visionary...

Episode 063: Redefining Orchard Spraying with GUSS Automation

10 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

FarmBits hosts Jose Cesario and Jackson Stansell welcome Chase Schapansky, CTO of GUSS Automation, to this episode of the FarmBits podcast. GUSS Au...

Episode 062 Producer Perspective: Jessi Sayers on Robotics in Dairy and Beef Production

03 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

FarmBits hosts Asya Macon and Micah Most are joined this week by dairy producer and University of Nebraska alumna Jessi Sayers. Listen in to hear a...

Episode 061: Research in Robotics

24 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Autonomous agricultural machines and robots are making their way into commercial markets with basic functionality, such as autonomous navigation, a...

Episode 060: OFBxFB - Mechanized Meat Processing

17 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us many things, including how sensitive our supply chain truly is. Instead of hunkering down and watching the labo...

Episode 059: Safe Storage with Grain Weevil

10 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Safety in agriculture is something that can never be talked about enough. Sometimes, it seems like we hear another news story of a farmer or ranche...

Episode 058: Paving the Future of Livestock Production

03 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

FarmBits hosts Asya Macon and Micah Most are joined this week by Dr. Yijie Xiong, Assistant Professor of Precision Livestock Management at the Univ...

Episode 057: Serving Farmers Autonomously with Sabanto

27 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Autonomous field machinery has tremendous potential to offset labor challenges, enable more sustainable crop management techniques, and reframe the...

Episode 056: Guided Grazing with Corral

20 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Managing livestock grazing is a challenging undertaking that requires significant labor, infrastructure, and time. Modern technologies like the int...

Fall '21 Wrap-Up, Spring '22 Preview

16 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Just like all good things, the fall season must come to an end. The FarmBits team had a blast this season! We had so much fun learning more about d...

Episode 055: Precision Conservation Conversation

09 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Precision conservation is an emerging technique in digital agriculture that uses spatial data to inform decisions about where to implement conserva...

Eposide 054: Estimating Yields with CropProphet

03 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

CropProphet provides corn and soybean yield forecasts to give customers the tools they need to understand and improve decision-making commodity tra...

Episode 053: NUtrack Animal Behavior Monitoring

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we are joined by Dr. Ty Schmidt, Associate Professor of Animal Science and graduate student Haley Beer to discuss an innovative use...

Episode 052: Precision Tillage with EarthOptics

11 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Seeing below the soil surface is often impossible with our own eyes, but EarthOptics is bringing innovative technology to aid in making decisions o...

Episode 051: Bushel Powered Commodity Marketing

04 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Knowing when to sell, trade, and store commodities are decisions farmers face year round to optimize profitability. Dane Braun, VP of Product at Bu...

Episode 050: Intro to Precision Livestock Management

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Tami Brown-Brandl, Professor and William E. & Eleanor L. Splinter Chair in the Biological Systems Engineering Department at the University of N...

Episode 049: Field Intelligence with Intelinair

21 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Significant uncertainty often surrounds many important capital investment and crop production practice decisions on farms, including decisions abou...

Episode 048: Grain Surveillance with TeleSense

14 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Food waste is one of the most significant issues in agriculture internationally, including spoilage and unconsumed product waste. Naeem Zafar, Foun...

Episode 047: TechHub Live

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode we feature four interviews conducted in connection with the inaugural Tech Hub Live Conference and Expo hosted in Des Moines, IA, o...

Episode 046: Potato Protection Perspectives

26 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Potato production is very complex and requires intensive management to produce high quality potatoes for use in consumer packaged goods. A signific...

Episode 045: Seeing is Believing

19 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Amid increasing observations of herbicide resistant weeds, mounting pressure for greater environmental sustainability in agriculture, and slim fina...

Episode 044: Spray Tech Savvy

12 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Spray application technology for aerial applicators and ground application equipment has advanced substantially over the past few decades, particul...

Episode 043: Sky-High Scouting

05 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Thoroughly scouting large fields for numerous different pests is extremely time consuming, but cutting corners may result in yield losses and long ...

Episode 042: Partners in Precision

29 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Potentially the most useful perspective on new technology is that of the individuals who are using the technology regularly. Ethan Noll, Digital Ag...

Episode 041: Sporing New Insights

22 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Taking preventative measures before disease infects crops is critical to protecting crop yields, but applying fungicide when disease threats are no...

Episode 040: Elevating UAVs

15 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Getting crop protection products applied to the acres that need it in a timely manner is a critical aspect of ensuring that crops don't succumb to ...

Episode 039: Amazing Trace (Genomics)

08 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Many diseases, weed problems, and insect infestations can be traced back to the soil whether through existing spores, bacteria, seeds, or larvae. T...

Episode 038: Solving for N

24 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Measuring nitrogen, particularly plant available forms of nitrogen, in the soil in near real-time is a critical missing link furthering nitrogen ma...

Episode 037: A Birdseye View

17 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Remote sensing, such as capturing imagery via cameras mounted on UAVs, has attracted significant attention in the contemporary digital agriculture ...

Episode 036: The Sixth Sense

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Active sensors - whether mounted on the boom of a high-clearance applicator or used to assess crop health manually - are one tool available to help...

Episode 035: Making Sense of Sensors

03 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sensors have been proposed as a tool for measuring crop nitrogen status, allowing for sensor-based nitrogen management decisions that respond to th...