Grain on the Brain
Episodes
Farming Phosphorus
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Resources linksLearn more about struvite from the Manitoba Cooperator:https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/news-opinion/news/struvite-fertilizer-from-win...
Nutrient Budgeting
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Creating a nutrient budget will help you evaluate the effect of nutrient management on your fields’ sustainability and help you assess efficiency an...
Livestock Integration Revisited
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Resources linksCanada Grazing ExchangeA free online platform connecting livestock owners with landowners across Canada who have available grazing land...
Soil Health Tools
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today Scott talks with John Cote who runs John Boy Farms near St. Agathe Manitoba. John shares about his experience growing vegetables for the local m...
Organic Connections Panel
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Scott interviews Cody Straza and Ian Cushon in a live panel format, recorded at the Organic Connections show in Saskatoon. Both are e...
Compost
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Resources linksRodale Institute has some excellent information around composting as wellhttps://rodaleinstitute.org/why-organic/organic-farming-practi...
Storing Water and Carbon
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Resources linksOne fantastic way to build soil health and improve the water infiltration capacity of your soil is to integrate livestock onto your lan...
Biologicals
09 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Resources linksYou can contact Neal Wagar, Manitoba Technical Sales Rep via email [email protected] or phone (204-218-2221) for any questions about ...
Thoughtful Tillage
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Resources linksCurtis mentioned Manitoba Agriculture’s Soil Management Guide as a great resource in learning more about soils in general and how to ...
Transition to Organics
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Resources linksCheck out the Rodale Institute resources, webinars and courseshttps://rodaleinstitute.org/why-organic/organic-basics/Education Courseht...
Intercropping
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Resources linksThe WADO annual report with its 2020 results can be found here:https://mbdiversificationcentres.ca/westman-agricultural-diversification...
Plant Breeding
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security supports a national Participatory Plant Breeding Program - PPB - with the University of Manitoba...
Carbon Sequestration
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Resources linksCheck out Dr. Kris Nichols’ website to learn more about her work and soil health resources:https://kris-systems.com/She has a method ...
Farmers for Climate Solutions
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Resources linksYou can get involved as a Farmer For Climate Solutions by going to their website and clicking on the Take Action buttonhttps://farmersf...
Growing Perennial Wheat in Manitoba
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guest bio for Dr. Doug CattaniDoug received his BSA and MSc. from the University of Manitoba (Plant Breeding) and his PhD. from Wageningen University,...
Livestock Integration
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
ResourcesOur resource list this episode is directly from our guest Ward Middleton and includes the resources he has found helpful on his own farm. Fo...
Soil Testing
23 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
ResourcesFind out more about the CARA soil health lab https://www.carasoilhealthlab.ca/Want to get out on your field and do some measurements? The C...
Building Soil Carbon
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Resources linksRead about soil health research on organic farms conducted by the Organic Farming Research Foundation:https://ofrf.org/research/reports...
All About Seeds
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest biosIrisIris Vaisman is the Prairie Regional Coordinator for the Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security and the Grains Program Manage...
Farming with pollinators
21 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
SponsorFunding is provided in part by the Canada and Manitoba governments through the Canadian Agricultural Partnership.Additional sponsorship has bee...
Mechanical Weed Control
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We recorded today’s episode in March at the 2020 Prairie Organics Conference in Brandon Manitoba. Scott gets into the weeds with Sam Hitchcock Tilt...
Cover Crops
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our host, Scott Beaton, chats with Kevin Elmy from Cover Crops Canada about …..wait for it….cover crops. They talk about why we should all be gro...
Organic Grain Transition: If I Knew Then What I Know Now
11 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join our host Scott Beaton in conversation with Transitioning organic grain farmer, Alex Boersch from Elie, MB, interviews Alan McKenzie, an experienc...
Managing Weeds in Organic Crops
14 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join our host Scott Beaton in conversation with Brenda Frick, organic expert on weeds in organic cropping , to talk about practical and helpful tips f...
How to Take Soil and Plant Tissue Samples
25 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join our host Scott Beaton in conversation with organic grain expert Joanne Thiessen Martens to talk about taking soil samples and plant tissue sample...
Marketing Organic Grain 101
26 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join our host Scott Beaton in conversation with Organic grain farmer Ian Cushon and organic buyer Scott Shiels to learn about the opportunities and ch...
Crop Rotation Strategies
25 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join our host Scott Beaton in conversation with Katherine Stanley to talk about strategies for designing organic crop rotations that build soil fertil...