Best Winter Wheeler Podcasts (2024)

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608 Natural Areas Benefit Agriculture 12:47

4d ago12:47

12:47

Welcome to the sixth season of Plants Dig Soil, a podcast about #RealisticRegenAg. I’m your host, Scott Gillespie, and I’m an agronomist from the Western Canadian Prairies specializing in climate-smart agriculture. I discuss scientifically proven practices that benefit the planet and, just as importantly, farmers' economic sustainability. Be sure t…

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607 Oh Phosphorus, Where Art Though? 9:32

1M ago9:32

9:32

#RealisticRegenAg | Following up on the episode earlier this season borrowing a movie title (Dude, Where’s my nitrogen?), I’m going to focus on the elusive nutrient, phosphorus. This is an offshoot of a talk I gave this winter on using cover crops for break years between forages. It was delivered in person and to participants online. It was recorde…

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The Role of a Driver Trainer with Bernard Wells 46:31

1M ago46:31

46:31

Welcome to another episode of Driver Stories! Our special guest is Bernard Wells, a driver trainer with 37 years of experience in the industry. In this episode, Pam sits down with Bernard to learn more about his background in the industry, advice for new truck drivers, and discuss what being a driver trainer entails. For more information about LGT …

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606 Putting the News back in Newsletter 8:39

2M ago8:39

8:39

#RealisticRegenAg | I love reading and staying up to date with agriculture news. I use Feedly, an RSS feed reader, that keeps track of news stories from over 75 agriculture news sites. I also employ an AI bot to help me find relevant information in climate and regenerative news from other sources that I might have missed. With that being said, I’ve…

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605 Water Efficient Plants 10:34

3M ago10:34

10:34

#RealisticRegenAg | Surviving another drought means making our plants the most water efficient we can. While some of the things can be done immediately, most of the things require a long-term plan. I’ve heard it said the best time to plan for a drought is when the last one breaks. We might be on the cusp of this one breaking with the recent snowfal…

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604 My book is out! 11:08

4M ago11:08

11:08

#RealisticRegenAg | My book is published! This has been a year long process of editing, book design, proofreading, and finally getting it set for distribution. I used a hybrid model of self publishing with the support of a team at FriesenPress. They are Canadian publishers and have all the distribution channels in place to get it availablen anywher…

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Mets Spring Training Roster Cuts 2024 5:35

4M ago5:35

5:35

Mets make there first cuts of Spring Training as we are just over 3 weeks away until opening day! Some Top prospects have been cut to Minor League Camp along with a few other players. I'll discuss them in this podcast! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tmwr/message

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603 Reminder: Where to find me 8:54

5M ago8:54

8:54

#RealisticRegenAg | February will be busy out meeting people and learning new things. Hey, what else is there to do in this climate? In this episode I’ll go over the places I’ll be in the upcoming month plus a new speaking engagement that has been added for March. And the book is on track to be ready for sale in March. More details in the March new…

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602 Dude, Where’s my Nitrogen? 8:32

5M ago8:32

8:32

#RealisticRegenAg | Nitrogen is a challenging nutrient to rely on. In wet climates, it can easily leach deep into the soil. If tile drains are present, it can even run off into ditches and water bodies. In dry climates, nitrogen usually cannot be lost to depth, but it can become tied up in residue and may not be released until well after the crop n…

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601 Meet me this winter 12:40

6M ago12:40

12:40

#RealisticRegenAg | It’s conference season so I’m hoping to meet a bunch of you at in person and online events this winter. I’ll be listing off all the places I’ll be later on in the episode. I’ll also be talking about the new WhatsApp channel that I have created, a new Speaking, Teaching, & Workshop Design service plus, for those that go to the si…

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Early Days of LGT with Harold McKinney and Scot Barney 43:37

6M ago43:37

43:37

Welcome to the 20th episode of Driver Stories! In this episode, Pam speaks with two special guests, Harold McKinney and Scot Barney. Harold recruited Scot ten years ago, and today they are here to talk about the early days of LGT and reminisce on some of their favorite memories from the road. To learn more about LGT and read truck driver safety tip…

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543 Precision Agronomy: Lessons from a semester of teaching 7:01

6M ago7:01

7:01

#RealisticRegenAg | In several episodes of this podcast, I've shared my experiences teaching Precision Agriculture to diploma and degree students at Lethbridge College. Teaching is a reciprocal process, and through it, I've gained valuable insights into the future of agriculture and the evolving landscape of agronomy in the upcoming years and decad…

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542 Seager Wheeler 6:39

6M ago6:39

6:39

#RealisticRegenAg | A chance discovery in a used bookstore in Winnipeg introduced me to Seager Wheeler. He shared similarities with many settlers who arrived in the Canadian Prairies during the late 19th century, but he stood out above others as Western Canada’s Wheat King, gaining international recognition. What set him apart even more was the fac…

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541 From EEFs to Organic Challenges: This Month in Regenerative Ag 8:56

7M ago8:56

8:56

#RealisticRegenAg | You've heard me mention that enhanced efficiency fertilizers (EEFs) can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, yet they seldom boost yields. But what if we adjusted their usage rates? This approach might make them more economically viable for farmers and more beneficial for the planet. In other news, I'll explore how long-term crop ro…

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540 End of Season Wrap 10:33

7M ago10:33

10:33

#RealisticRegenAg | You may have wondered where I gotto? Or perhaps you didn’t notice I missed the November email. I was just getting ready to work on the email when I got sick. It seems to be a cold going around the area. It set me back for a few weeks which also set my teaching and client work back. I decided rather than rush a newsletter out I’d…

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I got sick 0:45

7M ago0:45

0:45

I’ll be back again in a week or so. See you then --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottcgillespie/message

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539 N2O emissions, disease control with composts, and using tillage responsibly 8:49

8M ago8:49

8:49

#RealisticRegenAg | In this month's regenerative agriculture news, I have six stories. I'll start with some new research that shows that cover crops may not be a net benefit to the nitrogen loss equation. While they can prevent leaching, they may contribute more to nitrous oxide emissions. On the topic of nitrous oxide emissions, work in the Prairi…

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538 Plants Don’t Read Our Manuals 6:04

8M ago6:04

6:04

#RealisticRegenAg | Rick from the GardenFork podcast frequently remarks, "Bees don't read our manuals," when he discusses beekeeping. I've found this to be equally true for plants. In this episode, I'll share a year-end review of what I learned over the summer in the fields and my garden. Welcome to Plants Dig Soil, a podcast about #RealisticRegenA…

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537 Buffalo Bird Woman 6:56

9M ago6:56

6:56

#RealisticRegenAg | Buffalo Bird Woman was one of the last Indigenous farmers in what is now North Dakota. Fortunately, her story was preserved. I've referred to a book about her many times in my podcast and in presentations to farmers. In this episode, I'd like to introduce you to her and hopefully inspire you to read thebook yourself. Welcome to …

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536 Research and Innovation 6:50

9M ago6:50

6:50

#RealisticRegenAg | This week’s episode is an audio and video version of my monthly newsletter. If you want to receive it to your email or to LinkedIn, check out the links in the episode description. If you’ve got behind on listening to episodes, I’ll be summarizing the past month’s work of episodes. Welcome to Plants Dig Soil, a podcast about #Rea…

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535 Roots, Microbes, and Farmer Innovations 7:42

9M ago7:42

7:42

#RealisticRegenAg | In this month’s roundup of regenerative agriculture news, I'll begin with a story about new research that delves deep into root architecture. The researchers conducted studies on intact samples of both single species and diverse mixtures of cover crops to understand how root systems behave in their natural environment. Next, I'l…

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534 Making Drip Irrigation Work 9:24

9M ago9:24

9:24

#RealisticRegenAg | Drip irrigation holds great promise as the most efficient method for delivering water to plants with minimal losses. Unlike traditional sprinkler systems that can be affected by wind and heat, drip irrigation offers a precise way to water plants. However, one of its main challenges lies in the amount of infrastructure required f…

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533 Deep Work 6:46

10M ago6:46

6:46

#RealisticRegenAg | The book "Deep Work" by Cal Newport is what has enabled me to reach my current position. Concepts like entering a state of flow, scheduling dedicated work time, and maintaining clear boundaries between work and leisure have been instrumental in my journey. In this episode, I'll delve deeper into these ideas and hopefully inspire…

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532 Community, Teaching, plus Updates 9:39

10M ago9:39

9:39

#RealisticRegenAg | This past month, theseasonal demands overwhelmed me, so I decided to hit the reset button and startfresh for September. I'm sure you can relate. Let me know how you deal withoverwhelm by sharing this episode with your thoughts or commenting on one of myposts. I’ll update you on all things that are going on and give you a summary…

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531 Transformational Agronomy 7:40

10M ago7:40

7:40

#RealisticRegenAg | Is the slow grind of progress better than the grand schemes we see postulated now? A new article says yes. They advocate for starting at the end goal and working towards what is needed most. I’ll be covering this and seven other articles that I came across this month in this episode. Stay tuned. Welcome to Plants Dig Soil, a pod…

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Where I’ve been + New episode next week 0:52

10M ago0:52

0:52

Update on the podcast and getting going again --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scottcgillespie/message

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530 Big Tech Blocking News 14:04

11M ago14:04

14:04

#RealisticRegenAg| Have you heard about Meta (formerly known as Facebook) blocking Canadiannews? They had previously warned that they would take this action if a new lawwas passed in Canada, and it seems they are now following through. Join me inthis episode covering my monthly newsletter and I’ll explain it’s relevance tomy business. Welcome to Pl…

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529 Breeding, Research, and Policy 15:24

11M ago15:24

15:24

#RealisticRegenAg| From crop breeding, to agronomy research, to policy, there’s a lot to coverin this month regenerative agriculture news. Join me in this episode as I coverthe important news that I saw come across my news feeds this month. Welcome to PlantsDig Soil, a podcast about #RealisticRegenAg. I’m your host, Scott Gillespie,and I’m an agron…

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528 Testing Soil Health without Soil Health Tests 10:49

12M ago10:49

10:49

#RealisticRegenAg | In the very first season of Plants Dig Soil I talked about soil health tests. Has anything changed since then? In my opinion no, not really. There are tests that are getting closer to wide scale adoption, but I just don’t see any of them worthwhile yet. In this episode I’ll cover the thinking I had then as tohow to approach eval…

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527 Farming with Soil Life 8:36

12M ago8:36

8:36

#RealisticRegenAg| I was taught to kill the life in the soil. After all, we wanted to grow cropsand we needed to get rid of the pests. That view is shifting, and books like“Farming with Soil Life” help move the needle on this important topic. Join mein this episode where I review this new resource put out by the Xerces Societythrough the SARE publi…

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526 Alberta Rep on the CCA Board 12:55

12M ago12:55

12:55

#RealisticRegenAg| A board positionfor the Prairie CertifiedCrop Advisors is open and I’ve decided to run for it. If you’re a CCA checkyour emails and look for the announcement. The voting is done by email andneeds to be in by Friday July 14th (not the 4th as originally statedin the email). If you didn’t get the email send one to Mary-JaneDebreuil.…

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525 Regenerative Research Results 13:37

1y ago13:37

13:37

#RealisticRegenAg| I’ve noticed more and more research that is directed at solving real worldproblems with regenerative practices. Stay tuned for this and other news inregenerative agriculture this month. Welcome to PlantsDig Soil, where I, Scott Gillespie, an agronomist specializing in climate-smartagriculture, discuss scientifically proven practi…

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524 The 27-Inch Precipitation Threshold: A New Rule of Thumb for Cover Crop Economics. 10:17

1y ago10:17

10:17

#RealisticRegenAg | Twenty-seven inches of precipitation is what is required to make cover crops successful. This was the conclusion of an article I came across from a post by Dr. Andrew McGuire a few months ago. I downloaded the journal article and read it. It makes so much sense to me. Join me as I discuss this important new rule of thumb for cov…

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523 Cow Patty Critters (Book Review June 2023) 7:20

1y ago7:20

7:20

#RealisticRegenAg | Usually, I try to avoid cow patties when walking in a pasture.This time, however, the rancher was stopped in his tracks because there wereholes in the top, and he thought he saw something scurry back into it. If wehad the new book "Cow Patty Critters," we may have been able tofigure out exactly what was going on. Stay tuned for …

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522 Scaling Back (Newsletter June 2023) 3:10

1y ago3:10

3:10

#RealisticRegenAg | Thereare times when it's best to scale back. The community that I was trying to getgoing didn’t take off, so we decided to shut it down. I tried one many yearsago and the same thing happened. Although there we interest, there seemed to behesitation in commitment. Welcome to Plants Dig Soil. My name is ScottGillespie and I work w…

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Remembering James Credle 1:16:20

1y ago1:16:20

1:16:20

On April 15th of 2023, we lost one of Newark’s dearest LGBTQ+ leaders, James Credle. In this episode, you will get to hear James talk about growing up in the Jim Crow South and what it was like to move North to Newark, his time serving as a medic in Vietnam, living through the AIDS epidemic, and becoming a dean at Rutgers-Newark, where he provided …

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521 Building the Soil Comes at a Cost (Regen Ag News May 2023) 9:00

1y ago9:00

9:00

(Sorry – the camera wasn’t working soI just recorded with my laptop facing a sound barrier!) #RealisticRegenAg | It’salways bugged me that regenerative is portrayed as a win-win-win system for thefarmer, the soil, and the planet. Farmers that don’t do it can be seen asfarming in a backwards way. However, if it were so simple and did so much, I’msur…

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520 AI Assisted Agronomy (Agronomy Focus May 2023) 11:31

1y ago11:31

11:31

#RealisticRegenAg | I hadn’t really thought of AI Assisted Agronomy until FarmersBusiness Network came out with Norm. ChatGPT was trained on their own very wellstructured data and was able to answer common questions farmers had. I thinkthis is an exciting development. I’ll tell you why, coming right up. Welcome to Plants Dig Soil. My name isScott G…

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519 Who Speaks For The River? (Book Review May 2023) 9:16

1y ago9:16

9:16

#RealisticRegenAg | With thecurrent plans to expand irrigation capacity in Southern Alberta I’m highlightinga book I read a year and half ago that covers what happened the last time a majorproject happened in Alberta. Join me as I discuss “Who Speaks For The River?”by Robert Girvan. Welcome to Plants Dig Soil. Thepodcast that supports my consulting…

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518 Spring Gap Week 7:38

1y ago7:38

7:38

When I decided to do a four week cycle of episodes I knew therewould be one extra week every three months. Welcome to the gap week where Italk about the format change, addressing audio quality, and ask for your feedbackon how things are going. Welcome to Plants Dig Soil. Thepodcast that supports my consulting business of the same name. I focus on#R…

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517 Unpacking Funding Announcements (Newsletter May 2023) 18:43

1y ago18:43

18:43

The latest funding to be announced is called S-CAP, which is the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership. Every province has its own dealand Alberta has finally announced what they are doing. I will cover this new funding, how it is relevant to your farm, what you might be able to get fromit, and how I can help you receive this funding. Welco…

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Saundra Toby-Heath 26:13

1y ago26:13

26:13

In 2002, Saundra Toby-Heath and Alicia Heath-Toby joined the fight for marriage equality in the state of New Jersey with six other same-sex couples. Represented by Lambda Legal, they filed a lawsuit, Lewis v. Harris, to demand their constitutional right to marry. Their case made it all the way to the New Jersey Supreme Court in 2006 where they ulti…

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516 Caution on Early Success (Regen Ag News Apr 2023) 21:04

1y ago21:04

21:04

#RealisticRegenAg | From early research on cover crops in drylandsituations, to a cold turkey approach to going regenerative, to a farm that wasregenerative organic all of them seemed to thrive on early success, but thenthings changed. Those themes came up in the news I looked at this month. I’llcover those stories plus other ones in this episode. …

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515 Regenerative Insect Management (Agronomy Focus Apr 2023) 18:51

1y ago18:51

18:51

#RealisticRegenAg | Regenerative insect management takes a mindset shift. There's no silver bullets for it, but there's things that you can do to set yourself up for less pressed pressure. I'll be covering this in this upcoming episode. Join the Realistic Regen Ag Community: https://link-app.agvisorpro.com/community-private-LdYiDvbkEWtmIH0GzSQ1 Pro…

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514 Prairie: A Natural History of the Heart of North America (Book Review April 2023) 16:15

1y ago16:15

16:15

#RealisticRegenAg | I fell in love with the Prairies as soon as I moved out here nearly two decades ago. When I saw this book, it immediately called to me. She goes back to geological history to set the stage for who lives here now and what the future of this area is. Join me in this episode where I review this book and hopefully encourage you to r…

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513 Introducing: Realistic Regen Ag Community (Newsletter April 2023) 8:15

1y ago8:15

8:15

#RealisticRegenAg | Have you ever thought you'd like to have me as a resource, but you don't need the full consulting package? I’d like to introduce you to the Realistic Regen Ag Community. I’ll be covering this in my newsletter update for April of 2023. Join the Realistic Regen Ag Community: https://link-app.agvisorpro.com/community-private-LdYiDv…

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512 Light signaling and plant competition (Regen Ag News Mar 2023) 15:10

1+ y ago15:10

15:10

#RealisticRegenAg | The first plant to see the light of day is theone that gets ahead. This has huge implications in crop establishment and inusing cover crops to suppress weeds. I'll be covering an article about this andmany other things in regenerative ag news in this episode Newsletter signup: https://mailchi.mp/plantsdigsoil/newsletter My servi…

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511 Building Disease Suppressive Soils (Agronomy Focus Mar 2023) 20:32

1+ y ago20:32

20:32

#RealisticRegenAg | Disease suppressive soils are ones that would fend off diseases before they even had a chance to get into your crop plants. I think this is a worthwhile goal to work towards in regenerative agriculture. But of course, it's not going to be simple and it's not going to cover everything. In this episode, I'm going to go over all of…

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Back to our Roots with Debbie Stengel 39:08

1+ y ago39:08

39:08

Welcome to another episode of Driver Stories! Our special guest is Debbie Stengel, one of LGT's first employees. In this episode, Pam and Debbie talk about LGT's humble beginnings, Debbie's weekly "love letters," and some of the challenges with billing. Want to learn more about LGT? Visit lgttransport.com Follow us on social media: Facebook Instagr…

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510 Braiding Sweetgrass (Book Review Mar 2023) 15:09

1+ y ago15:09

15:09

#RealisticRegenAg | Braiding Sweetgrass is a book that covers two very different views of the world: The European way and the Indigenous way. Robin Wall Kimmerer applies her scientific understanding of the world with the indigenous teachings to bring them both together in a very interesting way in this book. Stay tuned to this episode where I'll co…

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