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Plants Dig Soil™

Scott Gillespie

#RealisticRegenAg | Author and consulting agronomist Scott Gillespie presents science-backed practices that promote environmental stewardship and farm profitability.

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00:14:04

530 Big Tech Blocking News

Plants Dig Soil™ ·

2023/08/09

#RealisticRegenAg | Have you heard about Meta (formerly known as Facebook) blocking Canadian news? They had previously warned that they would take this action if a new law was passed in Canada, and it seems they are now following through. Join me in this episode covering my monthly newsletter and I’ll explain it’s relevance to my business. Welcome to Plants Dig Soil, a podcast about #RealisticRegenAg. I’m your host, Scott Gillespie, and I’m an agronomist from the western Canadian prairies

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00:15:24

529 Breeding, Research, and Policy

Plants Dig Soil™ ·

2023/07/29

#RealisticRegenAg | From crop breeding, to agronomy research, to policy, there’s a lot to cover in this month regenerative agriculture news. Join me in this episode as I cover the important news that I saw come across my news feeds this month. Welcome to 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

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00:10:49

528 Testing Soil Health without Soil Health Tests

Plants Dig Soil™ ·

2023/07/19

#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 evaluating them and I’ll cover how I assess soil health in myconsulting. Welcome to Plants Dig Soil, a podcast about #RealisticRegenAg. I’m your host, Scott

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00:08:36

527 Farming with Soil Life

Plants Dig Soil™ ·

2023/07/12

#RealisticRegenAg | I was taught to kill the life in the soil. After all, we wanted to grow crops and 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 me in this episode where I review this new resource put out by the Xerces Society through the SARE publishing program. Welcome to Plants Dig Soil. My name is Scott Gillespie and I’m an agronomist specializing in climate-smart agriculture. I discuss

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00:12:55

526 Alberta Rep on the CCA Board

Plants Dig Soil™ ·

2023/07/06

#RealisticRegenAg | A board position for the Prairie Certified Crop Advisors is open and I’ve decided to run for it. If you’re a CCA check your emails and look for the announcement. The voting is done by email and needs to be in by Friday July 14th (not the 4th as originally stated in the email). If you didn’t get the email send one to Mary-Jane Debreuil. This is what I’m running on. Let me know if you agree with this: Scott has a Masters degree in Plant Science and has been practicing agronomy in

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00:13:37

525 Regenerative Research Results

Plants Dig Soil™ ·

2023/06/30

#RealisticRegenAg | I’ve noticed more and more research that is directed at solving real world problems with regenerative practices. Stay tuned for this and other news in regenerative agriculture this month. Welcome to Plants Dig Soil, where I, Scott Gillespie, an agronomist specializing in climate-smart agriculture, discuss scientifically proven practices that benefit both the planet and farmers' economic sustainability. Be sure to visit my website, www.plantsdigsoil.com, for resources and

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00:10:17

524 The 27-Inch Precipitation Threshold: A New Rule...

Plants Dig Soil™ ·

2023/06/23

#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 cover crops. Welcome to Plants Dig Soil, where I, Scott Gillespie, an agronomist specializing in climate-smart agriculture, discuss scientifically proven

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00:07:20

523 Cow Patty Critters (Book Review June 2023)

Plants Dig Soil™ ·

2023/06/14

#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 were holes in the top, and he thought he saw something scurry back into it. If we had the new book "Cow Patty Critters," we may have been able to figure out exactly what was going on. Stay tuned for the rest of this episode as I review this new resource published specifically for Western Canada. Welcome to Plants Dig Soil. My name is

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00:03:10

522 Scaling Back (Newsletter June 2023)

Plants Dig Soil™ ·

2023/06/06

#RealisticRegenAg | There are times when it's best to scale back. The community that I was trying to get going didn’t take off, so we decided to shut it down. I tried one many years ago and the same thing happened. Although there we interest, there seemed to be hesitation in commitment. Welcome to Plants Dig Soil. My name is Scott Gillespie and I work with farmers and agribusiness on climate smart agriculture. This kind of agriculture has to be scientifically proven to be good for the

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00:09:00

521 Building the Soil Comes at a Cost (Regen Ag News...

Plants Dig Soil™ ·

2023/05/31

(Sorry – the camera wasn’t working so I just recorded with my laptop facing a sound barrier!) #RealisticRegenAg | It’s always bugged me that regenerative is portrayed as a win-win-win system for the farmer, the soil, and the planet. Farmers that don’t do it can be seen as farming in a backwards way. However, if it were so simple and did so much, I’m sure they’d be doing it already. The overall theme of the regenerative agriculture news this month is deflating the hype from some of the

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00:11:31

520 AI Assisted Agronomy (Agronomy Focus May 2023)

Plants Dig Soil™ ·

2023/05/23

#RealisticRegenAg | I hadn’t really thought of AI Assisted Agronomy until Farmers Business Network came out with Norm. ChatGPT was trained on their own very well structured data and was able to answer common questions farmers had. I think this is an exciting development. I’ll tell you why, coming right up. Welcome to Plants Dig Soil. My name is Scott Gillespie and I work with farmers and agribusiness on climate smart agriculture. This kind of agriculture has to be scientifically proven to be good

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00:09:16

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

Plants Dig Soil™ ·

2023/05/15

#RealisticRegenAg | With the current plans to expand irrigation capacity in Southern Alberta I’m highlighting a book I read a year and half ago that covers what happened the last time a major project happened in Alberta. Join me as I discuss “Who Speaks For The River?” by Robert Girvan. Welcome to Plants Dig Soil. The podcast that supports my consulting business of the same name. I focus on #RealisticRegenAg. This means it has to be proven & profitable, benefiting farmers now and in the future

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00:07:38

518 Spring Gap Week

Plants Dig Soil™ ·

2023/05/09

When I decided to do a four week cycle of episodes I knew there would be one extra week every three months. Welcome to the gap week where I talk about the format change, addressing audio quality, and ask for your feedback on how things are going. Welcome to Plants Dig Soil. The podcast that supports my consulting business of the same name. I focus on #RealisticRegenAg. This means it has to be proven & profitable, benefiting farmers now and in the future. The podcast is free but if you want to go

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00:18:43

517 Unpacking Funding Announcements (Newsletter May...

Plants Dig Soil™ ·

2023/05/01

The latest funding to be announced is called S-CAP, which is the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership. Every province has its own deal and 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 from it, and how I can help you receive this funding. Welcome to Plants Dig Soil. The podcast that supports my consulting business of the same name. I focus on #RealisticRegenAg. This means it has to be proven

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00:21:04

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

Plants Dig Soil™ ·

2023/04/24

#RealisticRegenAg | From early research on cover crops in dryland situations, to a cold turkey approach to going regenerative, to a farm that was regenerative organic all of them seemed to thrive on early success, but then things changed. Those themes came up in the news I looked at this month. I’ll cover those stories plus other ones in this episode. *** Oops. I forgot to change the title slide (for those watching the video) before uploading. *** Join the Realistic Regen Ag

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00:18:51

515 Regenerative Insect Management (Agronomy Focus...

Plants Dig Soil™ ·

2023/04/17

#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 Profitable From the Start: Cover Crops for the Prairies:https://plantsdigsoil.thinkific.com/courses/cover-crops-prairies My grant writing (OFCAF

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00:16:15

514 Prairie: A Natural History of the Heart of North...

Plants Dig Soil™ ·

2023/04/10

#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 read it yourself. Publishers site https://greystonebooks.com/products/prairie(Buy or borrow from wherever you please. This is not an affiliate link. I

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00:08:15

513 Introducing: Realistic Regen Ag Community...

Plants Dig Soil™ ·

2023/04/03

#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-LdYiDvbkEWtmIH0GzSQ1 Profitable From the Start: Cover Crops for the Prairies:https://plantsdigsoil.thinkific.com/courses/cover-crops-prairies My

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00:15:10

512 Light signaling and plant competition (Regen Ag...

Plants Dig Soil™ ·

2023/03/27

#RealisticRegenAg | The first plant to see the light of day is the one that gets ahead. This has huge implications in crop establishment and in using cover crops to suppress weeds. I'll be covering an article about this and many other things in regenerative ag news in this episode Newsletter signup: https://mailchi.mp/plantsdigsoil/newsletter My service offerings: https://www.plantsdigsoil.com/pricing/ Articles

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00:20:32

511 Building Disease Suppressive Soils (Agronomy...

Plants Dig Soil™ ·

2023/03/20

#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 the different ideas that I have seen come up over the years and talk about the plausibility of them. Stay tuned. I will cover this all in this

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