2026 season of ‘Talking Crop’ podcast announced

ROCKFORD, Ill. — The “Talking Crop” podcast is back for its third season.

Hosted by University of Illinois Extension Commercial Agriculture Educator Kathryn Seebruck, “Talking Crop” is a row crop production podcast, with episodes occurring every other week during the growing season between May and September.

In each episode, a guest expert is interviewed to discuss topics related to their areas of expertise.

Recorded throughout the growing season, each episode brings relevant and topical information to corn and soybean producers to help them make informed management decisions.

Listen to “Talking Crop” at the U of I Extension website at go.illinois.edu/TalkingCrop, or Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

The schedule of upcoming episodes, guests and topics include:

• June 10 — Alison Robertson, Iowa State University: field crop diseases.

• June 24 — Nathan Schroeder, U of I: nematodes.

• July 8 — Trent Ford, Illinois State Water Survey: weather extremes in Illinois.

• July 22 — Madelyn Celovsky, Michigan State University Extension: cover crops.

• Aug. 5 — Matt Ruark, University of Wisconsin-Madison: soil health and nitrogen.

• Aug. 19 — Jonathan Coppess and Andrew Hockenberry, U of I: ag carbon credits.

• Sept. 2 — Laura Gentry, Illinois Corn Growers Association: conservation.

• Sept. 16: Meaghan Anderson, ISU Extension and Outreach: Asian copperleaf.