The Cutting Edge Podcast

UW-Madison Extension
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The Cutting Edge: A Podcast in Search of New Crops For Wisconsin

  1. Jun 29

    Field Notes: Honeyberries with Mark Villers of Homestead 36 Farms, June 24

    A conversation with Mark Villers of Homestead 36 Farms in Door County, Wisconsin.

    Field Notes: Honeyberries with Mark Villers of Homestead 36 Farms, June 24

  2. Jun 29

    Episode #56: Saffron Production and Marketing

    A conversation with Margaret Skinner, Research Professor and Extension Entomologist, and Richard Bamford, Research Scientist, at the University of Vermont about growing and marketing saffron.

    Episode #56: Saffron Production and Marketing

  3. Jun 29

    Field Notes: Hops, June 24

    An update from Randy Urness of Fine Bine Farms about what he's seeing in his hop yard right now and doing for management.

    Field Notes: Hops, June 24

  4. Jun 5

    Field Notes: Honeyberry Bird Netting, May 29

    The first in a series of episodes on honeyberry production. Steffen Mirsky, UW Extension's Emerging Crops Outreach Program Coordinator, talks through the bird netting strategy at the UW cultivar trials. A video showing bird netting installation at the West Madison Ag Research Station: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eBaLESobdA Supply list: - 6 foot t-posts - T-post brackets - 1 x 4 inch common board - 3/4 inch panhead screws (for screwing t-post brackets to vertical sections of cross bars) - 1 1/4 inch exterior wood screws (for screwing together vertical and horizontal cross bar sections) - 14 inch heavy duty zip ties - Sisal twine - 1 inch diameter polyethylene tubing - Tubing couplers - Tubing end caps - C-grip netting clips

    Field Notes: Honeyberry Bird Netting, May 29

  5. May 27

    Field Notes: Hops, May 2026

    The first in a series of episodes on hops production with Randy Urness of Fine Bine Farms, a 5 acre hop yard near Rosholt, Wisconsin.

    Field Notes: Hops, May 2026

  6. Jan 24

    Episode #55 Northern Glo Seedless Table Grapes

    A conversation with Dr. Soon Li Teh about the new Northern Glo seedless table grape varieties from the University of Minnesota.

    Episode #55 Northern Glo Seedless Table Grapes

  7. Jan 14

    Episode #54: Fiber Flax - Building the US Linen Industry from the Ground Up

    An interview with Leslie Schroeder, founder of Midwest Linen Revival, and Shannon Welsh, Executive Director of the North American Linen Association and Co-founder of Fibrevolution, on the status and future of flax and linen in the United States. North American Linen Association: https://northamericanlinen.org/ Midwest Linen Revival: https://www.wisconsinlinenrevival.org/

    Episode #54: Fiber Flax - Building the US Linen Industry from the Ground Up

  8. 12/02/2025

    Episode #53: Hemp Research Priorities at UW-Madison with Dr. Shelby Ellison

    Dr. Shelby Ellison, Assistant Professor in the Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences at UW-Madison, provides an update on the research priorities her lab is focused on related to hemp.

    Episode #53: Hemp Research Priorities at UW-Madison with Dr. Shelby Ellison
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The Cutting Edge: A Podcast in Search of New Crops For Wisconsin

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  • Creator
    UW-Madison Extension
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    62
  • Rating
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