FarmBits Nebraska Extension Digital Agriculture

Urban agriculture is the act of farming in urban settings with the focus of cultivating food crops for human needs. Agritecture was developed as an advisory service to help farmers all over the world develop climate smart agriculture in urban and controlled environment agriculture. On this week's episode to kick off the summer 2023 series, Deepak and Katie met with Henry Gordon Smith, founder and CEO of Agritecture to learn more about the role of urban agriculture in specialty crop production. Tune into this week's episode to hear more about how Agritecture designs, develops, and implements solutions for sustaining agriculture in Urban settings.



Agritecture's Contact Information:

E-mail: henry@agritecture.com

Twitter: AGRITECTURE (@agritecture) / Twitter

LinkedIn: (16) Agritecture: Overview | LinkedIn





FarmBits Contact Information:

E-Mail: farmbits@unl.edu

Twitter: https://twitter.com/UNLFarmBits

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNLFarmBits

Deepak's Twitter: https://twitter.com/agrideepak093

Deepak's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepak-ghimire

Katie's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-bathke-a15082246/





Opinions expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast are solely their own, and do not reflect the views of Nebraska Extension or the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

A key component to managing any and all livestock is to maintain the overall health of the animals. Merck Animal health intends to do just that with their range of technology based products to better monitor, track, and care for livestock. On this week's episode, Deepak and Katie met with Paul Koffman, Executive Director for Allflex Livestock Intelligence at Merck Animal health to learn more about the product's Merck Animal Health bring to market such as "whisper on arrival", SenseHub Feedlot, Allflex Data Flow and more. Tune into this week's episode to hear more about how Merck Animal Health is designing solutions in animal health by creating higher efficiency technology based products.



Merck Animal Heath Contact Information:

E-mail: animal-health-communications@merck.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Merck | https://twitter.com/AllflexNA

LinkedIn: Merck Animal Health | LinkedIn | Paul Koffman | LinkedIn

Website: https://www.merck-animal-health-usa.com/





FarmBits Contact Information:

E-Mail: farmbits@unl.edu

Twitter: https://twitter.com/UNLFarmBits

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNLFarmBits

Deepak's Twitter: https://twitter.com/agrideepak093

Deepak's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepak-ghimire

Katie's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-bathke-a15082246/



Opinions expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast are solely their own, and do not reflect the views of Nebraska Extension or the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

Crop disease management is a challenge for farmers worldwide due to its influence on their yields and profits during the growing season. Adopting predictive modeling tools is an alternative for preventing and controlling disease outbreaks in agriculture that can help in their decision-making for achieving higher yields. In this episode, FarmBits hosts Jose Cesario, and Deepak Ghimire interviewed Dr. Carlos Pizolotto, a plant pathologist at Central Cooperative Gaúcha Ltda (CCGL) in Brazil. Check out this episode to learn more about his research and knowledge about predictive models for disease management in agriculture.



Dr. Pizolotto's Contact Information:

E-mail: carlos.pizolotto@ccgl.com.br

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlos-augusto-pizolotto-6311a2186





FarmBits Contact Information:

E-Mail: farmbits@unl.edu

Twitter: https://twitter.com/UNLFarmBits

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNLFarmBits

Jose's Twitter: https://twitter.com/josegcesario

Jose's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jose-guilherme-cesario-pereira-pinto

Deepak's Twitter: https://twitter.com/agrideepak093

Deepak's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepak-ghimire





Opinions expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast are solely their own, and do not reflect the views of Nebraska Extension or the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

FarmBits hosts Taylor Cross and Natasha Umezu welcome Dr. Robert Koch, Associate Professor and Extension Entomologist at the University of Minnesota, for another episode in the pest management series. Dr. Koch's lab researches soybean pest management. Episode 095 focuses on the research being conducted using remote sensing for scouting and sampling fields, specifically for soybean aphid management. He also mentioned some challenges he faces working with remote sensing in insect pest management. Check out this episode to learn more about his research and knowledge in soybean pest management.





Robert Koch's Contact Information:

E-mail: koch0125@umn.edu

Website: https://entomology.umn.edu/people/robert-koch

More information: https://blog-crop-news.extension.umn.edu/





FarmBits Contact Information:

E-Mail: farmbits@unl.edu

Twitter: https://twitter.com/UNLFarmBits

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNLFarmBits

Natasha's Twitter: https://twitter.com/NatashaUmezu

Natasha's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natasha-hiromi-umezu-b84805136/

Taylor's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tayloranne7170

Taylor's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-cross





Opinions expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast are solely their own, and do not reflect the views of Nebraska Extension or the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

With chicken being the second most popular meat in the world, managing poultry is important. Intelia helps provide real time insights into poultry production with the COMPASS system. This system integrates with sensors to keep track of bird health, barn temperature, food consumption, and more. On this week's episode, Natasha and Emily met with Caroline Forest, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Intelia to learn more about how Intelia is helping poultry producers.





Intelia Contact Information:

Website: https://intelia.com/en/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/intelia_com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelia-inc./?originalSubdomain=ca

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InteliaInc



FarmBits Contact Information:

E-Mail: farmbits@unl.edu

Twitter: https://twitter.com/UNLFarmBits

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNLFarmBits

Emily's Twitter: https://twitter.com/emilyjhanson12

Emily's LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/emilyhanson212

Natasha's Twitter: https://twitter.com/NatashaUmezu

Natasha's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natasha-hiromi-umezu-b84805136/





Opinions expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast are solely their own, and do not reflect the views of Nebraska Extension or the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

Ranchers face labor shortages and are constantly rebuilding fences for rotational grazing acres as the seasons change. New technology like virtual fencing can minimize the extensive labor required to put up temporary fencing and continuously make repairs. On this week's episode, FarmBits hosts Jose Cesario, and Taylor Cross talked with Kaitlyn Dozler, MS student at AWESM Lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and learned more about what Virtual Fencing has to offer for producers. Kaitlyn's research is utilizing this technology and seeing positive impacts on these animals' well-being and time savings compared to traditional fencing practices.



Kaitlyn's Contact Information:

E-mail: kaitlyn.dozler@huskers.unl.edu

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KDozler

AWESM Lab Group Twitter: https://twitter.com/awesmlab



FarmBits Contact Information:

E-Mail: farmbits@unl.edu

Twitter: https://twitter.com/UNLFarmBits

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNLFarmBits

Jose's Twitter: https://twitter.com/josegcesario

Jose's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jose-guilherme-cesario-pereira-pinto

Taylor's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tayloranne7170

Taylor's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-cross





Opinions expressed by the hosts and guests on this podcast are solely their own, and do not reflect the views of Nebraska Extension or the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.