On-Farm Trials Podcast with the PNW Farmers' Network

by PNW Farmers' Network

Here on the On-Farm Trials Podcast, host Carol McFarland dives into the different trials that come with farming systems innovation in the inland Pacific Northwest, speaking with professionals all across the region about how they get things done.

Podcast episodes

  • Season 1

  • On Farm Trials ft. Wade Troutman (pt.2)

    On Farm Trials ft. Wade Troutman (pt.2)

    In the second part of a two-part episode, host Carol McFarland visits with cropping systems innovator and award-winning conservationist Mr. Wade Troutman. Check out episode one of the two-part interview to hear about his adventures trying things on his farm in Bridgeport, WA - from being one of the first to grow canola in WA, to direct marketing of organic ‘Wade’s Wheat’, finding sunflower pans for the combine, and how ag and his neighborhood have evolved over his decades of On-Farm Trials!

  • On Farm Trials ft. Wade Troutman (pt.1)

    On Farm Trials ft. Wade Troutman (pt.1)

    In the first of a two-part episode, host Carol McFarland visits with cropping systems innovator and award-winning conservationist Mr. Wade Troutman. Check out episode one of the two-part interview to hear about his adventures trying things on his farm in Bridgeport, WA - from being one of the first to grow canola in WA, to direct marketing of organic ‘Wade’s Wheat’, finding sunflower pans for the combine, and how ag and his neighborhood have evolved over his decades of On-Farm Trials!

  • On Farm Trials ft. Jesse Brunner

    On Farm Trials ft. Jesse Brunner

    In this week’s episode we interviewed Jesse Brunner whose farm near Almira, WA has been under No-Till management for over 20 years. Jesse grows canola, wheat, and several other rotational crops, including his experimentation with re-crop winter wheat in an otherwise crop-fallow system. In this episode you can hear about his favorite drill for direct-seeding canola, residue management in No-Till, his strategy for making trials happen, and the record-keeping he uses to determine if a practice is something worth repeating. He also describes experimenting with his Weed-it system over the last year, optimizing nozzle selection and what he’ll be trying next year.

  • On Farm Trials ft. Amy McKay

    On Farm Trials ft. Amy McKay

    Host Carol McFarland visits with Amy McKay from McKay Farm and Ranch in LaCrosse, WA sharing her experience with full, two pass and no-till production across their operation, precision spray application strategies, trying intercropping, and running cows on her cover crop trial. Listeners can hear how she navigates the moisture limitations in her area. What happened when she mowed the cover crop to seed wheat into? Check out the episode to find out!

  • On Farm Trials ft. Chris Eckhart

    On Farm Trials ft. Chris Eckhart

    Join this conversation on Eckhart Farms outside of Deer Park, WA where we talk about cover crops, reducing synthetic fertilizers, building organic matter, mycorhizzal fungi, and farming with the next generation.