CropTalk

Part 1 of 2. 🌱 Casey O'Neill from HappyDay Farms shares how his family achieves their farm's goals using regenerative agriculture practices. They maximize growing season length , crop diversity , and productivity using techniques he shares here. He and Bobby Shearer discuss principles relevant for all farm managers in this episode of #CropCareConvos.

On this episode of the CropTalk series, #KyleTalksAgTech, Kyle Barnett speaks with Benjamin Kant about his journey in farming and how he is helping shape the future of food at Bowery Farming in his current position as Manager of Startup & Launch as the company expands. 

On this episode of the CropTalk series, #KyleTalksAgTech, Kyle Barnett speaks with Danielle Ferreira, Grower Lead & Plant Health Specialist at Fifth Season, powered by Robotany in Pittsburgh. Danielle speaks about how her experience in conventional horticulture has assisted greatly in her work at the vertical farm, the importance of company culture and taking care of the local community & the advi...

Throwback Saturday!  This is a conversation recorded during #MJBIZCON2019.  It features Tate Dooley, the CEO of Key to Life.  During the conversation, Tate describes how their Super Plug and Bulk Separator allow them to reduce variability and cost, as well as increase profitability.  #LetsTalkCrops

Consistency is powerful.  Consistency in crop time, yield, potency, terpene profile, as well as the reduction of input costs, is what will keep your cannabis cultivation facility in business, long-term.  Creating a Six Sigma culture and adopting its' principles is one way that your cannabis businesses can gain the edge in this rapidly commoditizing market.  That's why I had Maxwell Cranford, of Cr...

On this episode of the CropTalk series, #KyleTalksAgTech, Kyle Barnett speaks with Jeffrey Bednar, Founder of Profound Foods and Profound Microfarms. Jeff speaks about how he's been able to pivot his businesses to have success through the COVID-19 pandemic from mostly restaurants to a residential delivery model & the advice he has for struggling growers on how to get through this tough period. 

In this podcast, the first episode of #CropCareConvos with CropTalk's newest co-host, Bobby Shearer, he speaks with George Walker, a retired OSHA inspector who has run Safety By George for the last couple of years, auditing cannabis farms and training employees in safety protocols and legal requirements. George has some incredible insights from his decades of experience in workplace safety. In thi...

On this episode of the CropTalk series, #KyleTalksAgTech, Kyle Barnett speaks with Allison Kopf, Founder & CEO of Artemis. Topics include the importance of traceability through refined data, the future landscape of growers day to day duties and overall logistics, and tactics Allison is using to lead her team through the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Applying lessons learned from past experiences is crucial to constant improvement and long-term success. Hayden Fulstone joined me on CropTalk to discuss how he applied his experiences as a founder of Liquid I.V. to the hemp business and crop he grew on his family farm in NV 2019.   The sage wisdom shared in this episode includes:   👂Listening to what the consumer and the demand tells you about t...

On the second of this two-part episode of the CropTalk series, #KyleTalksAgTech, Kyle Barnett speaks with Eri Hayashi, Vice President of JPFA in Japan about her journey, the Japanese Plant Factory market, successful marketing and what the future of vertical farming may look like around the world. 

On the first of this two-part episode of the CropTalk series, #KyleTalksAgTech, Kyle Barnett speaks with Eri Hayashi, Vice President of JPFA in Japan about her journey, the Japanese Plant Factory market, successful marketing and what the future of vertical farming may look like around the world. 

On this episode of the CropTalk series, #KyleTalksAgTech, Kyle Barnett speaks with Jesper Hansen, Vertical Farming Expert at YesHealth Group in Taiwan with global ambitions. Topics include what it means to run a vertical farm transparently and authentically, creating realistic expectations in vertical farming, and what the future of this global industry looks like. 

Robert Shearer is a dear friend and also a business partner that I respect and admire immensely for the work he has put into making our businesses, CropWalk and CropTalk Media, what they are today.  This episode is about introducing Bobby (what we affectionately call him) to the CropTalk listener family. It also gives you listeners the low down on how he is going to contribute to the knowledge-sha...

Let's growwwwwww!!! Pat Jack coming in hot with another dive into the industrial #SmokeableHempFlower industry weeds, if you will.  Pat and I sit down to discuss what he sees on the horizon for this budding (couldn't resist) niche within our industrial hemp industry.  Holler at Pat Jack or me with feedback,  thoughts on show topics, or potential guests for the #SmokableHempFlower series on CropTal...

On the second of this two-part episode of the CropTalk series, #KyleTalksAgTech, Kyle Barnett speaks with Grahame Dunling, CEO of Uns Hydroponic Farms in Dubai about his journey growing and how a lifetime of experience has set him up for success in the Vertical Farming arena. 

On the first of this two-part episode of the CropTalk series, #KyleTalksAgTech, Kyle Barnett speaks with Grahame Dunling, CEO of Uns Hydroponic Farms in Dubai about his journey growing and how a lifetime of experience has set him up for success in the Vertical Farming arena. 

Although the active ingredient, Peroxyacetic acid is difficult to pronounce, as evidenced by my incorrect pronunciation of it, it is one of my go-to's in crop production.  I have been using PAA since I started as a young plant and stock grower in the bedding plant industry.  It was a staple in our sanitation and pest control programs and has since become one of my most recommended products. There...

On this episode of the CropTalk series, #KyleTalksAgTech, Kyle Barnett speaks with Nick Denney, Cultivation Manager for the Maryland facility of Holistic Industries, a multi-state cannabis indoor grow operation. Topics include the importance of understanding local laws and having refined data to better understand your grow across state lines, educating yourself constantly and the future of the can...

On this episode of the CropTalk series, #KyleTalksAgTech, Kyle Barnett speaks with Kayla Waldorff, Business Development Manager of AutoGrow about the importance of collecting refined data to maximize your bottom line, Kayla's advice for succeeding in the AgTech industry and the effects she is seeing due to COVID-19. 

Now this one kinda felt like a hemp gospel session.  In a really good way.  Amanda Carter, an authority in Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance, formerly with Artemis, spoke some sage truth in this episode of CropTalk.  Amanda described the fact that growers and business owners that are most intimately affected by new regulations actually have a significant influence on how those regulations come...

What is better than sitting down at small mobile coffee trailer in Tulare, CA during the World Ag Expo?  Sitting at that same spot... and talkin' crops with Joe Frey!  Joe Frey is the Owner of Western States Hemp and has been growing hemp for a few years in Nevada.  Joe and his partner, Adrienne Snow, became friends of mine this past year and I really enjoy chopping it up with those two.  In this...

On this episode of the CropTalk series, #KyleTalksAgTech, Kyle Barnett speaks with Mark Doherty, Executive Vice President of Urban-Gro about the importance of properly planning out your facility before starting your cannabis operation. 

On this episode of the CropTalk series, #KyleTalksAgTech, Kyle Barnett speaks with Michelle Klieger & Peter Konjoian about the current state of horticulture due to the COVID-19 pandemic with some potential solutions for small and medium growers to help them through this uncertain period.

Mack Lewis of Headie Horticulture and I sat down at #MJBIZCON19 to discuss managing cannabis crop environments and why VPD is an important variable to consistently consider. 

On this episode of the CropTalk series, #KyleTalksAgTech, Kyle Barnett speaks with Michael Maggiotto of BEST Human Capital & Advisory Group about how business can best handle the COVID-19 pandemic with HR strategies and solutions everyone can use to get through this uncertain period.