Talking Crop is a row crop production podcast that brings current trends, actionable management considerations, and research updates from guest experts to farmers, agribusiness representatives, and agriculture agency professionals.
In this episode of Talking Crop, Meaghan Anderson, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Field Agronomist, and host, Kathryn Seebruck, discuss the current status of Asian copperleaf in Iowa and Illinois, what we know about its spread and weediness characteristics, how to report suspected populations, and more.
Episode links:
Asian copperleaf fact sheet (https://extension.illinois.edu/media/9233/download?inline)
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Asian copperleaf encyclopedia article (https://crops.extension.iastate.edu/encyclopedia/asian-copperleaf)
eddmaps.org (https://www.eddmaps.org/index.cfm)
Host contact: seebruck@illinois.edu | (815) 986-4357
Guest contact: mjanders@iastate.edu
2 Sept 2026
The economics of conservation agriculture
In this episode of Talking Crop, Laura Gentry, the Director of Water Quality Research with Illinois Corn, and host, Kathryn Seebruck, discuss Precision Conservation Management program, their Business Case for Conservation Resource, and other general considerations for conservation economics.
Episode links:
Precision Conservation Management (https://precisionconservation.org/)
PCM Business Case for Conservation (https://precisionconservation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/PCM_Data_Book_2026.pdf?v=1)
Webinar: Practices That Pay: What 11 Years of Data Reveals About Tillage, Nitrogen Management, and Cover Crops (https://farmdoc.illinois.edu/webinar/practices-that-pay-what-11-years-of-data-reveals-about-tillage-nitrogen-management-and-cover-crops)
Host contact: seebruck@illinois.edu | (815) 986-4357
Guest contact: lgentry@ilcorn.org
19 Aug 2026
The policy of carbon markets
In this episode of Talking Crop, Jonathan Coppess and Andrew Hockenberry with the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and host, Kathryn Seebruck, discuss the policy behind carbon markets, what its flaws are, and what could be done differently to promote better carbon market policy.
Episode links:
Aligning Quality Assurance for Agricultural Carbon Credits with Farm Bill Conservation (https://huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/niulr/vol46/iss3/3/)
Farmers' Legal Action Group: Farmers' Guide to Carbon Markets (http://www.flaginc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Farmers-Guide-to-Carbon-Markets-February-2025.pdf)
Farmers' Guide to Carbon Market Contracts in Minnesota (http://www.flaginc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Farmers-Guide-Carbon-Market-Contracts-in-Minnesota-First-Edition-January-2023.pdf)
Host contact: seebruck@illinois.edu | (815) 986-4357
Guest contact: jwcoppes@illinois.edu | ahock25@illinois.edu
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