Ag Talk Tuesday

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Ag Talk Tuesday

Ag Talk Tuesdays are virtual sessions about agriculture with University of Idaho professionals and peers to discuss current crop issues and timely topics as the field season progresses.

Held the first and third Tuesday from May through August via Zoom (registration required).

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2026 schedule | 11 a.m. to noon mountain time

Every session begins with crop updates, where U of I personnel and attendees are invited to provide the group with updates of current season crop issues. Featured topics and guest speakers follow the round-table crop updates.

  • May 5 — Water update
  • May 19 — speaker Meetpal Kukal
  • June 2 — Creating beneficial arthropod habitats on farms; speakers Bradley Johnson and Blake Mathews of The Nature Conservancy
  • June 16 —
  • July 7 —
  • July 21 —
  • Aug. 4 —
  • Aug. 18 — Idaho crop profitability outlook; speaker Patrick Hatzenbuehler, U of I associate professor and Extension specialist of crop economics
University of Idaho Extension events files

Video playlist

Updates of current season crop issues and topics.

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Meet our people

Kasia Duellman

Associate Professor and Extension Specialist in Plant Pathology

Douglas Finkelnburg

Area Extension Educator in Cropping Systems

Juliet Marshall

Associate Director of Idaho Agricultural Experiment Station, Professor and Extension Specialist in Cereals