How To Grow And Harvest Wild Rice | Advice From An Expert Plant Breeder
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we sit down with Jennifer Kimball, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics at the University of Minnesota.
As a plant breeder by trade, Jennifer works with cultivated wild rice, a crop species naturally grown in Minnesota.
Jennifer works closely with farmers to research the breeding, genetics, and conservation of wild rice. From environmental management to developing new and improved rice breeding techniques, Jennifer is a central figure in Minnesota's wild rice research community…
Tune in now to learn about:
- How wild rice is grown and harvested.
- How long it typically takes to grow wild rice.
- What makes wild rice a challenging crop to work with.
- The diversity of plant and animal life that exists in cultivated wild rice farms.
- Rotation crops that are grown in rice farms.
To find out more about Jennifer and her work with wild rice, click here now!
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| 0:22.2 | He hunts down and interviews geniuses in every field. |
| 0:25.1 | Sleep science, cancer, stem cells, ketogenic diets, and more. |
| 0:28.6 | Here come the geniuses. |
| 0:30.3 | This is the Finding Genius podcast with Richard Jacobs. |
| 0:37.8 | Hello, this is Richard Jacobs with the Finding Genius podcast. |
| 0:41.7 | I have Jennifer Kimball. |
| 0:43.0 | She's an assistant professor, part of the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics |
| 0:47.1 | at University of Minnesota. |
| 0:49.1 | We're going to talk about her work with breeding wild rice and other types of issues. |
| 0:53.9 | So, Jennifer, thanks for coming yeah |
| 0:55.9 | thanks richard for having me it's good to be here yeah so we have a bit about your background and then |
| 1:00.2 | you know why rice why you're studying it and then we'll get into your current work so yeah i'm a plant |
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