Hosted by Brian and Darren Hefty, Ag PhD brings new information on how to improve crop health throughout the season, protect the environment, and produce more yields at harvest. New episodes weekly.
This week, Brian and Darren talk about crop canopy, the importance of good stalk size in corn, and control of spider mites in corn and soybeans.
Alfalfa management, white mold in soybeans, air temperature inversions, tractor air conditioning, and velvetleaf weed in today's program.
This episode, learn about the 2022 Ag PhD Field Day, when to apply foliar nutrients to corn and soybeans, and when you should apply fungicides in corn.
Brian and Darren Hefty discuss spray tank cleanout for homes & farms, post-emerge residual herbicides in soybeans, and late-season weed control in corn.
This episode's topics are various root types, evaluating your stand after hail damage, and different applications you could make at heading time in wheat.
Staging corn & soybeans, corn & wheat nitrate soil sampling in-season, avoiding issues when spraying dicamba, barnyardgrass control, and combine header maintenance with the DISCruptor.
Brian and Darren talk about plant tissue analysis, post-emerge grass control in wheat, and things to consider before heading to the field to spray.
Brian and Darren talk worms, wheat fungicides, safely spraying with multiple inputs, tillage row directions, and shepherd's purse weed.
Learn about fertility needs of crops, what you can do if you can't get Liberty herbicide, and why you should test and treat your water before spraying.
The Hefty brothers discuss riparian areas, soybean planting in cold soils, broadleaf control in corn post, the weed is volunteer canola, and micronutrients applied at planting.
Darren and Brian discuss weed control in shelterbelts, spraying field borders, and soybean seed treatments.
Brian and Darren Hefty discuss lawn grubs, wheat fungicides, and seeding depth.
This week's topics are ditch care, post-emerge broadleaf weed control in wheat, and planting population in corn and soybeans.
Brian and Darren talk about driverless tractors, chloride, and speeding up crop emergence.
Brian and Darren talk about various products you could use to control weeds in your lawn, what products you could apply in-furrow in corn, and how to jump start your pastures this spring.
Darren and Brian talk about road safety, gypsum application, and herbicide incorporation.
Darren and Brian Hefty discuss how farmers reduce erosion, how to match up your soil test data with your yield maps, and how to successfully raise continuous soybeans.
Brian and Darren Hefty talk corn on corn, hedging your grain sales, immobile nutrients, green pepperweed control, spray nozzles, and more on this week's Ag PhD Show.
Darren and Brian Hefty explain why farmers rotate crops, how to make crops tolerant to drought, and how to balance fertility by using Mulder's Chart.
Brian and Darren Hefty talk Italian ryegrass, spring residue solutions, alfalfa, and molybdenum needs & applications.
The Hefty brothers discuss the purposes of hay and straw bales, lowering soil pH with elemental sulfur, and which pre-emerge herbicides you should use in wheat.
Brian and Darren Hefty talk old plows, the math of soil tests, new small hybrid corn, curlycup gumweed, dry insecticides for corn, and more in this episode of Ag PhD.
The Hefty brothers talk about how long grain can be stored, how to increase soil organic matter, and using soil insecticides in corn to control pests like corn rootworm.
