Darren Hefty breaks down the costs of having your fields sprayed and why you should consider doing it yourself.

Spray it right, with a clean slate. Darren Hefty gives you his family's strategies to protect your crops and equipment.

Darren talks about the Dura Auto-Batch direct-injection system and how it can improve accuracy, safety, and efficiency when filling your sprayer.

Darren Hefty greases the wheels with this primer on keeping your planter running smoothly.

Learn how a Dosatron can help you accurately mix your in-furrow products and avoid antagonism and other problems.

Darren Hefty talks shop, with pro tips to help you design the farm shop of your dreams.

Darren explains the importance of retaining hay quality and talks about Case IH WD5 Series windrowers.

They say "don't reinvent the wheel," but one farmer did just that, and it could improve your seed-to-soil contact. Darren tells you how.

Darren Hefty goes over a list of things to check on your planter before heading to the fields this spring.

Get your cultivator in shape before you head to the field this spring. Darren says check for worn sweeps, wheel compaction, and residue issues.

Learn how to safely store your grain by controlling the temperature and moisture in your bins.

We all know drain tile can help your soil maintain the right moisture level, but Darren Hefty tells us it can also help your IDC, alkali, and high pH areas, too.

Darren explains the benefits of applying fertilizer at a variable rate across your fields to save money and maximize yield.

What's the best tool to get your first input into the correct place in your soil? Finding the right depth can also be solved with the right speed, too.

Darren explains how to maximize nitrogen efficiency in corn by doing split application such as broadcast and side-dressing.

Dry insecticide is coming back. Darren Hefty tells you why and how to do it in today's Iron Talk.

Darren talks about best practices when applying and incorporating pre-emerge soybean herbicides.

Your tractor and planter tires should be at vastly different psi driving vs planting. Darren talks about the easy way the Hefty Farm handles this issue.

Darren Hefty talks about the importance of protecting your hearing when working around loud noises on the farm.