Their larvae are tiny, but their impact can be 100% yield loss. The Heftys give you the latest on this growing Midwestern problem, and tips for fighting back.

Brian and Darren Hefty share their advice on soybeans in a free seminar you are invited to. Plus they have specific tips on gall midge larvae and pure sulfur use. This episode's Weed is annual bluegrass, with an Iron Talk on dry insecticide.

Why pay more for sulfur in its pure state? Brian and Darren say elemental S can help your soil and crop in ways nothing else can.

Bluegrass is great on your radio, but not in your wheat! The brothers Hefty give you the right instrument to stop annual bluegrass in your corn, soybeans, and small grains.

Do cornstalks only have one ear of corn? Darren Hefty gives you an earful of corn math in today's Ag Minute.

Blake Matthews returned to the Idaho family farming operation twenty years ago. Upon his return, he began experimenting with a new array of products and practices, including bio-nutrients. First, he used bio-nutrients to help his sugar beets bounce back after applying glyphosate. He moved on to p...

22 years ago, immediately after graduating from college AND getting married, John Carroll and his new bride flew to Brazil to start farming. John’s family, with a farming operation in west central Illinois, had just purchased farm land in a newly developed Ag area of Brazil. Today John and his fa...

If you have a salty field, Brian and Darren say that you can fix it. They tell you the three things to do to get that excess salt out of your soil.

2023 was a dry year. Now what? Darren Hefty offers advice on how to prepare the soil and fertility after a season of drought.

In this episode the Hefty brothers talk about the temperatures seeds sprout, a three-tiered plan to stop salty soils, and what's the priority on a brand new field. The Weed of the Week is waterpod, plus Darren explains CTIS in Iron Talk.

It's a small annual weed that thrives in wet conditions. The Heftys offer a non-chemical approach and a more traditional way to stop waterpod in corn, soybeans, and wheat.

Seed companies provide results for how many plants grow out of a hundred. This is done at a warm temperature, but what about planting in cooler temps?

Congratulations you bought or rented a new field. Brian and Darren talk about the five things they would immediately do to that ground.

Ag commodity marketing is too complex, largely misunderstood, and the industry is full of products and services you probably don’t even need to profitably market your grain. That truth bomb — along with many more — is courtesy of Joe Vaclavik of Standard Grain. Mr. Vaclavik, a former grain trader...

A weed is a plant growing where you don't want it. This weed is a perennial, with rhizomes and tubers - don't worry, the Hefty brothers have a good plan to control it.

There's a reason farmers don't plant just one crop each year. Darren Hefty says variety is the spice of life, and good for your yield, too.

How do the Hefty boys raise their corn? Brian and Darren provide a detailed explanation of what they do, from fall soil testing to late summer fungicides.

How do you get that small amount of varying sizes/weights of micros evenly distributed across the field? It's no easy task, but Darren has some tips.

S is not a micro, you need to add sulfur each season. The Hefty brothers tell you the tricks they've learned to get the most out of this secondary nutrient.

Brian and Darren Hefty talk about reducing tillage to save your soil, everything they do to raise high-yield corn, and sulfur needs in crops. The Weed of the Week is Jerusalem artichoke, plus an Iron Talk on the best way to spread micros.

Darren and Brian Hefty invite you to the 2024 Ag PhD Corn Workshop on Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at the Morton Center in Baltic, SD.

The Hefty brothers help you get the proper copper in your soil and crop.

It's low to the ground and scrappy, but you can still defeat it. The Heftys tell you how to knock out this tough competitor.

The Hefty brothers discuss what a farmer can wield with a good yield map, the best practices with the micronutrient copper, and the process for buying supplies overwinter. Plus the Weed of the Week is prostrate vervain, and an Iron Talk on reasons and solutions for fallen corn.