Renowned soils expert Neal Kinsey will give a three-day clinic at the Hefty Farm in Baltic, SD February 20-22, 2024.

This invasive volunteer tree has poisonous berries and hosts soybean aphids. The Heftys tell us how to save our shelterbelts from one of the toughest weeds out there.

When should a cover crop be terminated? Darren Hefty helps you uncover the truth about these useful non-cash crops.

Kyle Beaver is a self-admitted Jack-of-all-Trades who, at age 25, turned a Google search into a mushroom business. Six years later he’s refining Ten Mile Mushrooms and launched a subsidiary. The business still grows some fungus for consumption but has morphed into a supplier of ready-to-fruit sub...

Boron is an often forgotten, but essential nutrient to drive the reproductive functions of a plant. In Episode 1 of the XtremeAg Show, Chad Henderson and Mike Evans talked about how they use Boron in their farming operations.

The Imiflex forage sorghum from Advanta Seeds is ready to be chopped and we got some great footage with a drone. Also, are you a gatekeeper to agriculture or a gate-getter?

Low-draught and blockage-free for shallow and deep stubble cultivation.
The new Karat 10 three-beam cultivator reveals its efficient design even at first glance: The tines are now arranged symmetrically about the towing axle, making the machine extremely low-draught and ensuring intensive mixing ...

The Hefty brothers invite you to their free Soybean Agronomy Workshop near Baltic, SD on Thursday, February 8th, 2024.

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.