A shovel full of soil contains billions of microbes, thousands of bacteria, and a biological complexity we’re only beginning to understand. With the advent of soil sampling, we’ve generally tossed out macronutrients in large quantities and started to look at micronutrients. But we’ve not done muc...

Join us as agronomic field representative Ashley Babl, walks us through the impact of CEC, Organic Matter, soil pH and Buffer Index on your soil fertility and irrigation management.

I’ve been hearing the complaint, “it’s hard / impossible for a young person to start out in farming these days” for decades. Recently, an interviewer went down this road about the struggle of young people to get into farming and blamed the phenomenon on “corporate-ization.” You’ve no doubt heard ...

Brian and Darren Hefty discuss tiling and ditching, their trials with silica, and weed control and more in dry beans. The Weed of the Week is crabgrass. Plus we talk about how drought can actually help you prepare variable rate planting maps.

Brian and Darren are no fan of crabgrass in their lawns, corn, soybeans, and wheat. They talk about how you can eliminate this always growing weed problem.

Are you measuring your silica content in your soil and crops? Brian and Darren talk about the latest developments with silica use in agriculture.

Brian and Darren talk weed control in this crop not often discussed by the Heftys. Plus they give their input on insects, diseases, and fertility in dry beans.

We met up with Wes Reagan of Sarasota, Florida and learned the in's and out's of forage harvesting in the sunshine state.

Brian & Darren talk about the mobility of nutrients within your crop, fixing salty soils, and corn on corn management. The Weed of The Week is the awful musk thistle. Plus the Iron Talk concerns how to apply dry seed treatments correctly on your planter.

Many nutrients are mobile in the plant but some are not. You can see what plant food you are short on by looking at where the discolored leaves occur on your crop.

Corn on corn has to be handled much differently than when rotating. You need to take a different approach to fertility, insect, disease and residue management.

Brian and Darren tell us exactly how to fix salty fields. There is one answer and it will get your crops growing again.

This biennial can tower over your fields if you don't get a high-dose to it early. Brian and Darren talk the specifics of musk thistle control for pastures.

Darren Hefty talks about why farmers almost always have different types of corn plants in one field.

Chad takes a look at the relationship between uneven residue distribution and emergence in his wheat crop.

Join Dave Mowitz at a Ritchie Brothers auction in Illinois to see what Challenger track tractors are selling for and what you should look for in price/features before buying one used. In All Around the Farm, we’ll see what an Iowa farmer created to make his combine cab more accessible and learn a...

If you don't want a weedy sunflower field there is one key thing you must do according to Brian & Darren. Plus they talk fertility, insects, and disease in sunflowers.

Brian and Darren Hefty talk about the latest technology in the tractor cab, how to raise the best sunflower crop, and why sulfur is needed even more today than yesterday. Plus johnsongrass is the Weed of the Week, and Iron Talk is all about a new way to adjust your tires to the right rates for t...

This is quite a difficult perennial to stop on your farm. Brian & Darren talk johnsongrass control in soybeans, corn, wheat, and alfalfa.

S is very important nutrient for all of your crops. Brian & Darren talk about the many forms of sulfur available to use on your field and why sulfur is needed today more than ever.

Agriculture has a lot of battles to fight beyond the daily challenges of producing our food, fuel, and fiber. Causes against production Ag have turned into religious movements as well as full-blown business models. Call it what it is, it’s “the conflict industry” and in places like Holland, farms...

Darren Hefty talks about getting higher yields by planting fewer seeds.

How do you know if: your seed will start right this spring, your stored grain will survive the winter, and your soil has enough copper in it? Brian and Darren Hefty answer these questions and talk swamp smartweed and soybean herbicide placement in this episode.