For 150 years, the Batie family has defied the traditional norms of farm inheritance.

"We don't do the traditional 'oldest son gets the farm,'" said Don Batie. "Our motto has always been whoever wants to farm is the one who should be farming."

This philosophy has shaped the Batie family farm fo...

Kelly is kicking the tires on the Fendt Momentum Planter this spring. Engineered with innovative features that promise to increase planting uniformity, he is putting the Fendt Momentum Planter up against his John Deere 1770 NT in a head to head yield contest in the rugged hills of Western Iowa. S...

Matt shows off the advantages of his strip kill practice, killing strips of cover crop with a herbicide with his hooded sprayer, rather than using a strip till machine to till strips into the cover crop to plant into.

Glenn Miller stays busy on his operation, raising cattle, corn, dry edible beans, alfalfa, and winter wheat.

Miller, who farms in Sioux County in Nebraska, shares how he balances his time among those commodities.

He said he'll plant pinto beans in a few weeks and, thanks to recent rains, be ab...

Johnny Verell does things a little different than most when it comes to laying down a side dress solution on his corn. He talks about how he uses his sprayer and how he mitigates the burn.

In this episode the Hefty brothers talk about helping those new to farming, biologicals that you may not have heard of yet, and applying N, S, and B after your crop has come up. The Weed of the Week is compass plant. Plus Darren talks about paying $640/hr to spray fields!

These biologicals naturally occur in your soil and can help you reach a higher yield. Brian and Darren explain all you need to know about this new trend in agronomy.

Brian and Darren talk in depth about the best way to apply nitrogen, sulfur, and boron once your crop is up.

Brian and Darren invite everyone to attend this year's Scouting and Scholarships event at the Hefty farm. There will be hands-on learning and hundreds of college scholarships given out.

This perennial forb is not usually a terrible threat to your crop, but Brian and Darren can help you understand the best ways to handle compass plant.

There are three ways farmers help preserve precious soil from disappearing. Darren Hefty says now erosion is not as bad as it once was.

“Our industry is going to require 60,000 4-year college graduates and we’re around 38,000 students graduating from the Ag curriculum currently.” So says Dr. Tom Paulson, department head at Morningside U’s Applied Agricultural and Food Studies. Dr. Paulson is joined by Tom Moss and Liz Zoebel, two...

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We get a planting update from one local producer and get the latest details on the Nebraska Beef Passport as well as some upcoming tractor safety training sessions offered by Nebraska Extension and UNMC. Heartland Farm Partners President Jeff Peterson joins us in s...

The limited rain has allowed Pender-area farmer Jeff Baker to complete soybean planting already, and he has a healthy chunk of corn planting done as well.

Baker has a very curious mind when it comes to agronomy, so he conducts his own trials. His research trials range from genetics, fertilizer...

When spraying some burn down strips, Matt takes a few minutes to show the drastic improvements he's seen in his soils from the use of cover crops. He also explains why using cover crops is superior to just strictly no till.

Join the Rural Radio Network for this progress update on the 2023 planting season!

In this segment, a farmer from southeast Nebraska shares that he is halfway done with planting his corn and soybean crops.

Darren Meinke, a farmer east of Crete, Nebraska, talks about his progress and the challe...

Taking cows to summer grass makes a long, dreary winter worthwhile. Follow along as we take the core herd to summer pasture and as we find and doctor a few stockers, which is always entertaining! Plus, I ask a question of agriculturalists whose response to consumer inquiries is "grow your own."

This buttercup is not only a yield robber, but a livestock killer. Brian and Darren talk cursed crowfoot control in pastures, wheat, soybeans, and corn.

Sweet corn is what you eat, yet most farmers produce #2 yellow corn. Brian and Darren Hefty explain the differences in today's tasty Farm Basics.

Why don't people eat the corn produced by most farmers, what are the best products for weed control in growing corn, and what are the bugs you should be scouting for right now? Brian and Darren answer these questions and discuss cursed crowfoot and planter technology.

Farmers aim to have all of their crops come up out of the ground at the exact same time. Darren Hefty explains this important agronomy concept in today's Ag Minute.

Soon after emergence you need to scout your fields for bugs. Brian and Darren talk in depth about alfalfa weevil larvae, cutworms, bean leaf beetles, and aphids in wheat.

There are not many choices for weed killers in corn fields, Brian and Darren give you the pros and cons of each of the options available to spray.

Due to popular demand, Matt details step by step how he would start a farm from scratch if a person is not fortunate enough to be born into or marry into an existing farm family. This is part two of a three part series and explains what a farmer first needs to focus on agronomically when startin...