Agronomy

Agronomy

How do you achieve better plant health and higher yields? Agronomy is the science of soil management and crop production, and these videos feature a wide array of topics that help protect and improve crops all throughout the season. If you want to build better crops, this is the place to start.

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  • Apical Dominance | Ag PhD

    From vertical to voluminous! Brian and Darren explain why farmers sometimes sacrifice height for a heftier harvest.

  • Johnsongrass | Ag PhD

    This might be the toughest weed out there, but it's no match for the Heftys. They reveal their favorite products for controlling it in corn, beans, and wheat.

  • Spray Time | Ag PhD

    Spray or delay? Darren explains how farmers find their window of opportunity.

  • A Guide to Cover Crops | Ag PhD

    From "cover to cover," the Heftys share their comprehensive handbook to protecting your fields off-season.

  • July 19, 2025 - Ag Market News | Progressive Ag

    Progressive Ag's Senior Market Analyst Ray Grabanski outlines the week's most important grain market factors - in 10 minutes or less!

  • July 12, 2025 - Ag Market News | Progressive Ag

    Progressive Ag's Ray Grabanski provides a breakdown of the most important marketing information this week that impacted ag prices.

  • Swamp Smartweed | Ag PhD

    Outsmart this weed with cultural practices, say the Heftys; but keep some Roundup in your back pocket just in case.

  • Weather and Farming | Ag PhD

    Hot or cold, the corn and beans still have to grow. Darren Hefty weathers the storm out in his fields in today's Ag Minute.

  • Post-Harvest Wheat Burndown | Ag PhD

    Start your next crop with a clean slate. The Hefty brothers share their favorite products for all situations.

  • Soybean Fungicides | Ag PhD

    From exactly what to use, to exactly when to uses it. Brian and Darren have the right advice to fit the mold.

  • Banding vs Broadcasting, Soybean Fungicide, Post-Harvest Wheat Burndown | Ag PhD

    This week the Hefty brothers talk input distribution strategies, go on the offense against white mold, and the best products for burndowns. Swamp smartweed gets outsmarted, and there's an Iron Talk for everyone in the Corn Belt.

  • June 28, 2025 - Ag Market News | Progressive Ag

    Progressive Ag's lead market analyst Ray Grabanski provides weekly market commentary on grains, summarizing the most important attributes he watches that have made Progressive Ag the best market advisory the past few decades.

  • Spot Spraying, Late-Season Corn PGRs, Late-Season Soybean Herbicides | Ag PhD

    This week, it's all about staying strong in the home stretch. The Heftys explain how to hit the bullseye, give your corn a pre-harvest boost, and battle last-minute invaders in your beans. The Weed of the Week is common mallow, and Darren puts the N in an Iron Talk for maturing soybeans.

  • Late-Season Corn PGRs | Ag PhD

    Does your pre-harvest corn need something extra? Brian and Darren share some new ideas to help you maybe get more bushels this fall.

  • Late-Season Soybean Herbicides | Ag PhD

    Late in the game and weeds are making a comeback? The Hefty brothers tell you which products to field and which to bench.

  • Spot Spraying | Ag PhD

    Sometimes, farmers can do more with less. The Hefty brothers show you how.

  • Late-Season Soybean Nitrogen | Ag PhD

    Break the yield ceiling this year, with a not-so-secret ingredient. Darren explores the science and math behind late fertility in beans.

  • Common Mallow | Ag PhD

    Make this intruder uncommon, with Brian and Darren's prescriptions for your corn, soybeans, and wheat.

  • The Most Efficient Way to Fertilize Corn | Griggs Farms

    The corn is hungry and it's time to feed it! In this video, Carter and Andy get the 32% UAN streamed on the corn crop while Matt plays Big Time Farmer applying some postemerge herbicides. Matt also describes what he thinks the most efficient way to apply nitrogen on corn using Needham Ag stream...

  • June 14, 2025 - Ag Market News | Progressive Ag

    The best 10 minutes of market information on the planet for
    grain marketers/farmers.

  • Hemp Dogbane | Ag PhD

    Growing up, it was the bane of the Hefty farm, but today Brian and Darren show you how to send this pooch to the pound - permanently!

  • Corn Fungicides | Ag PhD

    Brian and Darren are the only "fun guys" you want visiting your corn this summer. Learn how their methods of fungicide application breaks the mold!

  • The Water Table | Ag PhD

    Farmers don't just put food on the table - they also have to manage the one beneath our feet! The Hefty boys help you navigate the hidden underground ocean.

  • The Water Table, Corn Fungicides, Sprayer Water Volume Guidance | Ag PhD

    This week, it's water, water, everywhere, and lots to make you think. The Heftys talk hidden H2O, getting to the root of rot in corn, and turning up (or down) the volume of your sprayer. It's man bites dog for this week's weed, with an Iron Talk all about reading the leaves before you spray.