Darren Hefty talks shop, with pro tips to help you design the farm shop of your dreams.

The Hefty brothers explain the science behind crop growth, why plants can fail to grow out of the soil, and how to spray your way to clean fields for planting. A smartweed is the Weed of the Week. And Iron Talk spotlights Morton Buildings.

A new study from the University of Georgia showed that farmers and ranchers are stressed but that one particular demographic is stressed to the max. On the ranch, we clip and prep bulls for their sale images and get a short tour of our new barn!

Learn about the steps to take to properly prepare your grain bins for this harvest season.

On this episode of Successful Farming, Dave Mowitz travels to Tahlequah, Oklahoma, to visit Bill Rosener's shop. The shop was primarily designed for woodworking, but features a plethora of other great ideas that anyone can appreciate when building a shop. Dave also visits a Ritchie Bros. auction ...

It's Barn Basics today! Brian and Darren remember their childhood barn on the Hefty farm and talk about the changes these icons of agriculture have gone though in the past few decades.

You spend so much time in your shop on the farm. Today Darren shows us everything the Heftys look for in their farm shops.

Brian and Darren Hefty talk about why June 21st is significant in soybeans, plus a great new way to study your fields, and what is being done to stop the latest corn disease headed your way. The Weed of the Week is smallflower buttercup. And state of the art farm shops are shown.

On this episode, Dave Mowitz travels to the Rezac shop in Onaga, Kansas, to award the best shop design. The SF Engineman, shows off some great tips to check oil filters. Dave Mowitz heads to an auction to track prices of John Deere 9560 RT tractors. Then, on All Around the Farm, a Jasper, Minneso...

Morton Buildings Farm Shop Design Series Ep. 7 - Storage Areas in Your Shop

On this episode of the Machinery Show, Dave Mowitz highlights the best shop welding centers ever featured on Top Shops. Then on Steel Deals, Dave travels to a massive consignment sale in Illinois to watch a couple late-model, low-hour Case Quadtracs sell. The tractors are just a fraction of the b...

Morton Buildings Farm Shop Design Series Ep. 6 - Building Your Shop In Phases

On this episode, the Bogner farm operation is the winner of "Best Office" in the Top Shops contest. The SF Engineman demonstrates how to do a voltage drop test to diagnose an electrical circuit. Dave Mowitz travels to a farm auction to check out prices on John Deere 319 skid steers. On All Around...

Brian and Darren go over a few things you should do now before putting this fall's crop in your grain bins.

Morton Buildings Farm Shop Design Series Ep. 1 - Location and Orientation

Morton Buildings Farm Shop Design Series Ep. 2 - How Big to Build

Morton Buildings Farm Shop Design Series Ep. 3 - Planning for "Non-Shop" Uses

Morton Buildings Farm Shop Design Series Ep. 4 - Selecting Doors

Morton Buildings Farm Shop Design Series Ep. 5 - Staging Areas

Darren Hefty talks about the benefits of having proper on-farm storage for liquid products.