Darren explains why farmers sometimes control weeds around their fields.

Brian and Darren discuss the best ways to get yellow toadflax under control around the farm.

It's better to stop this thorny annual early instead of dealing with its long sharp spikes. Brian and Darren discuss buffalobur control in corn, wheat, soybeans, and yards.

The Hefty brothers say spray often and spray late when trying stop tar spot and other July-August corn diseases. Multiple modes of action is they key to a productive fungicide.

Plants like it hot. Darren Hefty explains how crops can thrive in extreme heat.

The Hefty Brothers discuss how the weather can effect your lawn, how to increase your yield and quality of your wheat, and how they control corn diseases on their farm. Plus they talk buffalobur and windrowers.

Learn why some farmers remove wheat straw or other residue after harvest, what products to use for a post-harvest burndown this summer, and why you shouldn't stop your soybean fungicide program too early this season.

Learn what products you can use to keep your fields weed-free after wheat harvest.

The Hefty brothers discuss why you may not want to stop your soybean fungicide program too early this season.

Brian and Darren discuss the best control options if you have biennial wormwood sage on your farm.

It's another dry year. Brian and Darren Hefty discuss hybrids, planting, fertility, and more to help your crop survive the heat.

Brian and Darren talk about nutrients for trees, how to prepare for lack of rain, and why the mites do well in the drought. The Weed of the Week is common knotweed and Iron Talk is about slowing down your sprayer.

It's an annual more likely found in in your yard than in your field. Brian and Darren list the products needed to stop common knotweed wherever you find it growing.

Trees provide protection from the weather and a lifetime of beauty. The Hefty brothers give you a checklist to creating a healthy hedgerow on your farm.

The Hefty Brothers say this could be a bad year for spider mites. Find out what they do to prevent and eliminate these tiny pests.

Brian and Darren invite you to the 2023 Ag PhD Field Day. Then they discuss whether or not you should control large weeds in your corn around brown silk stage, and how to prevent various late-season diseases in soybeans.

Darren and Brian talk about several late-season soybean diseases and steps you can take to reduce disease pressure.

Having huge weeds in your corn field late in the season can be frustrating. Find out if you should bother controlling them or not.

Kudzu is a tough perennial vine. The Hefty brothers share some tips on getting it under control.

This is the most damaging bug to corn and he's hard to discover until it's too late. Darren Hefty explains how the science of Bt's help stop rootworms.

The Hefty brothers have dedicated a lot of their farm to alfalfa. Find out what they do for insects, disease, weeds, fertility, and naturals between cuttings.

Grasshoppers, corn leaf & soybean aphids, spider mites, and gall midge can be found in your fields each summer. The Heftys talk about scouting, spraying, and economic thresholds for controlling those bugs late.

This winter annual is in the mint family and has four-sided stems. Brian and Darren talk about controlling this henbit-type weed in lawns, no-till, and strip-till.