The Hefty brothers talk about products you should apply pre-emerge to keep weeds out of your wheat.

Brian and Darren explain how farmers choose the width of the spacing between crop rows. They also discuss what products to apply pre-emerge in wheat, and offer tips on making your herbicides work well.

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Greensnap and lodging are preventable! The Hefty brothers share how to stand your ground before the storms roll in.

Some plants look innocent, but they're quietly sabotaging the competition! The Heftys go underground to report on this stealth warfare.

This week the Hefty brothers go underground to show plant's natural defenses, make the strongest stands, and help lower SCN across the country. The Weed of the Week is cattails, and Darren's got your spring sprayer tune-up.

This wetland perennial can cause a catastrophe in your cropland. The Hefty brothers help you outmaneuver this wily weed.

In the world of crops & robbers, SCN is public enemy number one. Brian and Darren share how to help stop the crime spree beneath your beans.

Learn how to get prostrate pigweed under control in corn, soybeans, and wheat.

Growing corn without traits can be a challenge. The Hefty brothers share tips on raising conventional corn successfully.

Your beans make their own nitrogen, but do they make enough? The Heftys show exactly how adding some strategic N can supercharge your yields.

Corn after corn can be a great sequel, but you have to get the chemistry right. Brian and Darren help you turn your yields into a blockbuster!

The Hefty Farm is always a busy place: in June, Brian and Darren offer some education before college, in the spring they're watching the N in beans, and did you know fall is the most important time for corn-on-corn? An odd but easy Weed of the Week, plus Darren pumps you up in Iron Talk.

NewLeaf TS601 technology made real differences on white mold pressure this year. Wisconsin grower Adam Baumann has battled white mold for years, making side-by-side trials key to evaluating new technologies. In his recent trial, soybean acres treated with NewLeaf’s EPA-registered TS601 + soybean ...

Darren talks about the increased use of spray drones on farms.

Creeping charlie is a tough perennial weed. Brian and Darren share ideas on controlling it around the farmyard as well as in corn, soybeans, and wheat.

The Hefty brothers discuss best practices for terminating a cover crop to make sure your next crop is successful.

The Hefty brothers encourage you to learn from soil specialist Neal Kinsey, understand exactly what's in combo products, and learn how to raise a strong stand of alfalfa. Declare war on Russian knapweed, and Darren talks spring tillage tips.

Do you know every ingredient in your combo weed-killer? Brian and Darren do! Let them do all the work and show you the the many variations in wheat herbicides.

A great seedbed doesn't happen on its own. Darren spills the Hefty secrets on how to improve spring tillage.

When it comes to this toxic perennial, don't hit the snooze button. Knapweed doesn't rest, so you cant either.

Cold, wet start. Hot, dry finish. So what happened in between? Missouri grower Taylor Braungardt evaluated side-by-side soybean plots: untreated, GSP and NewLeaf’s EPA-registered TS601 biofungicide + soybean biostimulant. Even with low disease pressure, differences showed up where it counts: stro...

Learn about identification of fall panicum and products to use to control it in corn, soybeans, and wheat.

Brian and Darren discuss considerations when choosing a pre-emerge pre-mix herbicide to use in front of corn.