2023 was a dry year. Now what? Darren Hefty offers advice on how to prepare the soil and fertility after a season of drought.

In this episode the Hefty brothers talk about the temperatures seeds sprout, a three-tiered plan to stop salty soils, and what's the priority on a brand new field. The Weed of the Week is waterpod, plus Darren explains CTIS in Iron Talk.

It's a small annual weed that thrives in wet conditions. The Heftys offer a non-chemical approach and a more traditional way to stop waterpod in corn, soybeans, and wheat.

Your tractor and planter tires should be at vastly different psi driving vs planting. Darren talks about the easy way the Hefty Farm handles this issue.

Darren Hefty talks about the importance of protecting your hearing when working around loud noises on the farm.

SOS - Saving our soils. Brian and Darren explain the modern ways farmers keep the dirt in the field.

How do you get that small amount of varying sizes/weights of micros evenly distributed across the field? It's no easy task, but Darren has some tips.

Brian and Darren Hefty talk about reducing tillage to save your soil, everything they do to raise high-yield corn, and sulfur needs in crops. The Weed of the Week is Jerusalem artichoke, plus an Iron Talk on the best way to spread micros.

Darren Hefty offers some tips on storing and using DEF during the colder months.

The Hefty brothers discuss what a farmer can wield with a good yield map, the best practices with the micronutrient copper, and the process for buying supplies overwinter. Plus the Weed of the Week is prostrate vervain, and an Iron Talk on reasons and solutions for fallen corn.

Yield maps not only tell you how you did this year, it's a tool for next season too. Brian and Darren help you turn those colorful diagrams into fertility and planting solutions.

Dodge the lodge, and stop the drop. From disease to drought, Darren talks you through how to get your crops standing better next season.

Darren goes through some things you can do to be sure your batteries are reliable throughout the season.

Now that another harvest is complete, time to give some love to the machine that makes it possible. Darren Hefty shares his checklist for off-season combine maintenance.

Is it better to farm in places with cold or milder winters? Will the herbicide you applied this year hurt the new crop you plant in a few months? And what's the purpose of zinc? The Hefty brothers answer all of this and more, plus they talk buckbrush control and combine winter maintenance.

10/6/23 | Matt's trying to finish up seeding the 500 acres of cover crop behind the corn but he's besieged with problems, both with the Bourgualt air seeder and his tractor. Matt points out some more nice features of the air seeder.

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10/2/23 | Matt continues to seed cover crops with the Bourgualt CD-872 air seeder and has to make some tractor modifications to try to get more hydraulic flow. Andy and Kelly get started defoliating cotton when they have a run in with a bicyclist. A crew shows up with a drone to do some aerial ...

9/30/23 | It's finally time to see what the Bourgault air seeder is all about as Matt carries it to the field to start planting some cover crops. Will it prove to be the machine that Matt hopes it is???

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9/29/23 | Before getting started planting cover crops, Matt gives his initial impressions of the demo Bourgault CD872 air seeder and tells what he thinks he'll like about it, and what he believes might be some shortcomings.

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If you’re in business, at some level, you’re in sales. So, how exactly would you rate your sales game? Do you ask the right questions? Is your product knowledge keeping up? Do you understand the needs and problems of the customers you seek to serve? St. John (“Sinjin”) Craner, a sales and marketi...

If you've been looking for a way to apply insecticide or even fungicide at planting time, the 3RIVE 3D system from FMC could be ideal for you.

Watch the full video to see what XtremeAg's Matt Miles says about the performance of the CVT transmission and the efficiencies of the Fendt 936 Vario tractor.

The results are in from a recent XtremeAg planter trial and the winner is the Fendt Momentum planter by seven bushels per acre! Kelly Garrett was skeptical at first, but now admits, “Momentum is a very impressive planter.”

The Hefty brothers talk about saving you money at the register, planting more soybean seeds per acre, and the tricks to getting the most out of your phosphorus. Also, the Weed of the Week is perennial sow thistle, and the hot topic in Iron Talk is engine coolants.