Brian and Darren discuss fertility and soil structure as it relates to the stalk size of plants. They also talk about your options for controlling weeds late in the season in soybeans, and why you should spray for corn rootworm beetles when you first see them instead of waiting.

See the 4500 dry and liquid SoilWarrior in action. Watch 12 SoilWarrior Edge row units in coulter configuration run in a northern Iowa corn field with live cover crops while dual-applying liquid and dry fertilizer in a single pass.

There's only a couple of really good "spray days" on each farm every season. Darren Hefty has advice for spraying on the other couple hundred days!

Brian and Darren invite you to learn about soybeans from the inside out, preventing sick corn, and changing your point of view of your fields. If this Weed of the Week ails you, we've got your cure. Plus an Iron Talk you can set your watch to.

Watch a 12-row SoilWarrior Edge-row unit in a coulter configuration apply liquid and dry fertilizer in a northern Iowa soybean field with terminated oat cover crop.

Darren shares advice on getting the most out of your insecticide applications.

Your big sprayer can't fit on your farmyard. Good thing Demco Pro Series can. Join Darren as he takes one for a quick spin.

This week the Heftys ask you to take closer look at what's under your corn leaves, inside your corn, and on your soybean leaves. The Weed of the Week can sting, and Darren talks about small sprayers for small farmyards.

Darren offers advice to avoid issues when mixing multiple products in your spray tank.

The Hefty brothers share their experiences with measuring manure, calculating yield after hail, and analyzing exactly what alfalfa needs. The Weed of the Week gets smoothed over. And Darren gives you free spray tips for your spray tips!

Darren has spray tips for your spray tips! Before you put miles on it this season, be mindful of these four areas that can really help your sprayer's performance.

Management of a perennial crop is different from annuals. Brian and Darren discuss all the unique products and practices that will benefit your stand.

Manure should feed your plants, not season them! Brian and Darren explain how they make sure to get the recipe just right.

Finally after waiting 5 months to receive the new BushHog that he ordered back last December, Matt finally get to lay his eyes on his new rotary cutter! But will Matt or Andy be the first one to wear the paint off the blades? Later, Matt gives his initial impressions of his purchase. But the q...

Ride along with Justin Krell, a corn and soybean farmer from Blooming Prairie, Minnesota, as he plants into heavy residue corn-on-corn-on-corn with no strip freshening and explains why he started practicing strip-till in 2016.

Ride along with Mike Jaeger, a corn and soybean farmer from Charles City, Iowa, as he plants into heavy residue with no strip freshening and explains why he continues to practice strip-till for the past 7 years.

Darren goes over some steps to take to keep your application on target and to avoid spray drift.

Spring "exams" are over - did your planter make the grade? Darren helps you score your performance.

Find out how and why farmers "count the stand" shortly after planting. Brian and Darren discuss nitrogen application for more protein in your wheat, and share experiences and advice on making applications with spray drones.

Darren lists some benefits of keeping your sprayer speed a little slower.

Brian and Darren share their experiences and advice about using drones to make spray applications.

Dustin Bollig of Dragotec USA and Darren Hefty discuss why up to 60% of harvest loss happens before the corn ever reaches your combine’s feederhouse. Harvesting in 200+ bushel per acre fields, stalk variability can be your biggest yield challenge—and manual deck plates can’t keep up. Darren and D...

With planting season right around the corner, Matt and Andy race to get the planter finished with the installation of the Precision Planting liquid fertilizer system. Matt debates how to plumb it up to make access to other parts of the planter easy for easier repairs. But first, Matt gives his ...

Darren explains the basics of grease.