This week, it's all about staying strong in the home stretch. The Heftys explain how to hit the bullseye, give your corn a pre-harvest boost, and battle last-minute invaders in your beans. The Weed of the Week is common mallow, and Darren puts the N in an Iron Talk for maturing soybeans.

Does your pre-harvest corn need something extra? Brian and Darren share some new ideas to help you maybe get more bushels this fall.

Late in the game and weeds are making a comeback? The Hefty brothers tell you which products to field and which to bench.

Break the yield ceiling this year, with a not-so-secret ingredient. Darren explores the science and math behind late fertility in beans.

The corn is hungry and it's time to feed it! In this video, Carter and Andy get the 32% UAN streamed on the corn crop while Matt plays Big Time Farmer applying some postemerge herbicides. Matt also describes what he thinks the most efficient way to apply nitrogen on corn using Needham Ag stream...

Brian and Darren discuss the importance of a crop that can shade out the soil between the rows. They also talk about scouting for and controlling insects later in the season in corn, and how to manage nitrogen for your soybeans.

Darren talks about ways to get fertility into your crop late in the season.

Darren and Brian talk about the nitrogen needs of soybeans and whether or not you should add more or change your application methods or timing.

In this video, Brandon Isaacs, TEVA’s regional sales director, is in the field with Hutson, Inc., talking about how to evaluate nodal roots and exploring how to better understand root health and optimize performance in your fields.

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Today at Griggs Farms, corn planting is all about collecting data. Data on seed varieties, different products, and different practices. Matt has 40 acres dedicated to test plots and he talks about how farmers doing their own testing is the only practice that has the greatest return on investmen...

It’s easy to get into the habit of focusing on what’s happening above the soil. But when it comes to plant health and development, nodal roots are where the real story of your plants starts. They help anchor plants, absorb nutrients, and support everything we see aboveground.

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In less than 30 minutes the Heftys nurture the next generation of agronomists, save your alfalfa, and vanquish corn's trickiest enemy: itself! The Weed of the Week is henbit, and can you catch Darren's drift in Iron Talk? (Except there is no drift!)

With each cutting, new pests see fresh opportunity. The Hefty boys provide expert tips on how to thwart threats in your alfalfa and keep it thriving all season long.

Brian and Darren talk about the advantages and potential drawbacks of having shorter corn plants. They also discuss what you should apply to your wheat at flag leaf and heading time, and how to improve your fertility program by doing plant tissue sampling.

The Hefty brothers share experiences and advice when doing plant tissue testing on the farm.

Learn what products you could apply to your wheat at flag leaf and heading time.

This week, the Heftys take you from outer space to below your soil's surface, and help you manage your soybeans in between. Saddle up to fight the Weed of the Week, marestail, and we'll end with a lesson from Dad.

In this video, Caleb Coots breaks down the key factors to being an efficient farmer. From quality and selection of products to placement and timing, he covers how to maximize every dollar you invest to get the best return.

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Darren explains how plants and crops benefit in the hours after a rain.

The Hefty brothers discuss using plant growth regulators to increase - and sometimes decrease - plant growth.

Brian and Darren discuss the challenge of excess calcium in soil.

Brian and Darren invite you to attend the Ag PhD Field Day on July 31, 2025. They also discuss how to deal with excess calcium in soil, and how plant growth regulators can improve your crops.

The cows have asked Darren Hefty to explain the easy way to avoid the metabolic disorder Grass Tetany.

It's that time of the year to make sure your planter does more than plant, your bug killer is not killing the wrong bugs, and your cows can finally enjoy the lush grasses again. The Weed of the Week is black nightshade, and the science of water is revealed in Iron Talk.