Four farmers set out to become more profitable on their farms. What pays the bills? It starts with good soil, patience, a strong planter setup and the desire to see the crop to the finish line. Tune in as we explore the connection between the ground and the crops they produce on this episode o...

Dan Luepkes and Shelby Fite both take to the fields to see how the corn and bean crops are coming along, just after planting. They examine the conditions of the field, check the stand and dig some roots. They discuss populations based on row spacing and analyze how they can maintain yield in wh...

Russell Hedrick takes a deep dive under the surface with more soil tests. Cory Atley finishes planting and takes a look at some early planted fields.

Shelby checks on some corn plants in different soils types while Dan talks jar testing, checks on wheat, beans and unplugs a tile.

Russell Hedrick takes a look at open pollenated corn and more while Cory Atley gets a visit from one of his top nutrient providers and dusts the crop.

Dive deep into what it takes to grow soybeans with Russell Hedrick in this very educational episode.

It's management season and covering the crops from above is a crucial element to most operations. Cory Atley gets a visit from Gunther of AgXplore and Dan goes over his entire folliar lineup before David hits the fields with the New Holland sprayer.

Dan Luepkes is harvesting some early wheat and getting ready for some double crop corn and beans. Shelby gets a visit from Pivot Bio and they do a nitrogen performance index test.

Shelby Fite gets a visit from Gunther of AgXplore and they walk some bean and corn fields to check health of the crop before spraying. Dan walks double crop corn and talks about a relay cropping trial that he is trying out.

Cory gets a visit from Troy Putnam of Pioneer seed to talk a wide variety of hybrid trials being done at Atley Farms. Troy gives a talk about tar spot to a local field day. Russell walks some dried up corn and talks about the floods that hit hard this year. He also checks some early ears plus ...

Shelby and Ethan talk combine maintenance before harvest and head to the fields for some fall tiling with their new tile plow. Shelby also takes a look at some beans to see how they are coming along. Troy Putnam is talking tar spot and more at a field day with Cory Atley. We hear from a BASF r...

Cory Atley gets a visit from a new company with some yellow tillage equipment and gives a year end review of the crops from the combine. It has been quite a year.

Dan Luepkes is in the combine talking about what he is trying and learning this year. He has some great words of advice for those that listen. Dan also walks a bean field and talks more about his double cropped twin row and how it did so far this year.

Shelby Fite is giving a year end review from the bean fields. Ethan gives us an inside look and more intel on how things are going at the end of the year. He also gets a special visit from a the tire company CEAT and they talk about some SprayMax tires for his sprayer. Shelby gives more review...

Russell Hedrick bags some specialty corn for the distillery, talks about a hybrid nobody has every heard about, walks corn fields with a Pivot Bio rep, talks results with the BASF rep in the soybean fields and gives a year end review. It's a packed harvest episode, you will not want to miss.

Cory Atley gets real and raw in the Top Crop season 1 finale.