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Burning Crop Residue, Corn & Soybean Planting Depth, Better Burndowns | Ag PhD
29m
The Hefty brothers cover deep questions and burning issues this week: residue management, getting seeds to their sweet spot, and hot tips on spring cleaning your field. The weed is the awful absinth wormwood, and Darren introduces an innovation that pulls double duty.
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Soil Variability, Soybean Weed Contro...
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The 2026 Ag PhD Field Day, Spring Str...
The Heftys invite you to their farm this July; say it's better late than never on strip-tilling; and show why seeds are coated with so much. Broadleaf signalgrass is the Weed of the Week, and Darren spills the beans on tillage and The Three Pre's in Iron Talk.
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Crop Row Spacings, Wheat Pre-Emerge H...
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.
