How early should you plant? Do you check soil moisture, the temperature, or a calendar? The Heftys tell you exactly what they do.

Brian and Darren untangle the types of roots competing with crops. They explain why the quality of the water in your spray tank matters, and how to know the right time to plant. Windgrass is this week's weed, and Iron Talk introduces a new planter innovation.

Indiana appears poised to become the twenty-fifth state to restrict — or outright ban — ownership of Agricultural real estate by foreign entities. Many people — from both within and outside of Ag — have been calling for such legislation. Currently, twenty four states have similar laws on the book...

The IC-Weeder relies on 3 LEMKEN developed cameras for the single plant recognition under LED lights. A compressor provides the pneumatic pressure to move sickle-shaped knifes actively intra-row mechanically killing everything except the crop. The inter-and intra-row tools are mounted on an para...

Multiple Elements and Tillage Tools makes the EC-Weeder a fully customizable mechanical weeder. With the optional IC-Light system this machine has been designed to mechanically kill weeds within 0.75" of the crop at close to 10 mph. An optional sprayer system can be added to complete multiple t...

An in depth look at the best ways to use Enlist herbicides in the E3 system.

Learn about products you could use to control prickly sida in corn, soybeans, and wheat.

Brian and Darren discuss mites and insects, and how growers use different products to control them. They also talk about getting great weed control and fertility when establishing alfalfa in the spring, and what products you could use in your XtendFlex soybean fields.

Darren and Brian discuss how to get great weed control and fertility when seeding alfalfa this spring.

Learn about the challenges growers face when controlling insects and mites in crop fields.

Brian and Darren offer some advice on getting great weed control in your XtendFlex soybean fields whether you use dicamba or not.

This perennial can take over pastures and shelterbelts. Brian and Darren have the solution to meadow anemone in today's Weed of the Week.

Getting a great stand takes more than having your planter indicators all at the same number. Brian and Darren have some good ideas to help you stop uneven planting before the seed sees the soil.

The Heftys explain the three factors leading to disease in plants, and how this knowledge can help you have a healthier harvest.

This episode covers the three conditions needed for diseased crops, how to get consistent seed depth before and during planting, and what to watch out for when applying late manure. The Weed of the Week is the tough meadow anemone. And Darren goes over cultivator maintenance in Iron Talk.

A brief overview of the main benefits of Tolvera herbicide. Discussion about weed control in cereals crops.

If you have cover crops, knowing the best time and method to terminate them is crucial. Darren and Brian offer some tips.

Learn how to control bristly foxtail with pre-emerge and post-emerge herbicides in corn, soybeans, and wheat.

We all know drain tile can help your soil maintain the right moisture level, but Darren Hefty tells us it can also help your IDC, alkali, and high pH areas, too.

Brian and Darren share their total weed control program for Enlist soybeans: all the products, all the weeds, all through the season.

Sclerotinia white mold is the worst disease possible in your soybeans and other crops. Brian and Darren count down the top 10 ways for you to break this mold.

Purslane is a common weed that spreads easily in fields and gardens. The Hefty brothers break down all the ways to kill this annoying annual.

Welcome to the Soybean Episode. Brian and Darren tell you 10 steps to white mold prevention. They give you the total weed control program for Enlist soybeans. Plus they talk no-till and strip-till, purslane weed control, and using drain tile for more than water issues.

Find out whether you should use an HPPD herbicide in your corn crop, and how to decide if you should apply it pre- or post-emerge.