Brian and Darren Hefty explain how farmers avoid overlap when applying herbicides or planting seed.

How well will your seeds sprout in cold soils next spring? Brian & Darren explain the variety of germination trials performed by seed companies to help you select the best for your part of the world.

Darren and Brian discuss the challenges of storing herbicides and fertilizers over the winter.

Know your herbicide - some kill the roots while some stop the above-ground parts of the plant. You need to understand what your products are targeting to get the best results.

Learn about two different ways that herbicides can kill weeds.

Brian and Darren tell us how to get more yield and a better Earth by keeping an eye on the C.

Darren and Brian explain why fighting weeds can sometimes be a never-ending battle.

What happens if your top growing point is lost? Brian and Darren Hefty explain what agronomists call apical dominance in today's Farm Basics.

The Hefty brothers talk about reading safety data sheets and wearing personal protective equipment when using things like pesticides and household cleaners.

Ideas on how to start and maintain rows of trees around your farm. Brian and Darren share products and techniques to kill the weeds not the trees.

Brian and Darren discuss the safety and risks of pesticides and other everyday things by understanding LD50 ratings.

In the past, trash was buried in farmyards. These days we need to be better stewards of the Earth.

Brian and Darren talk about how to stay safe when sharing the road with farm equipment.

Night-farming happens each fall as producers fight the impending weather to get their crops in. Brian and Darren share their concerns with after-hours farm work.

Brian and Darren explain how farmers keep grain from spoiling when storing it in grain bins long term.

To bale or not too bale, that is the question. Brian & Darren say both choices can add value to your farm.

The Hefty brothers talk about how farmers deal with various grain moisture percentages when harvesting and storing crops.

Reaping the whole corn plant vs. only the grain makes for two different ways to manage your harvest. Brian & Darren Hefty talk about silage in today's Farm Basics

Learn why farmers sometimes order next year's seed so early.

The final of the 4 root systems in corn are brace roots. Brian & Darren tell us the different reasons why and where exactly they appear, if at all.

Brian and Darren separate fact from fiction when it comes to pesticides and biotechnology.

There are so many varieties of bugs out there - some crawl, some fly, some eat leaves, some eat stems. And some will do it all, depending on what stage of their life they're in, Brian and Darren examine insects in today's Farm Basics.

Brian and Darren explain what the "green bridge" is and why farmers want to eliminate it.

We invite to come to Baltic, SD on Thursday 28th July 2022 for the free farm festivities on the Hefty fields.