Ag PhD Full Episodes
The Drought Monitor, Pop-Up Fertilizer Advice, Burning Down Cover Crops | Ag PhD
29m
The Hefty brothers help you get tuned up for spring with: an excellent drought data source, a primer on feeding your seeds, and all about how to transition from cover to cash crops. Plus a foxy foe is this week's weed, and planter equipment tips in Iron Talk.
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