Agronomy
How do you achieve better plant health and higher yields? Agronomy is the science of soil management and crop production, and these videos feature a wide array of topics that help protect and improve crops all throughout the season. If you want to build better crops, this is the place to start.
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Understanding Mulder's Chart | Ag PhD
This chart shows the interactions between nutrients in plants and soils. Brian and Darren give you a tutorial on this yield-increasing tool.
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Weed Control in Oats | Ag PhD
Brian and Darren share all their favorite pre and post herbicides in oats. There are many choices, but which ones will give you the most oats in the fall?
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Neal Kinsey Seminar, Weed Control in Oats, Understanding Mulder's Chart | Ag PhD
The Hefty brothers talk about the upcoming Kinsey fertility & soil seminar being held on their farm. Plus they share their favorite oat herbicides, and how to use Mulder's Chart. The Weed of the Week is buckthorn, and Darren shows you the best way incorporate pre-emerge herbicides.
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2024 Neal Kinsey Soil and Fertility Seminar | Ag PhD
Renowned soils expert Neal Kinsey will give a three-day clinic at the Hefty Farm in Baltic, SD February 20-22, 2024.
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Buckthorn | Ag PhD
This invasive volunteer tree has poisonous berries and hosts soybean aphids. The Heftys tell us how to save our shelterbelts from one of the toughest weeds out there.
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Cover Crop Lifespan | Ag PhD
When should a cover crop be terminated? Darren Hefty helps you uncover the truth about these useful non-cash crops.
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From $300 and A Google Search to a Mushroom Entrepreneur | Damian Mason
Kyle Beaver is a self-admitted Jack-of-all-Trades who, at age 25, turned a Google search into a mushroom business. Six years later he’s refining Ten Mile Mushrooms and launched a subsidiary. The business still grows some fungus for consumption but has morphed into a supplier of ready-to-fruit sub...
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Nutrient Know-How: You Need to Treat Boron With Respect | XtremeAg
Boron is an often forgotten, but essential nutrient to drive the reproductive functions of a plant. In Episode 1 of the XtremeAg Show, Chad Henderson and Mike Evans talked about how they use Boron in their farming operations.
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Gatekeeping or Gate-Getting? Plus Sorghum Silage Footage | Buzzard's Beat
The Imiflex forage sorghum from Advanta Seeds is ready to be chopped and we got some great footage with a drone. Also, are you a gatekeeper to agriculture or a gate-getter?
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3" to 13" of Strategic Tillage with the Karat 10 Intensive Cultivator | LEMKEN
Low-draught and blockage-free for shallow and deep stubble cultivation.
The new Karat 10 three-beam cultivator reveals its efficient design even at first glance: The tines are now arranged symmetrically about the towing axle, making the machine extremely low-draught and ensuring intensive mixing ... -
2024 Ag PhD Soybean Workshop | Ag PhD
The Hefty brothers invite you to their free Soybean Agronomy Workshop near Baltic, SD on Thursday, February 8th, 2024.
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Soybean Gall Midge | Ag PhD
Their larvae are tiny, but their impact can be 100% yield loss. The Heftys give you the latest on this growing Midwestern problem, and tips for fighting back.
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Ag PhD Soybean Workshop, Soybean Gall Midge, Elemental S Can Lower pH | Ag PhD
Brian and Darren Hefty share their advice on soybeans in a free seminar you are invited to. Plus they have specific tips on gall midge larvae and pure sulfur use. This episode's Weed is annual bluegrass, with an Iron Talk on dry insecticide.
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Elemental Sulfur Can Lower pH | Ag PhD
Why pay more for sulfur in its pure state? Brian and Darren say elemental S can help your soil and crop in ways nothing else can.
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Annual Bluegrass | Ag PhD
Bluegrass is great on your radio, but not in your wheat! The brothers Hefty give you the right instrument to stop annual bluegrass in your corn, soybeans, and small grains.
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How Many Ears? | Ag PhD
Do cornstalks only have one ear of corn? Darren Hefty gives you an earful of corn math in today's Ag Minute.
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Bio-Nutrients to Reduce Fungicide, Insecticide & Synthetic Fertilizer | Damian
Blake Matthews returned to the Idaho family farming operation twenty years ago. Upon his return, he began experimenting with a new array of products and practices, including bio-nutrients. First, he used bio-nutrients to help his sugar beets bounce back after applying glyphosate. He moved on to p...
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Farming in 2 Hemispheres | Damian Mason
22 years ago, immediately after graduating from college AND getting married, John Carroll and his new bride flew to Brazil to start farming. John’s family, with a farming operation in west central Illinois, had just purchased farm land in a newly developed Ag area of Brazil. Today John and his fa...
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Saline Soil Solutions | Ag PhD
If you have a salty field, Brian and Darren say that you can fix it. They tell you the three things to do to get that excess salt out of your soil.
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Drought Aftermath | Ag PhD
2023 was a dry year. Now what? Darren Hefty offers advice on how to prepare the soil and fertility after a season of drought.
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Germination Seed Tests, Saline Soil Solutions, Picking Up New Ground | Ag PhD
In this episode the Hefty brothers talk about the temperatures seeds sprout, a three-tiered plan to stop salty soils, and what's the priority on a brand new field. The Weed of the Week is waterpod, plus Darren explains CTIS in Iron Talk.
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Waterpod | Ag PhD
It's a small annual weed that thrives in wet conditions. The Heftys offer a non-chemical approach and a more traditional way to stop waterpod in corn, soybeans, and wheat.
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Germination Seed Tests | Ag PhD
Seed companies provide results for how many plants grow out of a hundred. This is done at a warm temperature, but what about planting in cooler temps?
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Picking Up New Ground | Ag PhD
Congratulations you bought or rented a new field. Brian and Darren talk about the five things they would immediately do to that ground.