Crop Protection
Weeds choking out crops. Diseases devastating yields. Insects ravaging acres. Mother Nature doesn’t make it easy for farmers. Find out how to rid your fields of pests and preserve yield potential.
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Herbicide Vapor Pressure, Managing Lentils, Palisade Performance | Ag PhD
The Hefty brothers discuss vaporization/volatility, everything lentils, and raising a small crop on purpose. The Weed of the Week is whorled milkweed and there's an Iron Talk on sprayers.
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Herbicide Vapor Pressure | Ag PhD
There are 5 inputs that can either vaporize or volatilize. Brian and Darren talk about what you need to do when applying these products pre or post emerge.
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Western Whorled Milkweed | Ag PhD
Whorled milkweed is a tough perennial with rhizomes that kills pasture animals. Get it under control with Brian and Darren's prescription for eliminating this dangerous weed.
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Cold Soil Planting | Ag PhD
After a long snowy winter and spring, planting can be a challenge. Darren Hefty gives three tips for planting into cold soils.
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Managing Lentils | Ag PhD
Raising lentils can be tricky. Brian and Darren Hefty share their tricks to controlling weeds, insects, and disease in lentils.
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Xtreme Ag's Kelly Garrett Trials the Fendt Rogator 937H
Xtreme Ag includes the Fendt Rogator 937H in an application trial on Kelly Garrett's Iowa farm. Learn more about the precision and versatility of the Rogator AirMax boom system and how it performs on Kelly's farm.
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Fendt Rogator 937H Applicator Dry to Liquid System Instructions
Follow step-by-step instructions from Fendt's product specialist on how to convert the Fendt Rogator 937H from a dry to liquid applicator. With combo capabilities, flexible clearance and a flotation chassis, the Fendt Rogator applicator provides year-round utilization, from dry to liuqid from pre...
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April 14, 2023 | Market Journal
Watch the latest episode of Market Journal!
Topics:
- Ag policy in the 108th Nebraska Legislature
- Hog Markets | Lee Schulz
- Weekly Weather Forecast | Bill Boyer
- Annual Forages | Brad Schick
- CropTalk | Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds -
Fungicides and Plant Health, Our Corn Program, Maximize Your Spring Burndown
In this episode, the Hefty brothers explain some side benefits of fungicides, their program for raising corn, and how to get great weed control with a spring burndown.
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Kochia | Ag PhD
Kochia can be a challenging weed for many farmers. Brian and Darren offer some advice and herbicide options for controlling this weed.
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Maximize Your Spring Burndown | Ag PhD
Brian and Darren share some tips for a successful spring burndown program for your farm.
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Fungicides and Plant Health | Ag PhD
The Hefty brothers discuss benefits other than disease control that fungicides can provide to plants.
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Corn Rootworm Control | Ag PhD
Darren Hefty talks about the challenge of controlling corn rootworm, a damaging pest for corn farmers.
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Bacterial Diseases: Goss's Wilt and More | Ag PhD
There's a big difference between fungal and bacterial diseases. Brian and Darren tell you what to do if your farm has Goss's wilt or bacterial leaf streak.
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Spraying End Rows Earlier | Ag PhD
Cleaner fields, higher yields. Weeds and insect work from the outside in. The Hefty brothers focus first on field borders to limit escapes.
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Soil pH | Ag PhD
Whether you have a garden or 3500 acres, your pH needs to be right to sustain the billions of organisms living inside the soil.
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Weed Control in Lawns, Bacterial Diseases, Spraying End Rows Earlier | Ag PhD
Brian and Darren Hefty talk about Goss's wilt, putting a priority in field border control, and their grass tips for your yard. The weed is the tricky Yellow Nutsedge. Plus Darren examines strip till planting.
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Yellow Nutsedge | Ag PhD
Brian says he loves talking about this weird weed that is not a grass nor a broadleaf. The four things you need to stop this highly misidentified sedge.
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Fendt Rogator 937H Applicator Liquid to Dry System Instructions
Follow step-by-step instructions from Fendt's product specialist on how to convert the Fendt Rogator 937H from a liquid to dry applicator. With combo capabilities, flexible clearance and a flotation chassis, the Fendt Rogator applicator provides year-round utilization, from liquid or dry from pre...
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Weed Control in Ditches, Early Season Wheat Fungicides, Soybean Seed Treatment
Learn how farmers and landowners keep weeds out of ditches, what fungicides you could use early in your wheat crop, and what products you should apply to your soybean seed.
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Weed Control In Ditches | Ag PhD
Darren and Brian Hefty discuss how farmers and landowners keep their ditches weed-free.
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Early Season Wheat Fungicides | Ag PhD
The Hefty brothers discuss products you can apply at herbicide timing in your wheat crop.
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Soil-Applied Herbicides | Ag PhD
Darren Hefty explains why farmers try to control weeds before they even emerge from the soil.
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Blackseed Plantain | Ag PhD
Brian and Darren discuss control options to get blackseed plantain under control on the farm and in your lawn.