Crop Protection

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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Crop Protection
  • Yield Map Uses, Copper, Prepaying Crop Inputs | Ag PhD

    The Hefty brothers discuss what a farmer can wield with a good yield map, the best practices with the micronutrient copper, and the process for buying supplies overwinter. Plus the Weed of the Week is prostrate vervain, and an Iron Talk on reasons and solutions for fallen corn.

  • Corn Lodging and Ear Drop | Ag PhD

    Dodge the lodge, and stop the drop. From disease to drought, Darren talks you through how to get your crops standing better next season.

  • Enversa Herbicide Introduction | Corteva

    What is Enversa Herbicide? Why is it important? Learn about the basics of Enversa Herbicide and its fit into the E3 system.

  • Eminent Domain, Green Policy, Electric Grid Expansion & Your Farm | Damian Mason

    Calvin Koeller's Illinois farm operation is about to lose a couple miles worth of farm land to an electrical grid expansion. This new electric line project was defeated a few years ago but, with support from the Inflation Reduction Act — and some Illinois politics — the Grainbelt Express Electric...

  • Dog Fennel | Ag PhD

    Find out how to get dog fennel under control in winter wheat and other crops.

  • Manage Zinc in Your Crop | Ag PhD

    Brian and Darren Hefty tell you how much, how often, and where to apply zinc in your fields.

  • Herbicide Carryover and Your Rotation | Ag PhD

    If you used Stinger, Flexstar, Pursuit, atrazine, and/or HPPDs this year, the Hefty brothers say you need to be careful about what you plant in that field next year. It's not too late to skip the rotation and keep the crop the same.

  • Buckbrush | Ag PhD

    Buckbrush is a perennial forb that can prevent 80% of grass growth in pastures. The Heftys talk about the many new products that can help you eliminate this large weed.

  • Ground Freezing, Herbicide Carryover and Your Rotation, Manage Zinc | Ag PhD

    Is it better to farm in places with cold or milder winters? Will the herbicide you applied this year hurt the new crop you plant in a few months? And what's the purpose of zinc? The Hefty brothers answer all of this and more, plus they talk buckbrush control and combine winter maintenance.

  • Ground Freezing: Pros and Cons | Ag PhD

    How can a hard winter actually help your crops? The Hefty brothers lay down some cold hard facts about Brian's least favorite season.

  • Crop Residue, Biological Nitrogen Replacement Products, Boron | Ag PhD

    Find out how farmers can speed up the breakdown of crop residue, biological products you could use to get nitrogen into your crops, and what you should know about testing for and applying boron.

  • Curly Dock | Ag PhD

    Find out how to get rid of this perennial noxious weed.

  • 3RIVE 3D Application System | Ag PhD

    If you've been looking for a way to apply insecticide or even fungicide at planting time, the 3RIVE 3D system from FMC could be ideal for you.

  • Enlist Corn RNAi Technology | Corteva

    Corteva Enlist corn brings a brand-new mode of action to control corn rootworm larvae in your corn while also stacking multiple new modes of action for herbicide tolerance. Find out about the strongest option to control weeds in corn and stop corn rootworm issues.

  • Increase Soybean Seeding Rate | Ag PhD

    Planting more soybeans in your field, does a lot more than increase your yield. Brian and Darren discuss the benefits of adding a few more seeds to your planter next spring.

  • Price Protection, Soybean Seeding Rate, Fixing Phosphorus Fertility | Ag PhD

    The Hefty brothers talk about saving you money at the register, planting more soybean seeds per acre, and the tricks to getting the most out of your phosphorus. Also, the Weed of the Week is perennial sow thistle, and the hot topic in Iron Talk is engine coolants.

  • Fixing Phosphorus Fertility | Ag PhD

    Phosphorus can be a complicated primary nutrient to test for and balance. Don't fear, Brian and Darren clear up the confusion for you, and help you get your amounts just right.

  • Perennial Sow Thistle | Ag PhD

    This tough weed may look like dandelion, but it's twice as hard to control. The Heftys tell us their favorite product that'll knock out this pasture invader.

  • Absinth Wormwood | Ag PhD

    Learn how to control absinth wormwood, which is a tough perennial weed.

  • Fallen Late-Season Corn | Ag PhD

    Darren Hefty talks tipsy harvest corn in today's Ag Minute.

  • Catching Snow, Base Saturation: Calcium, Strip-Till in Heavy Residue | Ag PhD

    In this episode, Brian and Darren Hefty talk about: how to make all that winter precipitation work for you in the spring, how much Ca you need in your soil, and how to strip-till in a field thick with stalks and leaves. The Weed is roughstalk bluegrass, and protecting your bulk chemicals is the I...

  • How to Strip-Till in Heavy Residue | Ag PhD

    Is a field ever too full of stalks and leaves to properly strip-till? The Hefty brothers say no. They share their advice from 20 years of planting in the black line.

  • Roughstalk Bluegrass | Ag PhD

    It can be difficult to keep grass weeds out of your wheat. The Heftys tell you exactly what to use to control this perennial with stolons out of your fields.

  • Marshelder | Ag PhD

    Learn how to identify marshelder and how to control it in corn, soybeans, and especially sunflowers.