Equipment & Tools

Equipment & Tools

From the biggest combines to the smallest wrenches and parts, agriculture is full of specialized gear needed to keep everything rolling. And farmers have to know it all. Learn more here about the right tools for every job on the farm.

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  • Agricultural Selling & Understanding the Buyer’s Mind | Damian Mason

    If you’re in business, at some level, you’re in sales. So, how exactly would you rate your sales game? Do you ask the right questions? Is your product knowledge keeping up? Do you understand the needs and problems of the customers you seek to serve? St. John (“Sinjin”) Craner, a sales and marketi...

  • 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.

  • XtremeAg Trials the Fendt 936 Vario

    Watch the full video to see what XtremeAg's Matt Miles says about the performance of the CVT transmission and the efficiencies of the Fendt 936 Vario tractor.

  • XtremeAg's Planter Showdown: The Results | Fendt

    The results are in from a recent XtremeAg planter trial and the winner is the Fendt Momentum planter by seven bushels per acre! Kelly Garrett was skeptical at first, but now admits, “Momentum is a very impressive planter.”

  • 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.

  • Engine Coolant Upkeep | Ag PhD

    In this week's Iron Talk, the hot topic is engine coolants. Darren Hefty explains how to prep and winterize your equipment, and talks you through how to change engine coolant.

  • A First-Generation Farmer Finds the Right Fit With Fendt

    A Fendt 516 Vario tractor helps a first-generation farmer become more sustainable and profitable.

  • Steel Grain Trailers | Ag PhD

    Darren explains the benefits of upgrading to a durable steel grain trailer.

  • 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...

  • Chemical Tanks, Pumps, and Seals | Ag PhD

    Darren has advice for those who bulk buy crop protection products.

  • Tillage Prescription Technology | Ag PhD

    Darren Hefty explains how to get great results from your tillage by using Soil Command from Case IH.

  • Grain Cart Innovations | Ag PhD

    Today's grain cart has come a long way from grandpa's. Darren shows the latest Demcos he uses on the Hefty farm.

  • Fix Compaction on Your Farm | Ag PhD

    Brian and Darren help you to identify and repair the compacted parts of your fields, and tell you how to prevent this pressing problem in the future.

  • Surface vs Subsurface Drainage, Fix Compaction, Base Sat: Potassium | Ag PhD

    The Hefty brothers talk about how water's always flowing on or below your soil, how to handle compacted soil, and how to determine the right amount of K to have in your soil. The Weed of the Week is the evasive Russian knapweed, and Darren talks Demco grain carts.

  • Lime Application | Ag PhD

    Darren Hefty talks about testing your soil pH and applying lime where needed.

  • Fall Drain Tile Installation | Ag PhD

    It's an uphill battle to get a good subsurface drainage system on your farm. Before you start digging, Brian and Darren answer your questions on size, spacings, slopes, soil, and more.

  • Burning Ditches & Residue, Cation Exchange Capacity, Tile Installation | Ag PhD

    The Hefty brothers discuss why a farmer would burn in and around their fields, measuring how 'heavy' soil is, and they share their tricks about putting in drainage tile. The Weed of the Week is broadleaf signalgrass, and Iron Talk is all about VRAFY.

  • Machinery Market: Trends, Technology & Tomorrow | Damian Mason

    Used machinery markets are heating up earlier than normal. Is this because farmers in need of equipment recall getting shut out during the supply chain disruptions of Covid or is there a used equipment shortage? What are interest rates — more than double what they were just a year or so ago— doin...

  • Look, Ma! I'm Spraying (and the COWS Act)! | Buzzard's Beat

    Join me in the tractor as I navigate spraying pasture solo and we discuss a new proposed legislation to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in the next Farm Bill.

  • Round Baler Technology | Successful Farming

    On this episode of Successful Farming, Jessie Scott talks with industry experts to learn about round baler innovations. Dave Mowitz heads to an auction to check out an Oliver 2150 muscle tractor. Then we head to a Nebraska farm to see a farmer-built rear skid loader 3-point attachment. Finally, D...

  • Deep Tillage | Ag PhD

    Darren Hefty explains why farmers sometimes till a little deeper in their fields.

  • Smart Grain Bins | Successful Farming

    On this episode of Successful Farming, Laurie Bedord visits a farmer who is outfitting his bins with technology to better monitor the grain. Dave Mowitz heads to an auction to see what seed tenders are selling for. We feature an innovative farmer-built grain cart camera. Then Dave heads to Utah t...

  • The Costs of Corn Shatter Loss | Ag PhD

    Leave no kernel behind! Shatter loss affects your bottom line and next year's crop. Darren Hefty helps you get it all in the combine this year.

  • Discolored Soybeans, How to Fix High Soil pH, Fall Herbicide Spraying | Ag PhD

    What if your soybeans turn out purple, or your soil pH is 8, or you have a lot of perennial weeds after harvest? The Hefty brothers have these answers, and also talk prostrate pigweed, and corn shatter loss in this episode.