Seed
Successful results at harvest start with the seeds that get put in the ground. Watch here for everything about seed. From hybrid and variety selection to seed treatments and genetics, AcresTV is your seed central.
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Row Spacings, Fungicides at Planting in Corn & Jump Start Your Pasture | Ag PhD
Brian and Darren Hefty discuss setting wide or narrow row crops, how putting a fungicide in-furrow can improve yield, and the best way to get your pasture thick and lush. Plus they give advice on spotted spurge weeds and planter opening discs.
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Row Spacings | Ag PhD
Some fields have wide rows and others are narrow. Brian and Darren Hefty talk about the reasons behind the variety of row spacings.
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Fungicides at Planting in Corn | Ag PhD
Putting fungicides in-furrow is a relatively new trend in farming. Brian and Darren tell you exactly how to do it and the new benefits it can bring to your crop.
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Replaceable Planter Parts | Ag PhD
You should change planter opening discs when they become worn, even in the middle of the planting season says Darren.
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Seeding Depth | Ag PhD
Darren and Brian talk about planting depth for corn, soybeans, and wheat, and what factors may cause you to adjust your depth.
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Fences, Seeding Depth & Three Pre Program in Soybeans | Ag PhD
Brian and Darren discuss fences around fields, what depth to plant your corn, soybeans and wheat, and what products to apply pre-emerge in soybeans.
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Early Pre-Emerge Spraying, Nutrient Stratification & Tillering in Crops | Ag PhD
In this episode, Brian and Darren Hefty talk about suckers in wheat and corn, the earliest you can spray before you plant, and where the fertility should be in the different layers of soil. Volunteer corn is the Weed of the Week. And Darren discusses field cultivators in the Iron Talk segment.
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Field Cultivator Depth | Ag PhD
Your spring tillage is so important in getting your seed off to a good start. Darren Hefty talks field cultivator tricks in this Iron Talk.
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Tillering in Crops | Ag PhD
Are suckers good or bad? Brian and Darren say tillering in grass crops is not necessarily a negative and may actually improve your yield.
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Seed Bed Preparation | Ag PhD
It takes the perfect seed bed to get the perfect crop. Today Darren talks about tillage and soil conditions to get the seed off to a good start.
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Frost Heaves in the Road, Molybdenum Matters, Planting Population | Ag PhD
Brian and Darren Hefty talk about how to stop winter damage on your roads, how much molybdenum your crops need, and exactly how thick or thin you should plant your corn and soybeans. Tough puncturevine is the Weed of the Week and the Germinator Closing Wheel is discussed in this week's Iron Talk.
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Planting Population | Ag PhD
What's the ideal planting population for corn and soybeans? Brian and Darren give you the equations and ideas so you don't plant too thick or too thin.
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Early Corn Planting | Ag PhD
How early is too early to plant? Darren Hefty talks about the many factors that need to be considered before you put the seed in the soil.
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Planting Innovations | Ag PhD
What does it take to get your crop up and out of the ground faster than ever? Brian and Darren talk about their experiences with the Germinator Closing Wheel.
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Surface vs. Sub-Surface Drainage, Silica, Dry Beans Management | Ag PhD
Brian and Darren Hefty discuss tiling and ditching, their trials with silica, and weed control and more in dry beans. The Weed of the Week is crabgrass. Plus we talk about how drought can actually help you prepare variable rate planting maps.
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Determining Variable Rate Population | Ag PhD
Use your drought yield map to help you better set up up variable planting populations. Darren gives you the formulas to help get the most out of your planted seeds.
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Nutrient Movement, Saline Soil Solution & Continuous Corn Considerations| Ag PhD
Brian & Darren talk about the mobility of nutrients within your crop, fixing salty soils, and corn on corn management. The Weed of The Week is the awful musk thistle. Plus the Iron Talk concerns how to apply dry seed treatments correctly on your planter.
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Static Electricity in Dry Seed Treatments | Ag PhD
There is a wrong way, a right way, and an even better way to put inoculants & biologicals on your seed in the planter. Darren Hefty explains physics in this Iron Talk.
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Continuous Corn Considerations | Ag PhD
Corn on corn has to be handled much differently than when rotating. You need to take a different approach to fertility, insect, disease and residue management.
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Refuge Corn Hybrids | Ag PhD
Darren Hefty talks about why farmers almost always have different types of corn plants in one field.
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Producing More With Less Seed | Ag PhD
Darren Hefty talks about getting higher yields by planting fewer seeds.
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Warm vs Cold Germination Tests, Checking Grain Bins, Copper Talk | Ag PhD
How do you know if: your seed will start right this spring, your stored grain will survive the winter, and your soil has enough copper in it? Brian and Darren Hefty answer these questions and talk swamp smartweed and soybean herbicide placement in this episode.
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Warm vs Cold Germination Tests | Ag PhD
How well will your seeds sprout in cold soils next spring? Brian & Darren explain the variety of germination trials performed by seed companies to help you select the best for your part of the world.
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Dry Seed Treatments | Ag PhD
Darren offers tips on getting the most out of your dry planter box seed treatments.