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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Darren Hefty talks about why farmers almost always have different types of corn plants in one field.

Darren Hefty talks about getting higher yields by planting fewer seeds.

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.

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.

Darren offers tips on getting the most out of your dry planter box seed treatments.

Brian and Darren discuss the continuous fight against weeds, how to fix soils that have too much sodium, and how to decide if you should increase or decrease planting populations in corn, soybeans, and wheat.

Brian and Darren discuss planting different populations across your corn, soybean, and wheat fields

Ken Wall left his post as an attorney and moved his two sons back to the Ontario specialty crop farm he was raised on in the 1990s. Since then he’s expanded the enterprise, gotten in the seed business, built a food processing facility, and created a niche manufacturing company. He explains the bu...

The Hefty brothers help you decide if you should cut your planting population when seed corn prices are higher.

Brian & Darren Hefty discuss what is best to do with your corn residue, if it's better to harvest soybeans too wet or too dry, and if grids or zones are better for soil sampling maps. Plus there's cone bottom bins and dandelions in today's show.

Darren says a sturdy new cone bottom vertical grain bin can be expensive, but can also be a big money-maker on your farm.

Learn how and why farmers dry grain, what to apply to your winter wheat seed, and how to ensure a successful soil sampling program.

Learn what products you should use in your winter wheat seed treatment this fall.

Learn why farmers sometimes order next year's seed so early.

Performance is why Ryan Vaksdal has been a die-hard loyalist of his favorite brand of golf balls over the years. It’s also why he wasn’t a die-hard fan of his old weed control system. See why he switched to the Enlist® weed control system.

Darren Hefty talks about the challenge of seeding cover crop blend.

Find out why you may or may not want to use a full seed treatment package when planting soybeans later in the season.

Darren talks birds in your fields. He has a non-harmful way to keep the pheasants from stealing your just planted seeds.