Farming isn’t always easy, but Ric Morren is grateful for the tough times... After all, learning to successfully navigate difficult situations is what forged him into the farmer he is today.Growing up on a crop and livestock farm with four siblings near Hospers, a town [...]
HOW CAN YOU TAKE THE EXACT SAME PRE-EMERGE HERBICIDE AND MAKE IT TWICE AS EFFECTIVE? I’ll answer that question and a host of others that we commonly receive. Q. HOW LONG CAN MY PRE-EMERGE HERBICIDE SIT ON [...]
WHETHER YOU PLANT YOUR SOYBEANS EARLY OR LATE, SOYBEAN SEED TREATMENTS ARE AN IMPORTANT WAY TO PROTECT YOUR SEED INVESTMENT, YOUR STAND, AND YOUR PROFITABILITY. Here are the answers to some of the most common questions we receive about soybean seed treatments. [...]
HERE'S HOW... WHEN WE APPLY ANY PRODUCT TO OUR FIELDS, OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO SEE POSITIVE RESULTS FROM THAT APPLICATION. Even more importantly, we want to receive a consistent return on these investments — a 3:1 ROI or better is ideal. Below [...]
ARE YOU PLANTING YOUR CORN WHEN IT’S TOO WARM? For years, you have been lied to! You don’t need 50-degree soil temps to plant corn, and the longer you wait to plant, the better chance you have for LOW yields. Plus, [...]
I’ve visited with many farmers this winter who have said they were going to CUT FERTILIZER EXPENSE ACROSS THE BOARD. I’ve visited with many farmers this winter who have said they were going to CUT FERTILIZER EXPENSE ACROSS THE BOARD. One example [...]
Dicamba use in 2026 will be considerably higher than last year for a couple ofBIG REASONS... The one everybody is talking about is that certain formulations of dicamba have been approved for over-the-top use in cotton and soybeans. The one everybody is talking about [...]
If my Grandpa Hefty were still alive, one of the changes in agriculture that might surprise him the most is HOW EARLY WE ARE PLANTING SOYBEANS! This spring, we would like to see soybeans up and out of the ground a week or [...]
CAN YOU ACTUALLY PLANT WHEN THE SOIL TEMP IS ONLY 40 DEGREES? YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN!! YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN!! This may seem crazy, but we’ve seen great success in temperatures colder than 40 degrees with our Hefty Brand 40 [...]
IF YOU WANT TO STOP BOTH WATERHEMP AND KOCHIA, SPRAYING A HERBICIDE ONE TIME SIMPLY WON’T CUT IT! WATERHEMP CAN PUT ON 1 MILLION SEEDS PER PLANT, AND KOCHIA IS SOMEWHERE AROUND 30,000 SEEDS PER PLANT. If you have a subpar [...]