Make Your Pre Amazing!
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 THE [...]
April 2026
February 2026
Our Preferred Full-Season Program for Spring Wheat
If you’re planting spring wheat this year, what’s your full-season management plan to help you reach your yield goals? Most of us, if we’re honest, have a general idea of what we’re going to do, including a bit of “winging it” depending on [...]
December 2025
Balancing the Fertility Budget With VRAFY
As margins continue to tighten on farms everywhere, it becomes increasingly important to find new ways to be efficient with every dollar. This is especially true with FERTILITY INPUTS, as crop nutrition is one of the biggest expenses you’ll have to budget for over the [...]
Is Your Herbicide Application Costing You Money?
This year on the Hefty Farm, we implemented new testing in what we call... “THE CRAZY TRIALS.” One area of research we explored was making post-emerge herbicide applications in corn. You might not think of this as ‘crazy,’ but in the sense of [...]
Did Your Soybean Weed Control Program Run Out of Gas Last Season?
HERE’S THE FIX. Weeds are one of the BIGGEST YIELD ROBBERS every year in soybeans, and it doesn’t take many of them to cause a big problem... Weeds are also prolific seed producers, and any weed escapes can add to the [...]
Second Chances
IN LIFE, THINGS JUST DON’T ALWAYS WORK OUT. UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES FARMING IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS… WHETHER IT’S AN UNFORTUNATE YEAR, HEALTH ISSUES, OR JUST A STREAK OF BAD LUCK, FARM LIFE IS ALSO BUSINESS LIFE, AND NOT EVERYONE IS DESTINED TO SUCCEED – [...]
Lower Upfront Crop Protection Prices
You’ve been asking for it... Now, you’ve got it! MOST REBATE PROGRAMS ARE GONE! Hooray! Along with that, many companies like Bayer have lowered prices... While I’ve heard a lot of talk about higher input costs over the last few months, that’s [...]
Are You Planting Corn When It’s Too Warm?
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, PLANTING CORN WHEN THE SOILS ARE TOO WARM CAN LEAD TO LOWER YIELDS AND A NUMBER OF AGRONOMIC PROBLEMS. We talk about planting 40 SERIES CORN early in cooler soils, and that makes some people nervous. Below contains some [...]
More Dicamba in Corn… & Possibly Soybeans
You had a weedy mess in your crops this past year. NOW WHAT? For most farmers I’ve talked to, the word DICAMBA has been used quite a bit. If you want the best success out of your dicamba without causing issues [...]
October 2025
Advancing Across Generations
Farming is a family business, and as time passes, EACH GENERATION MUST FACE ITS OWN CHALLENGES. Fortunately, as challenges present themselves, technology brings improvements and fresh eyes come up through the ranks to tackle challenges and implement change to bring further success. Brian and Sarah [...]