Success is agriculture reinvented.
It’s progressive and forward-thinking.
It’s Hefty Naturals.
Productive farming and progressive thinking go hand-in-hand. Each Hefty Naturals Product is formulated to address the problems growers face on the farm every day in the pursuit of healthier crops and higher yields. That’s why year after year, we’re vetting new ideas to keep our product selection fresh, innovative, and profitable.
NATURALS BELONG IN YOUR
CROP STRATEGY
So much more than biologicals!
You’re not alone.
Products for everyone.
Hefty Naturals encompasses a portfolio of proven agronomic solutions. It’s more than biologicals and more than just soil additives. This complete product lineup provides naturally derived amino acids, growth hormones, organic acids, and biologicals when your crop craves them the most. Combine that with specially formulated water conditioning agents, and you’ve just created a complete application strategy designed to improve crop performance and build lasting soil health. It’s outside-of-the-box thinking for progressing our next decade of crop yield growth.
Each Hefty Naturals product is backed by a team of product experts, agronomists, researchers, and on-farm grower trials. For years, we’ve worked closely with multiple product formulation companies who help us bring quality options to market. We also conduct farm trials and communicate with trusted growers who test, observe, and document product performance in real situations so you have all the information you need to make a calculated investment.
Unlike many crop inputs that are intended to work for specific crops and those specific crops only, Naturals are designed to support overall soil health and plant physiology. Meaning it’s more than corn and soybeans. Every product supported by Hefty Naturals has a place in multiple crop systems. Whether you’re applying in-furrow or foliar, growing corn, sugar beets, or small grains, these products are natural to the plant, natural to the environment, and to your bottom line.
OUR PRODUCTS
THE BUILDING BLOCKS HEFTY COMPLETE SEED TREATMENT IN ONE SIMPLE APPLICATION.
Nutri-Shield contains two of the most foundational products in the Hefty Naturals portfolio: Nutri-Cycle and Heat Shield. If you’re using Hefty Complete, you’re already getting the benefits of these products on every acre! Nutri-Shield takes the same proven microbe package from Nutri-Cycle and Heat Shield and combines it with 100% organic talc to create an easy planter box additive. Nutri-Cycle is known for enhancing nutrient uptake and promoting faster emergence, and Heat Shield is designed for increasing your crop’s stress tolerance. Combining both of these products in Nutri-Shield provides many of the same great benefits of Hefty Complete Seed Treatment.
THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF HEFTY COMPLETE SEED TREATMENT IN ONE SIMPLE APPLICATION BUILT FOR CEREAL GRAIN CROPS!
Cereal NS contains Nutri-Cycle and Heat Shield in talc form specifically designed for small grain crops. Its higher load of talc ensures proper coverage on small grain crops and provides the same benefits growers have come to love from Nutri-Shield. This combination of products gives you the opportunity to see the benefits of biology on your crops, mixed easily right with the seed in an air drill or planter box.
A PLANTER BOX PRODUCT COMBINING NUTRICHARGE, MICROALGAE, AND MICRONUTRIENTS INTO ONE PRODUCT THAT CAN BE APPLIED RIGHT TO THE SEED.
A planter box product combining NutriCharge, microalgae, and micronutrients into one product that can be applied right to the seed. For growers that don’t have in-furrow capabilities, NutriCharge PowerPlant is perfect, adding multiple products right to the seed box. NutriCharge’s technology can protect and release unavailable phosphorus from your soil, making it more readily available for planted crops when they need it most. This is a non-living planter box product, so no concerns about keeping this product alive. The microalgae in the container act as a food source for the native biology in the soil.
PATENTED LIQUID THAT HELPS DELIVER THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PHOSPHORUS TO THE PLANT OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD.
NutriCharge® is a polymer technology that is mixed with in-furrow, side-dress, or Y-Drop applications. This proprietary technology has an affinity for calcium and magnesium in your soils. When it binds to calcium and magnesium, NutriCharge allows the release of critically needed phosphorus to your plants throughout the season. NutriCharge has been proven to protect phosphorus in a mix, as well as release phosphorus from the soil within the root zone.
PLANT GROWTH HORMONE PACKAGE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR REPRODUCTIVE TIMINGS.
Amass is a fortified cytokinin designed to increase pollination and support photosynthesis during fruit or grain fill. This unique combination produces more flowering/fruiting sites and, more importantly, increases the plant’s net capture of solar energy to help drive sugar production. Applied pre-tassel in corn or at R1 in soybeans, Amass can be mixed with herbicides or fungicide applications.
SPECIALITY FORMULATION FOR ABIOTIC STRESS EVENTS.
ClimateKing is the first product of its kind registered with the EPA for abiotic losses. What are abiotic losses? Think heat, cold, and drought stress. The active ingredients in ClimateKing are salicylic acid and choline chloride. Salicylic acid triggers the defense mechanisms in the plant to help prime the plant for when stress occurs. The plants treated with ClimateKing are better prepared to handle the abiotic losses that occur during changing weather conditions. This product can be applied foliar and mixed with herbicides and fungicides.
PATENTED GLYPHOSATE SAFENER.
MegaGro™ L is designed as a specialty foliar and in-furrow PGR biostimulant that helps to increase plant metabolism and develop root structure and root hairs. With a patented, ideal ratio of the phytohormones IBA and kinetin, MegaGro™ L helps establish a strong foundation and extended vigor for continued success through harvest. MegaGro™ L can be added to any herbicide pass in a wide array of crops.
THE NEXT GENERATION OF FERTILIZER CATALYST FOR ALL LIQUID FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS.
NuTex EDA™ is an essential chelated zinc product applied foliar or in-furrow that is designed to enhance both root growth and other functions of the plant. Since it increases the plant’s intake efficiency of N, P, K, and other micronutrients, NuTex EDA™ is best used as a supplement for chosen fertility programs. It can also create better chlorophyll density, perform with low doses, and mixes well with all pH fertilizers.
AMPLIFY CROP YIELDS AND QUALIFY — FROM THE GROUND UP.
Reverb™ is a next-generation micronutrient-based fertilizer catalyst for soil-applied fertilizers and stalk decomposition. When applied with starter fertilizers and in-season nitrogen applications, Reverb™ enhances the uptake and utilization of applied nutrients. When applied in conjunction with liquid nitrogen, Reverb™ works synergistically with soil microbes to break down crop residue and debris, providing more soil nutrients for next year’s crop.
EXTRACATE™ WORKS WITH YOUR LIQUID STARTER FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS, OR BY ITSELF, TO HELP UNLOCK SOIL NUTRIENTS THAT WILL BENEFIT YOUR CROPS.
It works especially well in making calcium more available to plant roots by solubilizing soil calcium (CaCO3) and other nutrients tied up in the soil. ExtraCate™ is formulated with a naturally derived organic acid complex that provides a one-two punch to soil nutrition. ExtraCate™ supports the solubility, availability, and uptake of a broad range of nutrients across all types of soil. Formulated with a safe-to-use acidic pH solution, ExtraCate™ may help with tankmix compatibilities in some situations.
A PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY FROM AGROLIQUID COMBINED WITH THE KEY NUTRIENTS OF COPPER, IRON, MANGANESE, AND ZINC.
A proprietary technology from AgroLiquid that is combined with key nutrients of copper, iron, manganese, and zinc. These are key micronutrients your crops need in vegetative and reproductive stages. A low use rate formulated product, this can be mixed with any additional micronutrients or fungicides for post-applied treatments. The proprietary technology helps get more micronutrients into the plant through the leaf tissues to where the plant is calling for nutrients most – in new growth and reproductive areas.
BOOST 10™ WORKS IN THREE WAYS TO IMPROVE PLANT HEALTH AND BRIDGE THE CAP BETWEEN INORGANIC FERTILIZERS AND THE PROTEINS PLANTS CREATE.
Made of more than 30 organic and amino acids, Boost 10™ promotes photosynthesis, generates more plant energy, and increases the uptake and organic conversion of nutrients within the plant. Boost 10™ applications can also improve the plant’s metabolism, allowing it to better adapt to environmental stresses like heat and drought. The influence Boost 10™ has internally on your crop often results in larger leaf size, stronger stands, increased seedling vigor, and impressive root development.
A NITROGEN-FIXING SOYBEAN INOCULANT.
ROOTastic inoculant boosts your soybean yields by enhancing nitrogen uptake, even where soybeans are often planted. The active ingredient in ROOTastic is a naturally occurring bacterium that grows on plant roots, forming root nodules that help plants convert nitrogen from the air into forms the plant can use.
THE BIOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF CROP PROTECTION.
26 proven microbials means 26 ways to increase yield, including improved nutrient uptake and faster emergence. Nutri-Cycle has proven to be a foundational product in the Hefty Naturals product line. This unique combination of microorganisms is made up of 26 active, beneficial strains of bacteria and fungi specifically designed to increase yield by improving nutrient uptake and promoting faster emergence.
IMPROVES CROP PERFORMANCE AND YIELD UNDER ALL TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.
Heat Shield is designed to increase your crop’s tolerance to extreme field situations like salt, drought, cold, and heat. The biggest impact will come from Heat Shield when it’s included with a seed treatment or applied in-furrow. This is because Heat Shield is made of beneficial fungi that live and work inside the plant to increase its ability to withstand difficult growing environments.
There are six strains of Trichoderma harzianum fungi that make up Heat Shield, giving it efficacy in a variety of extreme conditions. Heat Shield is a critical component of Hefty Complete Seed Treatments and has shown additional benefits when used with other biological products that promote plant health and increased nutrient efficiency.
BIOLOGICAL SOLUTION FOR LIQUID MANURE MANAGEMENT.
N-tercept is composed of a liquid base with biological components. The liquid base is the energy source keeping the biologicals alive and provides them with the energy they need to work through the pile. This base increases and sustains the biological counts, while most products boost levels before plummeting. This base also has a natural tendency to stabilize ammonia.
The biological parts of N-tercept contain bacteria to liquefy the solids. Unique to N-tercept are bacteria specific to DDGs (dry distilled grains). Additional organic decomposers will break down lignin and cellulose, while other biologicals in the formulation protect enzymes.
RESIDUE BREAKDOWN DURING DECOMPOSITION.
Combines key bacteria, fungi, and enzymes needed to break down crop residues and help cycle nutrients in the soil through organic matter. D-Comp Dry is highly active from the moment it is applied. The fungal components break down the lignin in the residues, and the bacteria and enzymes break down the cellulose and hemicellulose into plant available form for the next crops. This product can be applied in the fall or spring on crop residue or run in-furrow at planting to help with cycling nutrients through organic matter.
WATER-RITE IS A WATER-CORRECTING AGENT THAT NEUTRALIZES CONTAMINANTS, PREVENTING THEM FROM CHEMICALLY DAMAGING YOUR CROP PROTECTION, FERTILIZER, AND BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS.
Water-Rite is a water pre-treatment designed to reduce the negative effects that calcium, magnesium, iron, and copper have on fertilizer, herbicides, and pesticides. Using Water-Rite will also maximize the availability and efficacy of glyphosate and other phosphate chemistries. When combined with Bio-Prep, these two products are the ideal solution for keeping beneficial biology safe in tank mixes.
