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Cold Soil Planting Success
By Brian Hefty Cold, wet soils often spell doom for seed germination and seedling health. Look at the below chart based on average weather on our farm and the number of days it takes until corn should...
View ArticleWhat’s Your Marketing Game Plan?
By Grain PhD – www.grainphd.com Think about a sport you enjoy playing – it most likely involves both offense and defense. What would happen if your team only cared about offense and didn’t practice or...
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Ideal Corn Planting Depth: 2 Inches
By Darren Hefty The ideal corn planting depth is and likely always will be 1.5” to 2.5”. Here’s why. 4 Root Systems of a Corn Plant: Radicle Seminal Nodal Brace While the radicle and seminal roots...
View ArticleCorn Pre-Emerge Herbicides: Too Many Choices!!
By Brian Hefty Now that many of our old standard corn herbicides are off-patent, the market seems flooded with generic alternatives, premixes, and a bunch of names that may sound similar but have...
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Soybean Fertility – Your Key to More Profit
By Darren Hefty Before you start thinking you can’t afford to fertilize your soybeans, I want to walk you through some simple math. Let’s use 60 bushel soybeans as an example. Your yields may be higher...
View ArticleImprove Wheat Yield with Better Early Season Weed Control
By Brian Hefty Stop early season weeds, get more yield. The formula is the same in every crop. Many wheat farmers today are talking to me about trying to cut costs, but if you have very many weeds at...
View ArticleSoybean Seed Treatments: Apples and Oranges
By Darren Hefty Comparing soybean seed treatments available from one retailer to the next is like comparing apples and oranges in many cases. There is a lot of difference, even though the price points...
View ArticleBridging the Gap from Farm to Market
From Grain PhD You work long and hard to produce the best possible crop you can. But how do you maximize your profit from that crop? How do you effectively manage your costs of production and market...
View ArticleBurndown Options in Corn and Soybeans
By Brian Hefty Since the advent of no-till and strip-till, answering burndown questions has occupied a lot of my time each spring for the last 25+ years. Here are some of the top questions and answers...
View ArticleWheat: The First Pass
By Darren Hefty Your first in-crop pass in wheat may be just around the corner, but there are three things you need to do before the sprayer gets to the field. 1. Take a Plant Tissue Sample This is an...
View Article3 Pre’s in Soybeans
By Brian Hefty You need 3 pre-emerge modes of action if you want to stop resistant weeds, prevent future weed outbreaks, and maximize soybean yields! While 3 modes of action may sound expensive, it...
View ArticleImprove Pasture Production
By Brian Hefty Your pasture is just as much of a crop as your corn, soybeans, and wheat. Your pasture, when managed well, can be super-productive. When your grass is fed a well-balanced diet, your...
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Ag PhD Field Day On July 26th!
.fusion-fullwidth-1 { padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; } The Ag PhD Field Day is Thursday, July 26 on the Hefty farm near Baltic, SD. Guest speakers include the current...
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Emergence Differences
By Brian Hefty When you listen to most of the high yield farmers from across the country, they talk about achieving even emergence in your stand. Here’s my question for you today. Is the seed treatment...
View ArticleWhy Are USDA Reports Important to Farmers?
By Patrick Garrity & Mark Soderberg – Grain PhD Ag Risk Specialists USDA Reports – I’m sure you are aware that the USDA releases a number of reports, but do you really understand the data included...
View ArticleCorn Post-Emerge Weed Control
By Brian Hefty I got a letter from the State of South Dakota the other day saying our state had made ALL straight dicamba products restricted use. Please check with your state about this! I just want...
View ArticleAdd Residual to Your Soybean Program
By Brian Hefty As a farmer, I love when our input costs keep coming down. A good example is the Group 15’s. For soybeans, these include Dual, Warrant, Zidua, Outlook, and some generics. In my opinion,...
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Ag PhD Field Day July 26th!
By Brian Hefty Please join us for the free Ag PhD Field Day on Thursday, July 26th on our farm near Baltic, SD! We have more activities, more guest speakers, more demonstrations, and more acres than...
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What Does Your Report Card Say?
By Darren Hefty Confidence. That’s what I get when I have solid data to make decisions with. I’m certain I’m doing the right thing for my farm. It’s with full confidence I can recommend you to begin...
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Micronutrient Focus: Zinc
By Darren Hefty Zinc is likely the most frequently applied micronutrient. Many farmers we know use 1 quart of chelated zinc in-furrow for corn. Is this enough zinc for your crop? Do I need zinc for...
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