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July 2017 Newsletter
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Ag PhD Newsletter: July 2017
Article List:
Ag PhD Field Day July 27th!
By Brian Hefty
When Can I Be Done Spraying Weeds?
By Darren Hefty
Post-Harvest Burndown
By Brian Hefty
Can Late Soybean Applications Pay This Year?
By Brian Hefty
Cover Crops
By Darren Hefty
Article Archive Feed
May 2017
Rotational Restrictions
By Brian Hefty
Your decisions today could impact the next crop you raise, and possibly even the crop after that. I love herbicides… IF they control my weeds without injuring my next crop. Let’s talk about […]
More on XtendiMax and Engenia
By Brian Hefty
Last month I wrote about XtendiMax and Engenia in Xtend soybeans and cotton, but since this is the first year in history you have had the chance to legally spray dicamba over the […]
Sclerotinia White Mold
By Darren Hefty
Why do most diseases wait to show up until plants get to the reproductive stages of growth? It’s simple. There is a lot of stress on the plants at this stage. Think […]
Ag PhD Field Day July 27th!
By Brian Hefty
Here are 15 great reasons you need to attend this year’s Ag PhD Field Day on Thursday, July 27th!
There is nowhere else in the country you will be able to hear from the […]
April 2017
Ag PhD Field Day July 27th!
By Brian Hefty
Join us this summer at the free Ag PhD Field Day on Thursday, July 27th! We are located outside of Baltic, SD, just 15 minutes from the Sioux Falls airport, and less than […]
Corn Post Weed Control
By Brian Hefty
It wasn’t many years ago when this article could be summarized in one word on many farms: Roundup. Unfortunately today, Roundup may not be controlling all your waterhemp, Palmer pigweed, lambsquarters, common ragweed, […]
Corn Fungicide at V4-V7
By Darren Hefty
You’ve gotten the crop in (or you’re nearing completion) and so far have made the fertility choices and weed control decisions necessary for a high-yielding crop. Is now the time to starting […]
How to Use Dicamba Correctly in Xtend
By Brian Hefty
When I was a young agronomist more than 25 years ago, almost every farmer I worked with was using Banvel, the dimethylamine salt of dicamba. However, these farmers would constantly complain about 2 […]
Plant Tissue Testing
By Darren Hefty
Getting the balance of available fertility just right for your crop is difficult. Fortunately, there are a couple of cheap and easy tools to help you do just that. The first one is […]
Soybeans – How Many Pre’s Do You Need?
By Brian Hefty
Tens of millions of soybean acres in the U.S. are switching this year from Roundup beans to either Xtend or LibertyLink soybeans due to weed resistance. How does that change your pre-emerge herbicide […]
Wheat Input Cuts
By Darren Hefty
I can run the numbers, too. Tightening your belt on the wheat acres is a good idea, but if you sacrifice more bushels than what you gain in cost-savings, you fall even further […]
Ag PhD Field Day July 27th!
By Brian Hefty
We invite you to attend the Ag PhD Field Day on our farm near Baltic, SD on Thursday, July 27th! We are located just 15 minutes from the Sioux Falls airport, and less […]
Should I Cut My Soybean Planting Population?
By Darren Hefty
When it comes to planting population, soybeans are a little tricky. We get asked about lowering planting populations all the time. If lower means 140,000 seeds per acre to you, then I’d agree […]
Lots of Pre-Emerge Choices for Corn
By Brian Hefty
When I was a young agronomist over 25 years ago, it was easy making a recommendation to corn farmers. Would you like to use old Lasso pre-emerge or go with Dual or Eradicane? […]
March 2017
Price Drops and Price Protection
By Brian Hefty
If you buy a crop input product and the price drops after you buy, are you price protected?
Here’s an example. In mid-February, most mesotrione (the active ingredient in Callisto) manufacturers dropped their prices. […]
Maximizing VT Double Pro Yields
By Brian Hefty
With margins squeezed on most farms, VT Double Pro corn hybrids became a popular choice this winter. It’s great that you saved money by not investing in a rootworm trait, but I want […]
Variable Rate Planting Population
By Darren Hefty
When I was younger, my dad would often switch planting populations from field to field. On the sandier fields, he’d cut back. On the good ground, he’d bump the population up. However, what […]
Xtend and Liberty Q & A
By Brian Hefty
I believe 2017 will be the largest one-year trait shift in soybeans in history! Some areas are going heavy on Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans. Other pockets are shifting to LibertyLink soybeans. If […]
What Are We Using on Our Farm?
By Darren Hefty
Brian and I get a lot of questions throughout the year about what we are doing on our farm. After all, you can give all the advice in the world but it doesn’t […]
Nitrogen Management
By Brian Hefty
Nitrogen is expensive. Too much nitrogen can excessively lower your soil pH and contaminate groundwater. Too little nitrogen means lower yields. Of all soil nutrients, I believe nitrogen is the most difficult to […]
January 2017
Could You Get 50% More Pasture Grass?
By Brian Hefty
What would it do to your bottom line if you could improve your grass production in your pastures by 50% each year? Over the years, Darren and I have not only had the […]
Ag PhD 2017 Soils and Tiling Clinics
At Ag PhD, we have 3 goals: to help you produce more yield, to help you increase your profits, and to help you improve the environment, especially your soil. Over the next month, we invite […]
How To Do Drainage For Less
By Brian Hefty
Whether you’ve been tiling for years or are still thinking about tiling your first field, we invite you to attend this year’s free
Ag PhD Tiling Clinic Tuesday, February 28th at the Morton Center […]
Grass Control In Corn
By Darren Hefty
Roundup Ready Corn was first commercialized in the United States back in 1998. Do you remember what a big deal that was? It was a step-change in weed management at the time, but […]