By Darren Hefty Looking for a way to get higher yields, better drought tolerance, reduce your chances of having a problem with resistant weeds, and get a little more flexibility for spraying your post-emerge herbicides? You’re in luck. There are a number of herbicides now available for pre-emerge use in wheat that can help you [...]
By Brian Hefty What can you do to get a LOT more tonnage with your alfalfa this year and in the future? Just like any crop, there isn’t a silver bullet. It takes time, effort, dedication, and attention to detail. Here are some of the things you may consider in your alfalfa fields. Soil & [...]
By Brian Hefty Do you have your seed corn in your possession yet? As soon as the 2012 drought intensified across the country, many seed companies and farmers became concerned about seed supply for 2013, and rightly so. 2012 saw poor yields and low quality seed in many seed production fields. The good news is [...]
By Brian Hefty Product supply issues in the last 5 years are 10 times worse than the supply issues we had in agriculture in the prior 20 years, in my opinion. With commodity prices high and yields typically increasing year after year, return on investment with most pesticides has been great. Therefore, demand has been [...]
By Darren Hefty Just when you think you have things figured out, a new challenge pops up. In this case, that new challenge is the soybean vein necrosis virus (SVNV). While it doesn’t appear to be a game-changer for soybean production like glyphosate-resistant weeds have become, SVNV is still something to keep an eye on. [...]
By Brian Hefty About 10 years ago, we started planting more continuous corn on our farm in order to build our soil’s organic matter and capitalize on some good market prices. My dad was concerned about dry years because continuous corn needs more moisture than a corn/soybean or corn/soybean/wheat rotation. Other farmers cautioned me about [...]
By Darren Hefty Some areas of the country like Nebraska, southern South Dakota, Kansas, etc. are pretty dry going into this spring. Other areas are blessed with good soil moisture levels. No matter which of these situations you find your farm in, that situation can change in a hurry this time of year. Either way, [...]
By Darren Hefty When I travel around our country to the various wheat growing regions, it’s interesting to me to note that farmers are using seed treatments for different disease problems as climate conditions change. I’ve also had the opportunity to visit wheat growing areas in other countries like in Ukraine and Israel. Some farmers [...]
By Brian Hefty A few years ago I met a farmer named Kip Cullers. You may have heard of him, as he is producing more soybeans per acre than any other farmer in the U.S. today, despite the fact that he farms thousands of acres and raises several other crops. When I first met Kip [...]
By Darren Hefty Roundup weed resistance is on many farms across the U.S. If you remember back from years ago, WHY did you switch to Roundup Ready Soybeans in the first place? Probably because it was a lot easier to spray one product and get 100 percent control vs. spraying four products and getting 80 [...]
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