F4F - Zach Hefty AKA "Prince Hefty"
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Social media takes a long time to edit and to post stuff all the time.
That's been a real learning process.
People don't realize how much that takes.
Yeah, it's a lot. And I feel terrible like when I'm sitting staring at my phone and my dad and my brother are looking at me like, let's go, let's get this truck loaded, let you know. It's like, okay.
I compare it to auctioneering. Everybody thinks it's all about talking fast for five seconds. That might be 3% of the job. The other 97% is the marketing, the brochures, the talking with the customers, the lining up the job, cleaning the equipment, et cetera, et cetera. There's like this much, but every new person that wants to get into it says, oh, I just want to talk fast. I would relate the social media and the podcast side to that. And farming, really.
Everyone wants to go farm. They want to run the tractors.
For five seconds.
Really, it's three months out of the year that we're really in the tractors a lot.
and like not usually every day, depending on how much acres you have, but you're not in it every single day. There's a lot to it. I mean, there's a lot to everything you do.
Join Corey. You boys want some popsicles? David. So Tanner, what I really got to know is the juice worth the squeeze. And Tanner. All right, it's about time to wrap this baby up. They're my favorite, like Farm for Fun. It's time to put aside the stress of the work boots, sit down, grab your favorite adult beverage, and listen to the boys from Farm for Profit. Yay, it says applause.
Well, listeners, thanks for tuning in. We appreciate you. We really appreciate all that you do. Don't be afraid to send us a review. That actually kind of drives the way podcasting world and YouTube works. Make sure you hit five stars. Leave us a comment. We appreciate that. If you've got somebody we should talk to, let us know. This is going to be a farm for fun show. And we're excited because I didn't think this guest would say yes. You didn't?
Why not?
No, I didn't. It's intimidating. One of the biggest names we've ever interviewed. It's a big name. It is. But listeners, we do, if you are new to the podcast, put out two shows a week, so there's no shortage of content. You can also follow us on all of our social media channels. But it's bright, early, second day of the Farm Progress Show, and the energy is second to none. Weather's a little better, though.
I think it's the best I've ever felt on the morning of a Farm Progress Show.
Being in bed by 10 last night was kind of nice. We're getting old, aren't we? I didn't fall asleep right away, but I was in my own bed at 10 o'clock.
Hydrating for today because it's the big one today.
Tonight will be a completely different story. But he sat there in silence for long enough. Corey, why don't you bring him into the podcast?
All right. No music? No music. All right. Here we go. Today on the Farm for Fun show from the 2024 Farm Progress show here at the John Deere booth, we meet up with a first-time guest of the podcast. You may have heard his last name before. but he's looking to blaze his own trail in agriculture. He's a fifth-generation farmer from South Dakota. You may have recently seen his content all over the socials. Please welcome Mr. Zach Hefty. Woo! Welcome to the show, buddy.
I love it. This is awesome. We didn't know if Corey was going to make it through traffic, so I had written an intro. It wasn't nearly as good, I'm guessing.
You should have seen what I had to do to get parked. I had to go through the ditch off of Highway 30 and run in here because Tanner does not do intros.
I was going to, and right before I was going to say, and fellow ginger. Welcome, Zach Hefty.
Anyway, welcome. Let's get a background about yourself. I think everyone knows the last name. If you're an agricultor, everyone knows the last name, but they might not have heard your first name. Yeah. So I'm Zach Hefty.
I work at Hefty Seed Company as an agronomist, and I work with Ag PhD with my dad and uncle. We farm as well. We farm about 3,500 acres in Baltic, South Dakota, a small town by Sioux Falls. And we host a field day there right at our farm each year. And it's super fun getting to talk to people about agriculture and learning more about agronomy.
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