Tom,

I design food plots to have an east/west orientation when creating them in areas with moist soils.  This will allow the maximum amount of sunlight and facilitate evaporating some of the excess moisture.

I’m not aware of any forage crops that are preferred by deer that do well in standing water or soil that is saturated with water.  If the soils at your plots typically dry up a bit during the fall, then winter wheat may work.  If they remain moist, then several of the white clover varieties tolerate moist soils as much as any forage crop.

Remember that most perennial clovers take a while to produce much tonnage.  Hence, it’s usually best to include a cover crop when establishing clover during the late summer or early fall.  I do not add a cover crop when establishing clover during the spring.

Some soils are simply too moist to consistently produce forage crops.  If that’s the case at your place, concentrate on providing other factors, such as cover, that are limited in your neighborhood

Growing Deer together,

Grant