What’s a good food plot variety to broadcast into standing corn or soybeans?
Filed under: Food Plots
Question
Dr. Woods, I have a property I hunt nestled in northern Indiana ag country. Only a few pieces of that land is tucked away. It has small wood lots but predominantly corn and beans. I am looking for seed that I cause broadcast into the standing corn and beans in the early fall for a deer food plot. I do not want to have to terminate it in the spring. I am leaning toward radish/rape/turnip but didn’t know specific varieties being more palatable or even if there are other species I should consider. Anxious to hear your response.
Kent,
Broadcasting seed into standing corn or soybeans is a great technique! The more progressive farmers do this and call it a cover crop. There are many advantages to using cover crops including building soil, reducing wind and rain erosion, etc. Eagle Seed’s Broadside blend works very well to attract deer and as a cover crop. It includes a forage radish, a forage wheat, and two varieties of brassicas. These cultivars will need to be terminated or they will produce seed. This will be true for all forage crops that I’m aware.
Farmers have to terminate all cover crops and usually do so by using the appropriate herbicide.
Enjoy creation,
grant
January 21, 2016
