Roundup Ready Alfalfa
Filed under: Ask Grant, Food Plots
Question
What are your thoughts on planting Roundup Ready alfalfa for deer?
Brady
Brady,
Roundup Ready alfalfa is not labeled (not legal) to plant for wildlife consumption. This has nothing to do with Roundup being toxic to wildlife, but rather Monsanto did not pay for research to get the government to label the product for wildlife consumption.
I don’t like alfalfa as a food plot crop. All varieties of alfalfa require intensive management to be productive. I like hunting near alfalfa that farmers establish and maintain. However, it requires more equipment and work than I and most food plot farmers can expend.
Growing Deer together,
Grant