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From a farming standpoint, it wasn't profitable. If I was dead set on it, I could probably get corn to grow but it'd take a lot of effort and money, plus some luck from mother nature. Hoping to get the plot into a no-till, throw and mow rotation though, as I've got 3 other smaller food plots...

Thanks for all the input so far. A few additional notes: No bears around. I'd love to have corn but this ground just doesn't support it, thus why it's always been in a wheat and soybean rotation. The thought with planting a cereal grain is to get something growing as soon as possible to help...

Hello, I have a new 5 acre plot in west central MN that I am going to put in this year. The goal is to provide food and possibly cover for pheasants, and have a late season (Dec) attractor for deer. The field has been in a wheat/soybean rotation that past number of years and is surrounded by...

Thanks for the input everyone. A brief history, last year the field was wheat, the year before that soybeans. It was lightly worked last fall in prep for CRP grass planting. I was able to carve out 5 acres for food plot. On the property I currently have about 2 acres of foodplots that get...

Hi, I have 5 acres is west central MN that I'm going to be putting in a food plot for deer/pheasants this year. It was previously farmed on a wheat/soybean rotation. My hope is to plant a Soybean/Milo Mix this summer to have something for late season pheasants and deer. I was wondering if...

If you are using conventional tillage, it's best to work the ground, wait a week or two for new weeds to germinate, then spray and plant

Seed then Mow then Spray is my routine and it works great

Go the Ghost or GoLive models have any filter clunk noise? I get a very faint noise on my GoCam 4G LTE models. The deer don't seem to notice it but I would like a dead silent camera. Agreed if you are a verizon customer, it's hard to find a more economical option for a cell cam.

I just got another GoCam 4G LTE - Verizon model and I'm experiencing a pretty audible filter noise when the camera switches from color photos to black and white (and vise versa). I don't recall this on my other two cameras but am not 100% sure. Do the GoCam 4Gs have a filter clunk or are yours...

where'd you buy it from in MN?

Have had pretty good luck frost seeding clover in MN (ladino, alice, med red)

In colder climates, it's generally done so the soil warms up quicker in the spring.

I put it out no later than September 1st in western MN, mid August if I have time and good rain forcasted

Well you guys convinced me, Throw (100 lbs Rye, 70 lbs Oats, a few pounds of clover 2 lb radish, 1lb PTT) and mowed and sprayed an acre yesterday. Got over of an inch of rain a few hours later. Excited to see how things turn out.

~$14/bag in Elk River. My usual coop didn't have any. The wet spring left a lot of fields unplanted this spring and the demand for cover crops is way up this year.