good observations. Corn is great when you have the room and the dough to plant it. I would like to try wide rows with beans and peas interseeded to get plenty of protein all summer and carbos in the winter. I have a client who would do it and has the room, but his soil is so bad from abusive farming I need to cover crop it for a year before I can get enough N to grow corn. Maybe next year.
Here’s the issue with beans. The deer would rather pick the beans off the ground on picked fields, rather than eat them off the pods in a plot. I’ve planted both Corn and beans. They both did nothing during the season. The deer only really used them in February after the season is over
Lots of factors that could play into that. Where are you located? On a normal year our beans are picked clean well before the season is over. The corn is attractive late season when we plunge into the sub zero temps and the snow flies on our farm
I totally agree deer really don't need the beans in the summer but they really need the carbs in the corn to get them through the winter keep up the good work!
Yah on a year like this year with light snow I do and they definitely prefer that but when it's a deep snow year I leave it mostly standing so they don't have to paw through the snow for it.
I'm actually going to add corn next year. I will plant atleast 3 acres next to my beets n greens food plots and clover. I have close to 100 wild apple trees that drop apples from August through November. The crab apples trees still have hundreds of apples hanging and dropping. My problem is that all my neighbors are Amish and they kill any and everything brown. So between the coyotes and Amish the deer have been decimated.
Sounds like a good plan! We have Amish neighbors as well. They definitely put a dent in the deer population and will do so even more as their kids get older. Keep building up your habitat and the deer will find their way to yours as a safe haven. The Amish will always kill some deer but once the lead starts flying they will know where they're safe if you keep the pressure down on yours and you have good food and cover.
@@PFHabitat Yeah that'd great but my Amish neighbor has 76 grandchildren and counting. My land is posted and I still catch them on camera coming through. It's tough when the average house has 12 to 20 kids. You get a bow tag, doe tag, rifle tag, and muzzle loader tag. Now they added a late late muzzle loader season running past Christmas in Ny. They know the deer numbers are dwindling but they all say we paid for a tag , so we are going to fill it. I know I'm complaining but 25 years ago we had deer everywhere and you could see 10 to 20 a night. Now if you see 1 deer a night that's spectacular.
@@sandych33ks1 I'm sorry to hear that, that's just a crappy situation. I don't have much patience for trespassing so I would let them know you plan on prosecuting if they keep that up. It just shows a blatant disrespect for you and your property. Cutting the property lines hard can help with trespassing and steering the deer back onto yours (if it's wooded). I shot a couple videos showing that. Otherwise just keep focusing on what you can control. Crappy neighbors are just an unfortunate reality sometimes
Wondering if you are using an A/C or JD planter. If so can I ask which plates you are using for the corn. The corn plates I have for my AC planter give very inconsistent spacing between the plants. It kinda looks like you have some of that going on also.
Every week or two I'll drive down a few rows for them given the limited snow we've had. They definitely love picking it off the ground when the snow's not deep
good observations. Corn is great when you have the room and the dough to plant it. I would like to try wide rows with beans and peas interseeded to get plenty of protein all summer and carbos in the winter. I have a client who would do it and has the room, but his soil is so bad from abusive farming I need to cover crop it for a year before I can get enough N to grow corn. Maybe next year.
Thanks! Yah that would be a great plan. I've seen it done but have never tried it. Kevin Thayer does some cool things with intereseeding like that.
@@PFHabitat i did an experimental patch in my garden and had an incredible stand of corn and peas
@@ChilcoteForestryServices they definitely play well together with the beans fixating nitrogen for the corn
Here’s the issue with beans. The deer would rather pick the beans off the ground on picked fields, rather than eat them off the pods in a plot. I’ve planted both Corn and beans. They both did nothing during the season. The deer only really used them in February after the season is over
Lots of factors that could play into that. Where are you located? On a normal year our beans are picked clean well before the season is over. The corn is attractive late season when we plunge into the sub zero temps and the snow flies on our farm
I totally agree deer really don't need the beans in the summer but they really need the carbs in the corn to get them through the winter keep up the good work!
Thanks brother! Especially on days like today with our -45 windchill. They'll be on the corn tonight!
Good video. I agree it's always good to have some corn around.
Absolutely. Makes for great shed hunting too
Beautiful
Do you ever knock your corn down vs leave standing?
Yah on a year like this year with light snow I do and they definitely prefer that but when it's a deep snow year I leave it mostly standing so they don't have to paw through the snow for it.
Where about in (MN) is this?
Our farm is in Otter Tail County
I'm actually going to add corn next year. I will plant atleast 3 acres next to my beets n greens food plots and clover. I have close to 100 wild apple trees that drop apples from August through November. The crab apples trees still have hundreds of apples hanging and dropping. My problem is that all my neighbors are Amish and they kill any and everything brown. So between the coyotes and Amish the deer have been decimated.
Sounds like a good plan! We have Amish neighbors as well. They definitely put a dent in the deer population and will do so even more as their kids get older. Keep building up your habitat and the deer will find their way to yours as a safe haven. The Amish will always kill some deer but once the lead starts flying they will know where they're safe if you keep the pressure down on yours and you have good food and cover.
@@PFHabitat Yeah that'd great but my Amish neighbor has 76 grandchildren and counting. My land is posted and I still catch them on camera coming through. It's tough when the average house has 12 to 20 kids. You get a bow tag, doe tag, rifle tag, and muzzle loader tag. Now they added a late late muzzle loader season running past Christmas in Ny. They know the deer numbers are dwindling but they all say we paid for a tag , so we are going to fill it. I know I'm complaining but 25 years ago we had deer everywhere and you could see 10 to 20 a night. Now if you see 1 deer a night that's spectacular.
@@sandych33ks1 I'm sorry to hear that, that's just a crappy situation. I don't have much patience for trespassing so I would let them know you plan on prosecuting if they keep that up. It just shows a blatant disrespect for you and your property. Cutting the property lines hard can help with trespassing and steering the deer back onto yours (if it's wooded). I shot a couple videos showing that. Otherwise just keep focusing on what you can control. Crappy neighbors are just an unfortunate reality sometimes
Wondering if you are using an A/C or JD planter. If so can I ask which plates you are using for the corn. The corn plates I have for my AC planter give very inconsistent spacing between the plants.
It kinda looks like you have some of that going on also.
We get year old seed so the germ isn't 100% Closer to 90% I'd say. Our renter plants our corn and beans for us so I couldn't tell you what he uses
Knock down some for the corn and see how much more they like it
Every week or two I'll drive down a few rows for them given the limited snow we've had. They definitely love picking it off the ground when the snow's not deep
Corn is King in the winter months
It's certainly a powerful draw