

My Research
My whole career I have been a researcher. It became more structures when I was asked to be the forage researcher for Wisconsin’s first...


Recalibrate. Getting your food plots back on track.
A little over one week ago I commented to someone how one of my snowmobiles was running better than ever. As I went to start it...


The Power of Three
The Power of Three Early on in my career, I learned of the power of three. A lot of these influences came from the New Zealand grazing...


Stockpiled Forages, The Key to Growing Big Bucks. Part 1
I get calls every week by people asking me for help to grow large deer. Some are a result of seeing an article where a client put over 60...


Importance of Soil pH. in Food Plots, A different approach
A number of years ago, I started hosting wildlife food plot seminars. One year I hosted about 30 seminars from smaller to the larger deer...


Genetic Expression
Many of my blogs come from phone conversations or emailed I field on a regular basis. Today’s food for thought is “Genetic Expression.” I...


Forage Sampling for Wildlife
A post on social media brought up forage sampling and this is a topic that I covered at a recent deer school in Michigan. At times,...


Research is learning what is wrong about a forage
Once again in 2022, I’ll have a new forage to test. Since it won’t be able to be sold to the public for one to two years, that gives me...


A different perspective in healthy soils
A different Perspective On Healthy Soils I would say if it is not every day it would be every other day that I get a call or have an in...


Clovers and Perennials- Are you planting for now or the future?
What most do not know is the most common perennial clovers planted by food plotters may only yield 1.5-2 tons of forage dry matter per...