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Soil Sampling 202

Many people understand the basics of soil sampling but here is something most never think about, sticking with a lab. I have submitted around 175,000 soil and forage samples in my career and most have went to two different labs and there is a...

Is It Too Late To Plant?

I see so many people asking this time of year if it’s too late to plant food plots. Here are my words on this topic. In the upper Midwest many farmers do not plant cover crops until their silage corn and soybeans come off the fields. Most fall food...

Bringing Your Soil Alive On A New Food Plot

So often we see the question of what to plant on new food plots and the answers can be simple, “plant clover.” We hear people recommend a soil sample. Some people are even into the buckwheat craze. I come with a different perspective as I have been...

How Alive is Your Soil

nI have asked this question to my clients and the answer is usually that of confusion or unknown. In an industry where people are taught to take a...

Building Healthy Soil

nBuilding Healthy SoilnMany food plotters focus on fall planted food plots. While these plots have their place for seeing deer and helping harvest...

Clovers, Clovers, Wonderful Clovers

nOn a regular basis I see people recommend clovers as a food plot recommendation. The word clover is a very vague and general term. There are many...

The Ate What?

What do deer prefer to eat?nThis question gets asked on social media on occasion and asked of me several times throughout the year. If someone were...

Dialing It In

n n nHow fast does your bow shoot? What brand of bow do you have? Is it an older model or a new and improved model? When you shoot your bow, how...

What Are You Really Buying?

Every so often I get someone who brings up the price of our freight online. We charge .70 per lb for freight as we ship UPS and USPS. The retail...

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