RE: What to plant-corn or soybeans.
Bo,
When I lived in an agricultural area the fields that had beans in the late season were great draws for deer. The times I remember best were when the corn was mostly down and the deer would flock to the remaining bean fields.
My area is extremely non-agricultural. What I would like the most is to plant the beans, have them nibble a bit during the summer, and still be remaining in the late season for the migration. Sounds like corn would be to hard to plant, and soybeans are #1 for protein, and corn is almost dead-last in protein.
If the beans would grow on my sandy loam soil, then I would like to try them. The only thing is I don't want to waste a food plot if nothing would be remaining during the Nov./Dec. migration. I don't mind wasting the food plot during the summer-the deer have plenty to eat, including my other food plots and native vegatation, but my sole purpose is to have the snow-time draw.
I guess if the beans were gone by Sept., I could till it under and plant rye.
Jeff...U.P. of Michigan.