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Corncan be ahard and expensive crop to grow for the begginingfood-plotter. Corn takes alot of nitrogen to get a good result and does not compete well with other weeds, so you will be investinga substantial sum of money in fertilizer and herbicide ifyou plant corn. I wouldstart of plainting aclover plot. Clover produces nitrogen in the soil which can be usedbycorn in later years. Clover is also palatable to the deer for a number of months throughout the season. If you plant corn and don't get ahigh number of ears/plant, then the remaining portion of the plant is useless to the deer for feed.

If you insist on planting corn, you can plant cornthree ways. You can no-till it into the sod and then spray RR, You can disc the field and use a planter, or you can disc the field and broadcast the corn and then cover it. Which ever way you choose I would recomend the RR corn seed. Its more expensive, but will greatly improve your chances of success, especially with a first year plot because you will have dormant weed seed that brought to the surface when you till the ground. Put on as much nitrogen as you can afford. Spray the field with gly (roundup) once at planting and once again when thecorn is 1-2 inches if the weeds are coming back.

Corn is a great deer attractant and cover, but there is a lot more to it then just throwing out some seed and waiting for rain.