RE: NAHC Food plot Article - bone to pick
Have to disagree with Osiris. As far as I know cows and deer are both rumants with four stomachs each. Their teeth are similar as well. Their eating habits do differ (graizer vs. browser)
Their are differences in types of clovers as far as the stem is concern in relationship to its agricultural uses. Most of difference has more to do with whether the clover is used as a hay crop vs. a graizing forage. For a hay crop, a more upright species is preferred such as red clover. For graizing, it doesn't make any difference. Finer stem species are preferred by both deer and cows.
The engineer stuff may just be hogwash. It use to generally takes years to engineer a specific variety through selection trials, although they have new techniques which can increase the process. Those "deer" varities are just strains with high protein that deer prefer. The rest is advertisement and selection trials of multiple varieties.