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Getting started on a CRP planting this spring and unfortunately the crop it's following is chopped corn with lots of residue on the ground. Would burning that residue off he worthwhile or should I just drill right through it? I'm afraid the first year growth may be inhibited by so much ground cover.

One thing I have heard of people doing is digging out around the tree because often there is valuable wood under ground in what would otherwise be the stump. With the size of that tree and if you were to cut it down, you may as well try to get something extra in the ground.

That looks great! How well do the beans stand back up after drilling through them? It seems like my drill would be ripping beans and stalks out of the ground as well as my tractor breaking the stalks?

Is your only access off the road in the SW corner? If it is and you're going to hunt around that plot, I would either plant a heavy screen for you to get access or you can try to use standing corn to screen but that's not ideal.

Looks great, do you mind sharing how you terminate the crimson and plant the brassicas? Do you innoculate the crimson before planting?

Has anyone ever tried Stinger on brassicas? I've got some Canada thistle rosettes in amongst my brassicas I've thought about spot spraying.

Lots of them again this year but only appears to be 1/4 of what we had last year. I have quite a few plots surrounded by switchgrass and the first 20' in from all sides of the switchgrass was demolished by grasshoppers. From beans to brassicas, didn't matter.

The glory days of WI deer hunting were when the Earn-A-Buck regulations were in place, you had to shoot a doe to get your buck tag.

The deer he killed in 2022 on his farm was a lot bigger than 140's I'm pretty sure? 160s maybe

The areas I notice deer bedding in the RC switch are the same as my CIR switch. Edges and diversity. Ultimately for me, there are very few beds, if any, in a straight switchgrass monoculture.

I thought sunburst was supposed to be a shorter, upland variety 3-5'?

Other than the new color is there much difference between the 2023 and 2024 versions? I have a line on getting some of the 2023 versions for pretty dang cheap on closeout and want to make sure the guys who used them last year were satisfied. They look good on the lot and I do like the hinge...

Miscanthus will be an option we are still weighing and might be directly in front of the blind. The rest of the unused area (non-plot) will be switchgrass. I should have spelled that out a little better. Those areas will be ~3 acres and too much for miscanthus.

We recently purchased a property and removed some ground from CRP for an area to create destination food. Alongside this destination food, we want to border it with switchgrass to screen our access. This field is on a pretty decent east facing hillside. I would say moderate to likely erosion...

That is definitely not switchgrass.

Clopyralid (thistle down, Stinger, sonora) will target thistles. Otherwise 2,4-D and dicamba (weedmaster) will kill them and other broadleafs. Spot spraying will be best no matter which chemical used. Might be better off to chop them down with a weed whip or shovel and treat them next year...

Wait until it is at least a foot tall and mow once. From mid July to mid August switch will grow faster than about anything else. Adjust your plans accordingly. Biggest concern at this point is that you drilled and there aren't any visible lines, your weed control wasn't good enough. Good news...

Do you guys want your grass stands to be that clean so they stand tall for screening? Around here in SE MN deer rarely utilize clean stands of switch for anything but security cover. Best to have some diversity if you want deer to spend time in there, IMO.

Fwiw, Keystone Pest says damage to forbs may be possible, especially legumes. Guy I bought seed from says label rates should he safe for most forbs but could injure them. Guy from the county says it'll kill all the forbs. Responses are all over the map.

I have a third year tall grass prairie that is NOT in the CRP program. I purchased the mix and planted it without govt intervention. It looks beautiful and there is an exceptional amount of deer sign. I'm looking to control some Canada thistle and bull thistle with my boom sprayer. I have...