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I couldn't have asked for a better August and September for brassicas. In the areas where the deer had mowed down the beans, the brassicas and rye came in great! Next year, I will definitely go to 15" rows and lower the population of beans planted to get more area and sunlight for the fall mix...

I mean, simple math proves that rifles would be hugely detrimental to Iowa's deer heard. A shotgun slug has an effective range of ~75 yards, the rifles now allowed have ~200 yards. Use pi*r^2, and a shotgun hunter covers roughly 17,663 square yards. A rifle hunter could cover 125,600 square...

Youth hunts with my Dad were some of my best times growing up. We never sat in a stand or blind, we would hike all around our woods and the public land behind our house. We'd find a good tree to sit up against until our butts got sore or stopped seeing deer, then move on to a new spot. My Dad...

I just called my buddy at the co-op and he had them on hand.

We FINALLY got some good rains in northern Iowa over this last week. I took the opportunity to try out GrowingDeer's "planting green" strategy of drilling a fall mix right into standing beans. I made my own fall mix of winter rye, Welter seed Big Buck Brassica mix, and white clover. I drilled...

One of my neighbors has a good sized deer camp for gun 1 season. A guy from Michigan comes down every year, whether he draws a tag or not, just to be with the guys. He is always amazed at the number of deer he sees. He always says he can hunt the whole season in Michigan and not see a buck...

I recently sat through a presentation from Truterra Ag, which is Winfield United's new carbon venture. A couple things stuck out to me: - To get these carbon credits, it requires A LOT of documentation. You have to prove how much carbon your farming practices capture and retain. It will almost...

Hey guys, this is my first post here as I thought some people would appreciate a review on the Genesis drill. I have a small farm in north central Iowa and after years of tilling my food plots, I broke down last winter and purchased a Genesis. A couple things I've noticed so far: - It is very...