Double cropping food plots

[Farm boy]

As the farmer in me always trying to be very efficient.
After wheat harvest I will leave standing wheat for the deer.
Bout this time of year they have most of it gone so I go and spread turnips in it just before a rain.

 

[bwese]

Good plan.

If you grow soybeans and don't mind running over a few rows, broadcast wheat or rye over the beans when the leaves start to yellow and you'll have a fine rye/wheat plot to help them through the winter as well as get some cover crop benefits in.

 

[BearCreek]

My tenant farmer plants me one acre of either soybeans or corn each year which I leave "standing" for the hunting season. I like to overseed this area with all my leftover seed that won't have a detrimental effect on the following year's crop. I tend to avoid cereal rye going into beans that will be corn the following year and any heavy reseeders (balansa clover). Otherwise most varieties are fair game.

 

[Sligh1]

We all see brassicas popping up in this photo. My guess is: most of folks I know are having trickle with moisture or brassica germination. See all the trash in that picture?!?! That’s MULCH that retains moisture & cools the soil. That’s a fantastic photo!!!