VIDEO: For Better Food Plots, Adjust Your Disk Angles

| By QDMA Staff
Adjusting the cutting angle of the disks in your food plot implements can have a big impact on the results you get. Disks that are angled sharply against the direction you are pulling them will dig and cut more aggressively, while disks with a smaller angle will lightly chop or smooth the soil. Which is …

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Austrian Winter Peas

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Austrian winter pea (Pisum sativum) is a cool-season annual legume that has long been considered a high-preference forage for whitetails. Due to its nitrogen-fixing ability, winter pea has numerous agricultural uses, and it is very easy to establish in fall food plots. Widely Adapted Deer Forage Winter pea is considered a cool-season annual legume, although …

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Radishes for Deer

| By Ryan Basinger
Radishes (Raphanus sativus) are somewhat of a newcomer to the food plot menu for whitetails. Native to Asia, radishes are produced for a variety of uses but are primarily grown for food. In the United States, forage radishes typically aren’t grown for food but instead as a winter cover crop that can bust through hard …

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Sunn Hemp for Deer

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Sunn Hemp Test Results for Summer Food PlotsSunn hemp is among the newer options for your summer food plots, and we tested it last summer at QDMA Headquarters. This short video shows you what we learned about the potential benefits and uses of sunn hemp for deer forage and cover. Posted by The Quality Deer …

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VIDEO: The Power of Grain Sorghum in Summer Food Plots

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Grain sorghum is not so well known as soybeans, cowpeas and labab when it comes to warm-season food plots. But sorghum can give your summer blends a real advantage. See how this crop can play a crucial role by visiting the test plots at QDMA Headquarters. Benefits of Grain Sorghum in Summer Food PlotsDo you include …

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