I see so many people asking this time of year if it’s too late to plant food plots. Here are my words on this topic. In the upper Midwest...

So often we see the question of what to plant on new food plots and the answers can be simple, “plant clover.” We hear people recommend a...

One of my research properties is on sand ground in South Central Wisc. The past three years we have been moving away from herbicides. We...

A few talking points in regard to brassicas as many prepare for the fall planting season. Brassicas are very misunderstood. Historically...

My whole career I have been a researcher. It became more structures when I was asked to be the forage researcher for Wisconsin’s first...

A little over one week ago I commented to someone how one of my snowmobiles was running better than ever. As I went to start it...

The Power of Three Early on in my career, I learned of the power of three. A lot of these influences came from the New Zealand grazing...

I get calls every week by people asking me for help to grow large deer. Some are a result of seeing an article where a client put over 60...

A number of years ago, I started hosting wildlife food plot seminars. One year I hosted about 30 seminars from smaller to the larger deer...

Many of my blogs come from phone conversations or emailed I field on a regular basis. Today’s food for thought is “Genetic Expression.” I...

A post on social media brought up forage sampling and this is a topic that I covered at a recent deer school in Michigan. At times,...

Once again in 2022, I’ll have a new forage to test. Since it won’t be able to be sold to the public for one to two years, that gives me...

A different Perspective On Healthy Soils I would say if it is not every day it would be every other day that I get a call or have an in...

What most do not know is the most common perennial clovers planted by food plotters may only yield 1.5-2 tons of forage dry matter per...

So often I see on social media a landowner having an issue with their food plot, and they ask the public for help. Many times, I cringe...

We see all the time on social media where someone asks what to plant and there rarely is a set of questions to help determine which way...

How do you define success? Since an early age I have been about statistics, from Cecil Cooper batting .352 to Ron Guidry's insane E.R.A....

What are you planting into? I deal with clients every day that have a variety of challenges with their food plots. One of the biggest...

You have your cool season food plots in and are waiting to plant your warm season crops, now what? So many food plotters are behind the 8...

I have asked this question to my clients and the answer is usually that of confusion or unknown. In an industry where people are taught...