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<blockquote data-quote="NDwalleyes" data-source="post: 140333" data-attributes="member: 218">Traxion...the the clean up crops are a good idea. I manage 250 acres of food plots spread over 2200 acres. of property. We use corn as our clean up crop as we rotate through brassica, sorghum,&nbsp; corn and then the food plot is reseeded to a cool season grass mix on the 4th year. It has worked well for us. Obviously soybeans would be a good option too. Sun flowers work well too but if you don't get a good kill with the Spartan you'll get a lot of weeds However that can make for a pheasant paradise! Flowers can be a pain in the ass...but if you have enough land for a decent sized plot and access to a combine you can recoup some of your expenses. Also consider the moisture in your area. Corn and sorghum tend to deplete moisture. We are considering pulling back on the corn for some dry areas of our land due decreased precipitation over the past year. For some reason we did not have good luck with the brassica. As far as an game attractant in the SW part of the state, corn has always been our best plot and provides the best winter food source. We harvest half our corn plots and leave the rest up for 2 years, disk in early spring, spray when it greens up, burn it off and then no-till seed the grass.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NDwalleyes, post: 140333, member: 218"] Traxion...the the clean up crops are a good idea. I manage 250 acres of food plots spread over 2200 acres. of property. We use corn as our clean up crop as we rotate through brassica, sorghum, corn and then the food plot is reseeded to a cool season grass mix on the 4th year. It has worked well for us. Obviously soybeans would be a good option too. Sun flowers work well too but if you don't get a good kill with the Spartan you'll get a lot of weeds However that can make for a pheasant paradise! Flowers can be a pain in the ass...but if you have enough land for a decent sized plot and access to a combine you can recoup some of your expenses. Also consider the moisture in your area. Corn and sorghum tend to deplete moisture. We are considering pulling back on the corn for some dry areas of our land due decreased precipitation over the past year. For some reason we did not have good luck with the brassica. As far as an game attractant in the SW part of the state, corn has always been our best plot and provides the best winter food source. We harvest half our corn plots and leave the rest up for 2 years, disk in early spring, spray when it greens up, burn it off and then no-till seed the grass. [/QUOTE]

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