As hunters and wildlife property managers, most of us spend a fair portion of the winter thinking about--what else!--spring. And about what we're going to try this year that's different. Since we're an Eagle Seed Dealer here in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, the subject of corn as a food plot crop comes up quite often. It seems like a great idea and many food plotters get the itch to try corn after they see deer lined up to get into the 8 rows of corn the neighbor left on the edge of his field. Wouldn't it be great if we had standing corn on our property too? Well yes, to an extent, it would. Corn is high protein and high calorie and deer are always going eat as much of this
I get asked many times each year how well Eagle Forage Soybeans grow in a given area and how do they compare to regular ag soybeans. In 2017, a good friend of Midwest Monster's volunteered his property to do a side-by-side comparison for a full growing season. This test plot was grown near Lake Elmo, Minnesota, about 15 miles west of St. Paul. We planted Eagle's Wildlife Manager's Mix North for the test plot. Eagle Forage Soybeans were grown in one plot and in a second plot of equal size about 100 yards away a leading Roundup Ready field soybean (appropriate to the area and growing past growing conditions) was planted. The soybeans were planted on the same day, with the same row/plant sp
