cyclonenation10
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We've got our ~100 acres of CRP that we dormant seeded this Fall. We've also got three 3 acre food plots that we need to plant this Spring on the property as part of the CRP program. There is not much habitat around currently, and only a handful of birds, so 3 food plots is way over kill for now.
Was considering putting one or two of the food plots into something that could potentially create some fast nesting cover - such as a mix of cereal rye, oats, and spring wheat. Try and seed it late winter/early spring, and get it to grow enough to potentially provide some marginal nesting for the pheasants that are around. Since we will be mowing all of the CRP several times this summer, that won't be much use for nesting.
Anyway, just wanted to know what everyones thoughts were on this? Waste of time, or potentially beneficial? Any recommendations on what to plant? Eventually, the three food plots will all be some combination of corn/sorghum/sunflowers, but I just don't see the need to plant that much food this next year when there aren't very many birds around yet.
Was considering putting one or two of the food plots into something that could potentially create some fast nesting cover - such as a mix of cereal rye, oats, and spring wheat. Try and seed it late winter/early spring, and get it to grow enough to potentially provide some marginal nesting for the pheasants that are around. Since we will be mowing all of the CRP several times this summer, that won't be much use for nesting.
Anyway, just wanted to know what everyones thoughts were on this? Waste of time, or potentially beneficial? Any recommendations on what to plant? Eventually, the three food plots will all be some combination of corn/sorghum/sunflowers, but I just don't see the need to plant that much food this next year when there aren't very many birds around yet.