Originally Posted by jbatey1
Originally Posted by Remington270
100 acres is a lot of open ground. If it was me I’d rotate on 1/3’s or 1/4’s and burn, let grow, plant crops and leave standing etc.

Neither harvested row crop or hay provides much benefit in the winter


That was my problem with row cropping, it’s great when crops are there, but after harvest, those fields are somewhat of a Barren wasteland for the most part with the exception of what naturally pops up, or the areas I plant. But once its sprayed in the spring before planting, its dead again. Maybe next year if we get back into row cropping it I’ll talk to the farmers about doing a winter crop.


The NRCS will pay dollars per acre for cover cropping. Check with your county office. It would literally be a food plot. Some folks around me do it.