I'm tired of trying different things and the deer don't eat it. Down here in Lehigh County, it's clover, soybeans and this year I'm going to plant some corn. Tried turnip and oats plus other mixes and the deer won't look at it. I had over 20 turkey eating in my soybeans filed after the snow melted.
In tioga county NY, it's clover, soybeans and brassica, this year I'll try corn up there also. This year I'll be planting four different one acre fields of soybeans, planting brassica in the soybeans in late summer/early fall, works good for me. Might try brassica in the corn this year, especially if I don't get a good corn crop.
I need to put some cereal grains in my crop rotation, last year I had over two acres of bare field until I planted some brassica.
Tried planting some brassica early last year, it didn't work out. It matured and all the turnips rotted before the deer got to them. All they ate was the dwarf essex rape, tops are the turips are laying over on the ground, rotted just like the bulbs.
Did any of you fellows ever plant oats in the spring, mow it after it goes to seed and get a second crop of oats?
Bought an 8 ft lime drop spreader this year, only $450. It cost me $200 a ton for pellet lime, so it should pay for itself this year. Got a price for bulk lime in Owego, $52 a ton, the truck holds 13 tons and $1.80 a mile round trip. Seems there is no lime quarries up there, both listed on the internet are in PA.