Strategies for a Rye and Clover Food Plot | Farming For Whitetails

Winter Wheat and Winter Rye can become one of your most useful spring food plots. It can be a great companion crop for clover and other forages and also set your plot up for other spring plantings.

[@jaredb9909]

Yeah winter rye needs a better PR agent it stays green in downright winter weather and if you’re planting it into soil that’s been properly lined and fertilized you can get rye that has protein content in the hi teens low 20s and most research suggests 16-17% is about what they can fully digest so if you’re in a cold climate I think winter rye is dang near a miracle plant

[@farmingforwhitetails]

Winter rye has definitely been attractive to my deer if nothing else. Thanks for watching, Jared.

[@midwesternoutdoorsandnatur8272]

So your discing under the clover or just a light pass to get some exposed dirt?
I have 5 plots of rye 4’ tall. Looking at a mix of beans on a couple plots and a similar mix that you described on the other. Great Biblical reference.
I subscribed just for that brother! Take care

[@farmingforwhitetails]

That was one thing I didn’t describe very well. The one strip we call the walkway, I’m gonna mow down the clover and plant the deer and bird blend. The rest of the area (1/2 acre total), I will clip the rye off and just clip the tops of the clovers so they regrow new growth. Hope that makes sense!
Yes, I can see so much of God’s word in nature and really everywhere, so always happy to share that.
Thanks for the sub and for watching!

[@ralphwitt9975]

agreed

[@stevegermain1222]

Goods video

[@farmingforwhitetails]

Thanks for watching!

[@hickoryridgefarmer]

I’m in ste gen co missouri. We broadcasted 100lbs of winter wheat and cereal rye on Nov. 19th. I know it’s late but I didn’t think it was too late. Not much came up this year.

[@farmingforwhitetails]

I understand how that goes. They can’t be winners all the time. I think you want it to germinate a little in the fall and then it re-grows more in the spring. I’m not sure if the seed can lay dormant all winter and then come up.
Thanks for watching!

[@fisherman_of_navarone]

Shout out from Ontario. This video is in line with a lot of media out there. Good job. I'm trying something similar this year.

[@farmingforwhitetails]

Thanks for watching Kevin!

[@daveh7038]

This is a young mans game,I planted about three acres of whitetail clover so that others had nice bucks to shoot.

[@daveh7038]

That was my experience 20 years ago in Pa.