Grandpa Ray’s Blog
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Soil Sampling 202
Many people understand the basics of soil sampling but here is something most never think about, sticking with a lab. I have submitted around...
Is It Too Late To Plant?
I see so many people asking this time of year if it’s too late to plant food plots. Here are my words on this topic. In the upper Midwest many...
Bringing Your Soil Alive On A New Food Plot
So often we see the question of what to plant on new food plots and the answers can be simple, “plant clover.” We hear people recommend a soil...
Sand Ground Food Plots
One of my research properties is on sand ground in South Central Wisc. The past three years we have been moving away from herbicides. We also have...
Brassica Concepts
A few talking points in regard to brassicas as many prepare for the fall planting season. Brassicas are very misunderstood. Historically the...
My Research
My whole career I have been a researcher. It became more structures when I was asked to be the forage researcher for Wisconsin’s first discovery...
Recalibrate. Getting your food plots back on track.
A little over one week ago I commented to someone how one of my snowmobiles was running better than ever. As I went to start it yesterday, I ran for...
The Power of Three
The Power of Three Early on in my career, I learned of the power of three. A lot of these influences came from the New Zealand grazing programs...
Stockpiled Forages, The Key to Growing Big Bucks. Part 1
I get calls every week by people asking me for help to grow large deer. Some are a result of seeing an article where a client put over 60 inches of...
Importance of Soil pH. in Food Plots, A different approach
A number of years ago, I started hosting wildlife food plot seminars. One year I hosted about 30 seminars from smaller to the larger deer show...