Tag: soil health

Habitat management for wildlife is a popular topic for hunters, landowners and wildlife managers. Food plots can play a key role in managing wildlife on your property, especially white-tailed deer. Planting food plots is a great way to increase and improve available nutrition, concentrate wildlife and increase carrying capacity. While food plots do not replace […]

In Extension, we often get calls about why someone’s food plot is not growing as expected. While there can be a host of reasons why this is the case, the first thing one should examine is the soil pH and soil fertility. If the soil pH is not at the correct level, nutrients can be bound […]