I appreciate you taking the time to do the test. Thank you! It would be nice to see an analysis comparison of the two varieties. Typically the Nutri-Crave will have more than double the calories of conventional corn while also being higher in protein and energy. This is a real benefit to the serious land manager who is looking to provide year round nutrition and not just an attraction to hunt over. In the winter when quality food sources are scarce, if a buck eats half a pound of Nutri-Crave he will get more than twice the calories than he would get from conventional corn, as well as higher levels of protein and other nutrients. To be honest, you are probably too far north to see the real benefits, including increased attraction. I am confident that a test south of you in Iowa would yield different results but I understand that you are looking for the best options for your area. Again, thank you for the fair test.
Thanks for the honest response Don, I appreciate it. If you ever develop something 90 day or under I'll do another trial. I do see the attraction it can have right now. The deer are currently really on it heavy. And I believe you regarding the nutrient content. For my larger landowners that have the acreage I think it could be a nice late season/over winter food option to help supplement the nutrition in their deer herds as well as provide good late season hunting
Thanks for the comparison Sam! I planted 2 acres of nutricrave corn on my Nebraska farm - 2 years ago. The reason I won’t do that again is #1 it’s excessively expensive and #2 the stalks were eaten down to essentially stubs by late July. No corn production because of that. I’ve planted standard corn and never had that happen before. I’m not sure what ate it down but that was an unfortunate experience…
Great info sam thanks. I planted nutricrave as well this season. same results in central wi. The gen 2 beans definitely work well. Ill stick to regular corn because of the cost.
We planted stine 9808 roundup ready only corn that is reasonably priced on our farm for grain production. For some reason, the deer devoured our corn and let every neighbor’s corn go. What do deer prefer when it comes to corn? Higher brix level? Maybe you can help me understand this but we had high deer damage where the neighbors saw very little. Maybe try that variety. Apparently stine 9808 corn has something the deer really like. Have a great day.
Thank you for a great review for the corn up to this time. Could you please give another perspective review in March or April comparing the varieties again. I think it's important to have food throughout the late winter as its impact will be future health/growth potential of deer. They wont be in a deficit starting the new growing season if they've had food through the hard time.
@brentwesemann agreed, we do our best to feed the deer throughout the winter with a variety of forages. Woody browse is my go to. The food plots are a nice supplement. March is such a tough month for the deer here in Minnesota, especially if we get big spring snowstorms. I'll be sure to keep an eye on it and report when they get it cleaned up
Yah the deer are definitely hitting it now but I can't justify 4x the cost. I'll keep feeding the deer late season with the cheaper corn and my chainsaw ;)
Thanks for doing the comparison, just out of curiosity how much and when did you put nitrogen on? Also , if you get older seed you can just plant a little more per acre
@@jamesfarrow2130 we did around 100 pounds per acre about 5 weeks after planting before a rain. We actually did plant a little heavier than the recommendation on the bag because we had our renter plant it and didn't want to make him adjust his planter. It did just fine
When did you plant? Both varieties, considering I’m in northern lower mi, so about the same growing season. I’d want the corn to be hit during deer season for sure. Prefer early November actually
And that’s theirs new stuff. The old product was 110 day. In central wi I planted it with regular farmer 95 day corn from my area. The deer didn’t touch the nutricrave. As it wasn’t dried down. They finally touched it in February. They crushed the dried down 95 day farmer corn. Being dry is the number 1 component. Did you compare it side by side with other corn?
@nicschaalma3508 agreed! Yes I had the 85 day corn nearby. They did hit the 85 day stuff well before the nutri crave. I'm sure there was some cross pollination going on but tough to avoid that in ag country
Deer will ALWAYS choose to eat conventional corn over Roundup Ready corn, until or unless there isn't conventional corn available, no matter the maturity date or growing season. A deer knows what's better (healthier)for themselves. Quit buying high priced seed. I get old seed from farmers. (FREE) I once got some from a farmer's old planter (400lbs) the seed doesn't go bad. I planted with that seed corn for 4 years (2 acres a year) The yield rate may be a little less is all. Billion-dollar seed companies make their money selling to farmer around the world, not to hobby/farm/deer hunters. Please don't take my word for it try it your self.
I'm right there with you. I have a buddy that's connected to a seed company. He'll give me their "old" seed at the end of most springs. It always has great germ. The MDHA also sells it in MN at a very reduced rate.
Nutricrave was not round up ready either? 400 for corn is insanity, one reason I don’t buy from Higgins, way overpriced for similar stuff honestly. I bought his beans once and those didn’t do anything special imho
@stevedenoyer5956 not round up ready. Yah the 400 dollar price tag is too steep for me to justify every year. Lotta other good habitat work I can do with that
Good stuff Sam, thanks for the informative video. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
Thanks! Merry Christmas to you and yours as well!
I appreciate you taking the time to do the test. Thank you! It would be nice to see an analysis comparison of the two varieties. Typically the Nutri-Crave will have more than double the calories of conventional corn while also being higher in protein and energy. This is a real benefit to the serious land manager who is looking to provide year round nutrition and not just an attraction to hunt over. In the winter when quality food sources are scarce, if a buck eats half a pound of Nutri-Crave he will get more than twice the calories than he would get from conventional corn, as well as higher levels of protein and other nutrients. To be honest, you are probably too far north to see the real benefits, including increased attraction. I am confident that a test south of you in Iowa would yield different results but I understand that you are looking for the best options for your area. Again, thank you for the fair test.
Thanks for the honest response Don, I appreciate it. If you ever develop something 90 day or under I'll do another trial. I do see the attraction it can have right now. The deer are currently really on it heavy. And I believe you regarding the nutrient content. For my larger landowners that have the acreage I think it could be a nice late season/over winter food option to help supplement the nutrition in their deer herds as well as provide good late season hunting
Thanks for the comparison Sam! I planted 2 acres of nutricrave corn on my Nebraska farm - 2 years ago. The reason I won’t do that again is #1 it’s excessively expensive and #2 the stalks were eaten down to essentially stubs by late July. No corn production because of that. I’ve planted standard corn and never had that happen before. I’m not sure what ate it down but that was an unfortunate experience…
@daronsmith2229 wow that is crazy. At least you know for the future not to go that route again.
Great info sam thanks. I planted nutricrave as well this season. same results in central wi. The gen 2 beans definitely work well. Ill stick to regular corn because of the cost.
Thanks and thanks for sharing your results Alex!
We planted stine 9808 roundup ready only corn that is reasonably priced on our farm for grain production. For some reason, the deer devoured our corn and let every neighbor’s corn go. What do deer prefer when it comes to corn? Higher brix level? Maybe you can help me understand this but we had high deer damage where the neighbors saw very little. Maybe try that variety. Apparently stine 9808 corn has something the deer really like. Have a great day.
@@ryanevers7563 was it non-gmo corn? I know they'll hit that over gmo corn every time
Thanks for the comparison.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for a great review for the corn up to this time. Could you please give another perspective review in March or April comparing the varieties again. I think it's important to have food throughout the late winter as its impact will be future health/growth potential of deer. They wont be in a deficit starting the new growing season if they've had food through the hard time.
@brentwesemann agreed, we do our best to feed the deer throughout the winter with a variety of forages. Woody browse is my go to. The food plots are a nice supplement. March is such a tough month for the deer here in Minnesota, especially if we get big spring snowstorms. I'll be sure to keep an eye on it and report when they get it cleaned up
Great info Sam.
Thanks Dave!
Great video. Lots of marketing dollars spent on that corn. Traditional corn is less expensive and highly desirable by deer.
Yah the deer are definitely hitting it now but I can't justify 4x the cost. I'll keep feeding the deer late season with the cheaper corn and my chainsaw ;)
I did the same test. I am in SE Mn. I got the same results. The deer are pounding it right now.
I went into it kinda assuming it would play out like this but always good to see first hand how the deer respond
@ I did too. But I think I might keep planting some, so I have a great late season attraction, nice to have a variety.
@@brianlenneman5032 very true
Thanks for doing the comparison, just out of curiosity how much and when did you put nitrogen on? Also , if you get older seed you can just plant a little more per acre
@@jamesfarrow2130 we did around 100 pounds per acre about 5 weeks after planting before a rain. We actually did plant a little heavier than the recommendation on the bag because we had our renter plant it and didn't want to make him adjust his planter. It did just fine
When did you plant? Both varieties, considering I’m in northern lower mi, so about the same growing season. I’d want the corn to be hit during deer season for sure. Prefer early November actually
@stevedenoyer5956 if I'm remembering correctly I believe it was the second week in May
And that’s theirs new stuff. The old product was 110 day.
In central wi I planted it with regular farmer 95 day corn from my area.
The deer didn’t touch the nutricrave. As it wasn’t dried down. They finally touched it in February.
They crushed the dried down 95 day farmer corn.
Being dry is the number 1 component.
Did you compare it side by side with other corn?
@nicschaalma3508 agreed! Yes I had the 85 day corn nearby. They did hit the 85 day stuff well before the nutri crave. I'm sure there was some cross pollination going on but tough to avoid that in ag country
Can we add a cover crop, such as brassica and wheat after ther 45 days with Resicore?
Very good question. I'm not sure if the residual would stunt that type of planting or not
How’s the different switchgrass varieties holding-up? Especially now with some snow?
@scottschaeffer8920 everything was standing tall and proud as of yesterday. We haven't had a wet snow yet, that's normally what puts it down
Can it be picked and replanted next year..
No if you replanted it it wouldn't make much of an ear
How many acres of corn do you plant? Ive been wanting to try corn but my plots are relatively small and iam afraid they will get wiped out.
@@joepro8858 we had about 4 acres this year. You definitely need a few acres if you want it to have a chance
Deer will ALWAYS choose to eat conventional corn over Roundup Ready corn, until or unless there isn't conventional corn available, no matter the maturity date or growing season. A deer knows what's better (healthier)for themselves. Quit buying high priced seed. I get old seed from farmers. (FREE) I once got some from a farmer's old planter (400lbs) the seed doesn't go bad. I planted with that seed corn for 4 years (2 acres a year) The yield rate may be a little less is all. Billion-dollar seed companies make their money selling to farmer around the world, not to hobby/farm/deer hunters. Please don't take my word for it try it your self.
I'm right there with you. I have a buddy that's connected to a seed company. He'll give me their "old" seed at the end of most springs. It always has great germ. The MDHA also sells it in MN at a very reduced rate.
Ya it's for them to get through the winter healthy for next years deer 🦌
It certainly is a good winter forage
Nutricrave was not round up ready either? 400 for corn is insanity, one reason I don’t buy from Higgins, way overpriced for similar stuff honestly. I bought his beans once and those didn’t do anything special imho
@stevedenoyer5956 not round up ready. Yah the 400 dollar price tag is too steep for me to justify every year. Lotta other good habitat work I can do with that