Why are corn and soybeans planted together?

The goal in growing soybeans side by side with corn is to increase the productivity of each acre. Increasing the plant population and adding a second plant variety would increase the feed tonnage produced and improve the feed quality – a cattle producer’s ideal goal for producing silage.

Can you plant soybeans and corn together?

When corn and soybeans (Glycine max, formerly Phaseolus max) are grown together each grows at a different level and has roots at different depths so they do not interfere with each other. The corn should be spaced widely to allow soybeans to grow between the plants.

What do you mix with soy food plots?

I recommend using a rate of 70 to 80 pounds per acre of soybeans and mix cowpeas in at a rate of 30 to 40 pounds per acre. When dragging your food plots, be sure to cover the seed one-half to one inch deep.

Is corn or soybeans better for deer?

Beans offer a great meal which include the whole plant not just the pod. Beans are normally harvested before the corn. Come hunting season the corn offers better cover and is standing longer. Deer will definitely bed down in corn fields before bean fields.

Can you mix corn and soybeans in a food plot?

Mixed plots were planted with 13 pounds of corn (20,000 seeds) and 38 pounds of soybeans (122,000) per acre. Plots were sprayed with Roundup® WeatherMax after weeds emerged (two to three weeks after planting).

Why are soybeans the best food plot choice?

But it all comes back to attractiveness; how a food plot works at bringing in the deer will determine how they help us in hunting. Soybeans are the ultimate food plot. The only time soybeans are not a preferred food source is for a brief period when the green leaves are no longer attractive and turn yellow.

What happens when you mix corn and beans?

Everyone who has ever planted a corn/bean mixture has certainly noticed “weak” beans where the corn is robust and relatively dense. And where the corn is relatively sparse (with less yield), the beans are taller and more robust.

What kind of planter to use for corn and soybeans?

We planted Terral REV 28HR29 corn and Allen (RR) soybeans. Pure corn plots were planted at 18 lbs./acre (29,000 seeds per acre) and pure soybean plots were planted at 58 lbs./acre (185,000 seeds per acre) with a John Deere MAXEmerge Plot Cone Planter.