Habitat Podcast #190 – Jake Korngable returns to chat with Jared Van Hees and Brian Halbleib about all things Southern Ohio hunting. It’s great to catch up with our friend and cover some important tips and tactics for this upcoming season. We cover: Oklahoma Deer hunting Booners – How rare are they? Mineral supplements – Jake’s […]
Habitat Podcast #189 – Jared Van Hees & Brian Halbleib are joined by Michigan UP resident Matt Williams. We are covering all things “Mushrooms for Wildlife”. It was a very interesting conversation about a unique way to plant food for deer. We cover: Matt Williams History as a Forager / Mushroom Farmer Why do we
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When we started Vitalize Seed, we set out to test and quantify our system and results. I knew the science behind the system and I have watched the results with my own eyes on my farm for several years. However, we didn’t think that was enough for our customers. We felt it was necessary to
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Habitat Podcast #188 – Matt Zahl joins Jared for the “Oh Crap, hunting season is 2 months away” discussion. This is a BS Session with a good friend, and we have a good time talking hunting and habitat. We cover: Last Minute Habitat Work, New Deer Blinds, Tractor Grapple – Matt’s Favorite Implement, Apple Tree
Soil chemistry can be overwhelming and complicated. This does not dilute the importance of our need to understand as much of it as possible if we want to grasp what is happening in our fields. If you are following the blog posts, you see my weekly attempt to explain, in detail, the soil structure and
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Habitat Podcast #187 – Daniel Taylor is back for round #2! Dan was on last week on EP 186. As a die hard whitetail hunter and cash crop farmer, quality soil is near and dear to Dan’s heart. Soil health and nutrient efficiency concepts have really perked his interest in the last couple of years
One of my favorite things to do is pull soil samples and send them to Ward Labs for analysis. I have been blessed to manage the same farm for over a decade. The fields, and results – although improving – are far from surprising. This year was different, this year I got a chance to
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Habitat Podcast #186 – Jared Van Hees is joined by Daniel Taylor out of Michigan, but he recently moved back from Oklahoma. It is a bowhunting / hunting strategy episode. We also compare habitat between his 2 recent farm locations. Tune in next week for segment #2 on Fall Food Plots. We cover: Bowhunting Strategy,
This week Jared covers the habitat work he has been doing on his Northern MI 70 Acres. We also cover projects on his 15 acres too. Switchgrass Management Screening for Deer Vitalize Nitro Boost & Carbon Load Update Forestry Plan Visit with Consulting Forester Logging Update CARBON LOAD – FREE SHIPPING on Food Plot /
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Integrating Livestock – But we only have Deer One of the 6th principles of soil health revolves around integrating livestock. I’d argue this gets most often overlooked as most don’t have livestock to graze. What if we do have whitetails – can we make this work? Often it comes down to grazing pressure. Various studies
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