Food plot crop comparisons

Two of the best perennial food-plot crops, and the two most often planted together. Here's how clover and chicory actually differ.

The two workhorse cereal grains for fall plots. The choice comes down to your climate and how cold it gets before the season ends.

Both are frost-sweetened brassicas deer hammer after a hard freeze — but they do different jobs underground.

Two high-protein perennial legumes — but one is forgiving and one is demanding.

Both are cool-season cereal grains for fall and winter — they trade preference for toughness.

This isn't really either/or — it's annual vs perennial, and the two cover different parts of the year.

Two clovers that look similar on the bag but behave very differently in the dirt.

A warm-season annual powerhouse versus a low-maintenance perennial — your acreage decides this one.