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Flooded Corn and Migrating Ducks: What Science Actually Supports in a Changing Flyway

Flooded unharvested corn can produce 25,000 to 30,000 Duck Energy Days per acre, far exceeding most native mast systems and typical moist soil units under baseline conditions. This energy density explains its ability to increase local carrying capacity, but DED models quantify calories, not full habitat quality or nutritional diversity.

Eric Lance CWB®, PWS

Mar 310 min read

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