I'm converting an old cattle pasture into a dove field this year. It's around 7 acres. I've burned it and disced it a couple times and I'm about to send off the soil samples. Judging from nearby fields that were converted a last year, it likely won't need much lime, if any. It still needs to be run over with the field cultivator a few more times to smooth it out. I plan to plant alternating strips of corn and Clearfield sunflowers with a border of Sunn hemp as a visual buffer from the road. I have a broadcast spreader and an ATV mounted boomless sprayer so I won't be able to apply anything once the stuff gets too tall. I'll leave a gap between the sunflowers and corn wide enough for the ATV and space them so the sprayer can reach everything.

What would some of you experienced farmers recommend in the way of herbicide preparation? Any other ad hoc advice is also welcome and appreciated.

Thanks in advance.