You will need a fairly large field corn. Some of the Ornamentals will probably work, but you could start looking at Reids Yellow Dent, or Boone County White. Some of the modern hybrids will probably , Some tho have soft stalks. Where did you find Velvet beans, Have not seen any in years, but they were a major forage of yesteryear?

I brought 2 seeds back from Belize. I bought some from Echo, South Carolina Foundation Seed Ass., off the internet and the last ones from a man in Ga.