Tillage Radishes - The Soil Quality AdvantageA cover crop that increases crop yields by improving soil quality.
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Soil quality and profit are two important goals of producers.
The benefits of Tillage Radishes have been proven by farmers and demonstrated by universities to be one of the best ways to achieve both of these goals. This innovative product not only enhances your soil, but it also helps increase your yields to boost your profits.

Why should you plant Tillage Radishes?

Bottom-line: Tillage Radishes increase yields.
Five universities have verified an increase of 10 to 20 bushel per acre for corn and seven to nine bushel per acre increase for soybeans.

  • Earlier planting: Radishes promote a warmer and dryer seedbed.
  • Reduced soil compaction: Radish roots fragment soil for better nutrient and water absorption, Roots can penetrate soil more than 32 inches deep.
  • Weed control: Radishes suppress most winter annuals.
  • Erosion control: Radishes and protect soil during the fall and winter months.
  • Soil aeration: Radishes open up the soil allowing rainwater to more easily soak in.
  • Soil fertility: Radishes scavenge nutrients deep in the soil profile and deposit them on or near the soil surface to be used by succeeding crops.
  • Increase Organic Matter: Radishes can add up to 5 tons per acre of organic matter per acre.
  • Prevents Nutrient loss: Radishes absorb excess nutrients in the soil and preserve them for the next season’s crop.
  • No till enhancements: Radishes have accelerated the benefits a no till farming system has to offer.

Testimonials

“Tillage Radish is the next big thing in row cropping, more than lime or BT corn. Where else can you get those bushels for such an inexpensive investment?”
— Ed Winkle, Ohio

“I’ve planted Tillage Radishes for the last four years. They are a great addition for a diversified cover crop mix.”
— Ray Styer, North Carolina

“Tillage Radishes are bio sub-soilers. They are a good reason to park the steel!”
— Mike Phillips, Virginia

“The ground where I’d planted Tillage Radishes in the fall was the mellowest I had this spring. I am tickled-to-death with them.”
— Brian Melvin, Delaware

“The radishes put on tremendous root growth in a short time in the fall and then decay rapidly in the spring. We’re putting them in all of our cover-crop mixes now.”
— Ken Miller, North Dakota

“We absolutely loved what the Tillage Radishes did to our mostly clay soils. We won’t need to subsoil as much anymore-the radishes really do the trick! Our best looking corn is where the tillage radishes were planted.”
— Lyle Tabb, West Virginia

“We got increased yields in our cotton following the Tillage Radishes. I’m going to plant more this year.”
— Tim Tucker, Alabama

“The Tillage Radishes are awesome! It broke up my heavy clay soil and made it more mellow. I was able to plant earlier.”
— George Van Wychen, Wisconsin

“The Tillage Radishes were everything I expected. You can literally see a difference in the soil- unbelievable!”
— Gary Sweet, Ohio

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