Radishes Planted with Wheat Boosting No-Till Wheat Yields

By John Dobberstein posted on June 1, 2011

Reports of up to 18-bushel gains have pushed growers to experiment with a wheat-radish mix.

What started as an innocent mistake a few years ago on an Ohio farm could provide a substantial yield boost for winter wheat growers.

Dozens of growers throughout the Midwest have combined wheat and radish seed in their planters and drills and no-tilled the mix in onfarm plots to do side-by-side comparisons with wheat-only plots.

Wheat yields have increased by as much as 18 bushels per acre during early farm experiments. More onfarm results are…

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John Dobberstein

John Dobberstein is the Senior Editor of No-Till Farmer, Strip-Till Farmer, and Cover Crop Strategies. He previously covered agriculture for the Tulsa World and worked for daily newspapers in Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Joseph, Mich. This is John's second stint with Lessiter Media, the previous lasting almost 13 years.

Contact: jdobberstein@lessitermedia.com

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