Turnips (Brassica rapa) are cool season biennial brassicas that ofer diversity in a cover crop mix. Turnips can help capture nitrogen in the field, reduce soil compaction, and provide quality …

Apr 15, 2012 · Why are turnips used as a cover crop so little compared to radishes? Are they the “ugly step-sister” of the Brassica family? Let’s look at some of the benefits of turnips. Some …

Apr 4, 2025 · Good cover crops to break up compacted soils are forage radish (also known as oilseed radish) and forage turnip. Similar to commercial nitrogen (N) fertilizers, legume cover …

Sep 13, 2018 · Although turnips are a true garden crop that can be harvested, they are also an excellent cover crop. When planted as a cover crop, leave the crop in place to decompose.

Aug 7, 2022 · Turnips are a great cover-crop option for farmers who graze cattle on their fields after harvest. The relatively inexpensive crop can survive the winter, allowing cattle to eat the …

Turnips are an upright, cool season broadleaf that works well in cover crop mixes. They have leafy top growth, a bulb, and fibrous roots hairs. They tend to last longer in the fall when …

Cover Crop Radish on top and forage Turnip below. There is quite a different root structure! Note the number of root hairs on this turnip tuber. It may have more root surface area than the radish.

Turnips are an excellent cover crop when grazing will take place on the cover crop. They are good at capturing nitrogen and have the ability to suppress weeds. They are good for extending the …

Jan 1, 2024 · Cover crops that winterkill, such as oats, sudangrass, sorghum-sudangrass, radish, turnip, barley, and crimson or berseem clover, eliminate the need to plan a spring termination. …

As fall-seeded Brassicas, turnips and rape are beneficial because they suppress weeds in the following crop.1 They also decompose quickly after being turned under.1 Turnip and rape …