Aerate

Chemical Soil Aerator

Break compaction without a tillage trip.

Compaction can cost 6–34% of your yield Source: Obour & Ugarte 2021 meta-analysis (51 studies), Soil & Tillage Research 211 · That's the COST of compaction, not proof a surfactant relieves it; row-crop yield data for soil penetrants is thin. Frames the problem Aerate targets. Most useful on tight, long-no-till ground.

Application rate

10 oz/ac

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Does your soil actually need Aerate?

Upload your soil test and we'll read every value on it. If your soil calls for Aerate, you get the exact gallons and delivered price. If a different product would earn more first, we'll say that instead.

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No test yet? Order a kit — or key your numbers in on the calculator. The read is free either way.

Pick your crop, enter acres, and drop the report. We'll tell you straight whether Aerate is where your first fertility dollar should go.

Why it's in your program

The science. The payback.

Science

Surfactant chemistry that breaks compaction at the molecular level: no tillage trip, no soil disruption. AgriTec hay Tier 3 uses it as a one-pass tight-soils unlock alongside green-up. Improves water infiltration and root depth so every other input lands better.

ROI

Compaction breakdown drops water dependency through dry stretches (AgriTec hay program note). One pass extends the working life of every fertility dollar that year. Most leveraged on long no-till ground or rented acres where mechanical compaction relief isn't on the table.

What it is

Chemical Soil Aerator

Breaks compaction at a molecular level using a surfactant chemistry: no heavy machinery, no soil disruption. Improves water infiltration, root development, and the efficiency of every other input you put on the field.

What it returns

Returns on investment per container.

Pick the size that fits your acres. Every tier is delivered: freight already in the number, no surprises at the dock. The return is what the aerate unlocks on your fields, not what's on the invoice.

Container	Delivered total	Acres treated	Your cost / acre
2.5 gal jug	$255	32 ac	$8
5 gal jug	$510	64 ac	$8
55 gal drum	$4,937	704 ac	$7

Acres and per-acre cost figured at 10 oz/ac. Freight is already in every delivered total.

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The research

The evidence behind Aerate, ours and everyone else's.

Every figure carries its source. Independent research shows where the agronomy holds up; our own replicated trials show it on the ground.

AgriTec trials

The full AgriTec wheat program yielded 99 bu/ac versus 79 on the conventional N-only control, a +25% lift on a replicated six-plot trial with identical starting soil (pH 5.4).

Agricenter International trial · Memphis, TN
Replicated on-farm trial partnerships across the Southeast: peanut (Auburn University), soybean (Alcorn State University), and forage (Tuskegee University).

AgriTec university trial partners

Independent research

Soil compaction can cost 6–34% of yield across 51 studies, the loss that soil penetrants and aeration chemistry are aimed at.

Obour & Ugarte 2021: Soil & Tillage Research 211 (51-study meta)

Independent findings are general to the nutrient or mechanism and describe where a response is likely, not a guarantee on your field. Match them to your soil test; an AgriTec agronomist will help.

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