Agricultural lime is an important input for soybeans for several reasons. Lime for soil can neutralize yield-limiting soil acidity. It adds calcium and magnesium and can increase soil pH and produce ...

Soil acidity, often measured as pH, plays a crucial role in plant health and overall soil productivity. Imagine the soil as a complex ecosystem that provides essential resources for plant growth. Just ...

Josh Putman, Field Crops and Forage Specialist with the SWNY Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Program, shares how fall lime application can help adjust acidic soil pH in preparation for the 2021 ...

Unlike nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, you don’t apply lime for plants—you apply it to feed soil microorganisms. The microscopic creatures that are so important to healthy soil cannot ...

Where ground conditions are good, now is the ideal time for lime applications to grassland. However, calcium lime is recommended by independent consultant Dr George Fisher. Magnesium lime makes the ...