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 ...

Emma Erler, with the UNH Cooperative Extension, says that now is a good time to consider liming your soil. Emma Erler, with the UNH Cooperative Extension, says that now is a good time to consider ...

Managing soil pH is crucial for maximizing crop yields and promoting overall soil health. The optimal soil pH is typically between 5.5 and 7.0 for most crops growing in Delaware. Maintaining a ...

Adding lime to agricultural soils can remove CO 2 from the atmosphere, rather than cause CO 2 emissions, claims new research. The findings, based on more than 100 years of data from the Mississippi ...

On the surface, using nitrogen-based fertilizers within crop fields seems like an all-around good practice for producers who are noticing nutrient deficiencies in their soils. Yet, after years of ...

Growers should immediately sample their soil to get a sense of how low the pH is and the effect it will have on their crops. “It’s knowing how big of a problem this is,” said Clain Jones, soil ...

Scientists have developed a new simple, inexpensive and fast method to detect and measure very low concentrations of agricultural lime in soils, which is generally a time consuming and difficult ...

Soil testing and regular lime application have become routine in my approach to improve soil fertility' #sponsored ...

If you keep treating moss every year and it keeps coming back, the problem almost certainly is not the moss. It is the pH of ...