Shifting investment from nutrients to lime and cultivation in acid soils: is an immediate payback possible?
Craig Scanlan, Ross Brennan and Gavin Sarre
GRDC Agribusiness Crop Updates
2009
Abstract
One way ploughing changed soil pH in the 0-20 cm soil zone, while rotary spading changed soil pH in the 0-30 cm soil zone. An immediate payback from lime incorporation is possible though profit is driven by the cultivation effect on nutrient availability.