Acidic, light soil deemed useless no more thanks to research

By Bob Freebairn
August 19 2019 - 5:00am
Tropical grass Premier digit growing on the same light acidic country as the photo below. Addressing soil deficiencies plus growing in conjunction with serradella and other acid soil tolerant winter legumes is part of this success story.
Tropical grass Premier digit growing on the same light acidic country as the photo below. Addressing soil deficiencies plus growing in conjunction with serradella and other acid soil tolerant winter legumes is part of this success story.

I commenced as NSW Coonabarabran district agronomist 52 years ago, and the advice from a senior departmental officer was "don't waste your time trying to solve poor productivity from the light acidic country in your district".

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