Calcium trial boosts soybean yield but more work to be done on subsoil

By Jamie Brown
Updated February 28 2020 - 10:32am, first published 10:28am
Paul and Joe Fleming, in a paddock of early season soybeans at Codrington, before the big wet, Recent trials have found placing lime at depth is essential for raising crop yield in complex coastal soils.
Paul and Joe Fleming, in a paddock of early season soybeans at Codrington, before the big wet, Recent trials have found placing lime at depth is essential for raising crop yield in complex coastal soils.

Heavy clay soils have provided many challenges for grain growers in the high rainfall zone of north east NSW. These soils have a high clay content and typically have a very high bulk density and a low soil permeability to water.

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