Search
Results for pages tagged with "lime"
8 Results found
Seeding guidelines increase winter pasture productivity
A few of the benefits of sod-seeding small grain winter pasture include providing high quality forage during the winter months, providing additional forage production during the warm-season grass's dormant season and potentially reducing the need for winter supplementation.
Early management promotes healthy pasture
The spring growing season is at hand. Therefore, it is time to develop management plans for our warm season pastures.
Winter pastures benefit from in-season tips
Fertilizer and lime, pest, and grazing management recommendations to promote productive winter pastures.
Does Lime Pay on Winter Pasture?
Let's say you look at the results from your soil sample and see there is a recommendation for lime. You check around and discover this is going to cost $40-$50 per acre. A normal person would question whether the value received from liming is worth the cost.
Top 10 Liming Questions
Answers to commonly asked questions about liming.
Common Mistakes in Growing Alfalfa
With high protein prices, many people are thinking about growing alfalfa, some for the first time ever. While alfalfa can be very profitable, there are some common mistakes that can take you from profitability to loss quickly.
Lime cost affects the economics of nitrogen use
Farmers have used significant quantities of nitrogen on their cool-season forages. This practice has been shown to acidify the soils over time. We conducted an economic study to determine the effect of considering the cost of lime on the current recommendations about the optimal level of nitrogen.
Factors affect sustainable forage production systems
At the Noble Research Institute, we understand the importance of long-term economic sustainability of the family farm or ranch business.