Turning to lime to reduce costs for dairy farmers

Escalating costs of fertiliser, feed and other inputs means that dairy farmers need to look at where they can reduce costs. Irish Teagasc advisor, Marion Fox, says farmers need to turn to lime to help reduce fertiliser costs, but at the same time boost soil fertility. Lime is very cheap when compared to fertiliser, costing around €27 per tonne. Correcting soil pH Fox argues that the application of lime has an influence on the availability of stored nutrients in the soil. The optimum pH of s