Soil acidity

Understanding soil acidity

• Acid soil management in low rainfall farming systems of central western NSW
  
• Are my soils acid?
  
• Don't let nitrogen acidify your soil
  
• Management strategies for soil acidity and phosphorus deficiency for the Northern Tablelands of NSW
  
• Pastures and acid soils
  
• Planning on liming
  
• Soil acidity and liming
  
• Soil acidity has an effect beyond the paddock
  
• The causes of soil acidity
  
• Understanding soil pH
  
• Which liming material is best?
  

Managing soil acidity

Managing Acid Soils Through Effective Rotations (MASTER)

• MASTER - Crop responses to lime
  
• MASTER - Earthworm numbers and microbial carbon concentration
  
• MASTER - Economic analysis
  
• MASTER - Experimental design
  
• MASTER - Nitrate leaching and deep drainage on acid soils
  
• MASTER - Pasture responses to lime
  
• MASTER - Sheep responses to limed pastures
  
• MASTER - Soil acidity and lime responses
  

Managing subsoil acidity

• Issue 01: Project overview (PDF, 350.5 KB)
  
• Issue 02: 3-D ripping machine (PDF, 972.9 KB)
  
• Issue 03: Genetic potential for yield improvements on acid soils (PDF, 355.4 KB)
  
• Issue 04: La Trobe University Component (PDF, 592.6 KB)
  
• Issue 05: Charles Sturt University Component (PDF, 467.9 KB)
  
• Issue 06: Alleviating aluminium and manganese toxicity in wheat (PDF, 532.1 KB)
  
• Issue 07: The opportunity cost of soil acidity (PDF, 378.8 KB)
  
• Issue 08: Amelioration of subsoil acidity using inorganic amendments (PDF, 271.5 KB)
  
• Issue 09: Addressing subsoil acidity in the field - Cootamundra (PDF, 469.6 KB)
  
• Issue 10: Addressing subsoil acidity in the field - Rutherglen (PDF, 482.2 KB)
  
• Issue 11: Alkalinity movement with different lucerne pellet sizes in an acidic subsoil (PDF, 349.5 KB)
  
• Issue 12: Quantifying the tolerance of cereal cultivars to soil acidity (PDF, 334.0 KB)
  
• Issue 13: Quantifying the tolerance of canola cultivars to soil acidity (PDF, 281.4 KB)
  
• Issue 14: Effectiveness of common brown manures and Ca(NO3)2 in ameliorating soil acidity (PDF, 399.2 KB)
  
• Issue 15: Evaluating rates of organic amendments with lime for treating acid soils (PDF, 290.3 KB)
  
• Issue 16: Placing organic amendments in different depths (PDF, 399.5 KB)
  
• Issue 17: Organic amendments facilitate alkalinity movement down a soil profile (PDF, 509.3 KB)
  
• Issue 18: Effectiveness of calcium nitrate in ameliorating acid soils (PDF, 608.8 KB)
  
• Issue 19: Phosphorus improves effectiveness of calcium nitrate in ameliorating soil acidity (PDF, 640.5 KB)
  
• Issue 20: Amelioration of subsoil acidity using organic amendments (PDF, 444.4 KB)
  
• Issue 21: Addressing subsoil acidity in the field - Rutherglen site update (PDF, 541.0 KB)
  
• Issue 22: Addressing subsoil acidity in the field - Cootamundra site update (PDF, 398.6 KB)
  
• Issue 23: Addressing subsoil acidity in the field - Regional sites (PDF, 501.2 KB)
  
• Issue 24: The opportunity cost of soil acidity - An economic analysis (PDF, 424.8 KB)
  
• Issue 25: Key findings and recommendations (PDF, 393.7 KB)
  

Videos

Rapid check for subsurface acidity

Accurate soil sampling

Soil Acidity