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Why is it important to add lime to pasture.​

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It is important to add lime to your pastor immediately after growing season and crop removal, so the lime can react to the soils ph before the next growing season, so that the soil can be filled with healthy bacteria, encouraging plant health, as well as earthworms to be active and fertilize the soil.

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Lime is a soil conditioner and controls the soil acidity by neutralising the effects of acids from nitrogen (N) fertiliser, slurry and high rainfall. Other benefits include an increase in earthworm activity, improvement in soil structure and grass is more palatable to livestock

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