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Applying lime with a fertilizer cart

September 26, 2013 Tom Salzer

District staff recently applied 10 tons of pelletized lime to 5.6 acres of grass field at the Beavercreek Demonstration Farm. That is an application rate of about 1.78 tons/acre. We used a fertilizer cart from Wilbur Ellis to do this, because we wanted to see how this device might work […]

Soils in our hay fields need some help

August 16, 2013 Tom Salzer

We completed a round of soil testing for three main fields at the farm. With permission of A & L Western Agricultural Laboratories, we’re able to share some soil test results with you. The results shown are for the center field (east of the driveway and west of the pond). […]