Great contrast between the limed and still too-acidic field.

Between food plots and our own farm, we've put out over 120 tons of lime. Soil test, lime, then fertilize as needed is almost always the cure for "bad soil".

Catching up with you...just love your videos and the comments that accompany them. You obviously have an experienced crowd that follows you. What a great exchange of ideas and resources. I always wondered why lime was used and what importance it was to the soil and grasses. Thanks Greg for the education.

Thanks for the video! This morning I checked on our animals and had twins lambs. This evening I went out to check our sheep again and had a single lamb but 2 hours later I went back out she had the second one 2 sets of twins today. It has been a very exciting day for us on the farm. We have 2 more sheep to go and they could be any time. I’m guessing tonight or tomorrow for the next one and maybe a day or 2 for the other sheep. The mothers got to licking them right away and they were sucking less than an hour for the ones I saw born.

thank you greg for taking the time to do these videos .... grateful

That tree was there when my great grandparents homesteaded north of Sturgeon 🌾

Very interested thanks . I put down lime on my tiny pasture looks very good. Still a ways to go.

Your big oak had large low branches. This tree started out on the edge of an open area and with the creek there, I think the odds are an edge of a farm field.(check for small rocks) Three hundred years would put it 1720s Missouri became a state in 1820s. Put my marker down for 150 years for when the rings are counted.

I'm out west & that's an awesome tree. 👍

Thank you for the video.

Wow what a tree! We need to lime a bunch kinda hard to get to places. Bought our 1st spinning Jenny from Powerflex and putting in timeless posts they are great posts. Thankful for all the rain. Thanks for the video

Very nice. Seeing is believing.

Some plants like corn have a narrow 7 to 7.5 Ph for Magnesium absorption (see a Mulder chart). Raising the Ph has made more Mg available to the plant and with more chlorophyll the grass is darker green.

The best advice I can give anybody as a soil scientist is to send a soil sample to the lab. For a couple of dollars ($10-30) you can get your soil tested with recommendations for your specific location. There is a difference between “liming” agents, so be sure to source your lime in accordance with your soil test and goals. Most AG supply or fertilizer dealers will have someone on staff to help you sort out what the report says and how to proceed at no cost to you (they are looking for a potential customer). Also, your county or local university have extension agents who will also help you for free too! Just give them a call.

good job thanks

Indeed acidic soil is an issue for implanting pastures, fescue is good in tolerating acidic soils and red clover and durana clover are really good for acidic soils but your righ lime cut the time in years in leveling the pH in the soil

Thanks Greg. Have you ever found a need to apply gypsum?

beautiful! is lime still a good idea where PH is 6.5 but a section of field on a hill where it probably leaches has no grass and just garbage weeds growing? It is our worst section of field and has never responded to fertilizer or seeding at all. guessing that lime wouldn't hurt! Thanks so much Greg!!

Great video Greg! Do you do any kind of soil testing, before and after to help decide what and how much to apply?

Was the extra kick more from the phosphorus or the lime? Did you put phosphorus on the non-limed area? Thanks!

How did you bring in your lime and spread it? Lime deliveries here tend to come in heavy trailers that don’t navigate hills and stumps very well.

What is the current going rate of lime per ton? And what is the recommended application per acre and what is the recommended method of spreading (I have a Kubota L4060 tractor).

Does the fertilizer come out of the grazers pocket or the property owners? What would the budget be?

I've lived in Arkansas all my life, and a 100 year old oak in the east Arkansas Mississippi river delta will be to large to put your arms around but, an old Oak in the Ozarks will have a very small diameter maybe 1/5 that of one in delta they in the mountains are what we flat landers call post oaks ha ha

Have you ever thought of trying liquid calcium?

Do you know if Perilla Mint (I'm sure spelling is bad ) is an indicator of needing lime ?

how do you apply the lime and what kind of lime is it? thanks

How you reckon the ph was before the application?

So both fields were cleared the same time or not?

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Question: could wood ash be used in place of lime?

When trying to restore low PH fields such as this, is adding lime an absolute necessity? Or does the lime just speed up the process? Can the fields be brought back by just using your other methods such as getting animals rotated through and feeding hay on them? Love the videos Greg, keep them coming!

What’s the difference in lime, in this area, western Pa, you can buy 200.00 triaxle loads, or you can buy 600.00 triaxle loads. Guys around here say there is a big difference, but know one can really say what that is.

How much lime per acre and how was it applied?

Presumably, but I'm guessing, the liming was limestone rather than burnt, slaked lime?

How long after lyme can the cows graze

I was looking hard for morels as the camera was viewing the ground

How often do you normally apply lime?

Hi Greg! I am wondering what your mow/hog/chop strategy might be this year with gas prices so high? I know what you do is limited already. TFP!

Do still run cows with sheep?

Greg : I wonder, when the Cow mob get together again, there will be fight between few cows to re-establish ranks. Will be interesting to watch.

Once you put the lime down, do you overseed the field with the best grass seed for cattle? Planting cover crops would benefit those fields, big time. Check out Gabe Brown’s three part video series I mentioned about a week ago. Cheers! 🍻