Project Update: Spreading variable rate lime on arable land at Pantyderi

Soil mapping by Electrical Conductivity (EC) scanning has been carried out on 60 ha of cereal growing land at Pantyderi. This process maps precisely how soil properties vary across a field. Fields can then be subdivided into management zones on this basis. Strategic soil sampling of these zones then yields a more detailed picture which can be used to inform variable rate lime, fertiliser and seed sowing rates.

Starting with the use of lime, soil mapping has identified a saving in lime applications on the arable area from using the variable rate application maps:

A local lime spreading contractor with tractor and spreader GPS technology to deliver variable rate spreading was identified and the data was supplied electronically to the contractor to deliver the process.

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