The aims of this trial project were to measure:
1. The efficacy of applied lime on grain yield and profitability
2. Differences between incorporation methods
3. Differences between incorporation depths
4. Impact on phosphorous uptake efficiency

Cultivation x lime:
• The crop performed better when cultivation to 20 cm occurred by chisel +offset. This outperformed rotary hoe and cultivation to 10cm.
• The addition of lime increased yield (0.24 t/ha) compared to un-limed plots, although the increase in yield caused a decrease in grain protein.
• There was no interaction between lime and cultivation evident. except for grain test weight.
• If only cultivating to 10 cm, liming (3 t/ha) produced optimal yield, but grain protein was reduced.
Micronutrients and P:
• The soil was responsive to P fertiliser but not micronutrients.
• The addition of P increased plant vigour, NDVI, grain test weight, and grain yield.
• An interaction of lime and micronutrients was evident for vigour, with better crop vigour in plus P, plus lime compared to all other treatments.
• Where lime was applied there were lower screenings in treatments without P, compared to treatments with no P and no lime.
Economics:
• After 3 years there has been no economic advantage of lime. Liming is producing greater revenue; however profit has been substantially lower than nil lime.
• A pulse crop is to be grown in the rotation in 2025 and should further tease out treatment differences.