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You have to ask yourself the question why would farmers allow you to spread crushed rock on their farmland? There is no positive benefit for them. The academi
by rmason 3y ago
You have to ask yourself the question why would farmers allow you to spread crushed rock on their farmland? There is no positive benefit for them. The academics didn't study the long term effects of it on the land. The land is the tool the farmers use to make their living.
- matznerd 3y agoActually, this incorrect, soils naturally acidify through nutrient loss (e.g. natural minerals) and the breakdown of nitrogen fertilizers. And soil have been amended with limestone (and volcanic soils) for a very long time. In fact, terrestrial enhanced rock weathering (ERW) was created to replace the cost of liming fields for farmers, which leads to the release of carbon. Many farmers are open to it because they need to balance their soil's ph. Which as you said, is important to farmers because the land "is the tool the farmers use to make their living" therefore, you can consider ERW/liming as the maintianence on their tool...