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To Reverse a Troubling Trend, Farmers Are Adding Rocks to Their Fields

Modern Farmer

Over the years, this has caused pH levels to drop to 5 and below, according to Dr. Francisco Calderon, director of the Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center. A few weeks after the ag show, Rauch got the latest results of his soil pH tests: 5.3. Chris Rauch’s son Andre pulls soil samples from their dryland wheat farm. “But