# Why treating soil acidity crop by crop is no longer enough for prairie farmers

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- Published: 2026-11-07T13:00:01+00:00
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- Original: https://phys.org/news/2026-11-soil-acidity-crop-longer-prairie.html
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To protect their future harvests, Western Canadian farmers need to manage soil acidity across their entire multiyear rotation rather than crop by crop, long-term research from the University of Alberta suggests.

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