Agricultural Lime
Agricultural Lime Fertilizer
There are few things as effective as agricultural lime fertilizer when it comes to strengthening your soil. Used properly, it can help to restore your soil to the qualities it had in the past.
When you use lime, you can dramatically reduce the amount of fertilizer required to get the yields you’re after. Agricultural lime helps to stabilize the pH balance of your soil. When you get those levels right, you simply don’t need as much chemical fertilizer so your input costs start falling right away.
Another benefit of lime is that it makes it easier for your plants to access the nutrients in the soil. The less effort they expend on accessing nutrients gives them more energy for growing strong and increasing their yield.
How Does Agricultural Lime Fertilizer Work?
The Agricultural Lime we provide is an all-natural mineral fertilizer. It reduces the acidity of your soil. Soils that are too acidic inhibit plant growth. Some plants simply won’t grow at all in soil that is too acidic. Agricultural Lime corrects soil acidity and pH levels by neutralizing the acids in soil, so that microorganisms can break down the organic material that replenishes the soil.
Chemical sprays and fertilizers used to supply nutrients and for pest control contribute to soil acidity. Also, high efficiency crops (like corn and soybeans) and some genetically modified crops can remove high amounts of the soil’s nutrients, leaving it depleted and acidic.
Additives like calcium and magnesium, found in Agricultural Lime, are required to rebalance the soil’s structure. This also improves water penetration and facilitates the intake of major nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.
How You Spread Limestone Matters
Just spreading more limestone isn’t enough. HOW you spread it makes a big difference.
In the same way that we want to reduce the impact on the soil when it comes to what we spread, we also want to make sure that the process of spreading it is just as thoughtful.
We’ve developed a unique spreading system that reduces the impact on your farm and your fields. We’ve reduced the amount of transportation required. In many cases we’ve eliminated the need to dump product on your farm before spreading altogether.
You see, most people will send a truck to your farm and dump a load of limestone. They get to it when they get to it. Then they bring in a front end loader and a spreader. They start loading and then distributing the lime. They use three vehicles, a lot of effort, more people, and more time. There’s a better way.
We’ve reduced the need for all of the disruptions that many farmers have faced in the past — maybe you’ve faced them too.
We have a single vehicle to do all of this. That’s right. A single vehicle.
We load it with limestone at our site and they drive straight to your farm where we’re able to drive straight to your fields and begin spreading immediately. It’s faster. It’s less disruptive. And it’s better for your farm.