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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1175167" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>Unless something has changed here in Texas that I don't know about, the county agent doesn't do it anymore. You either go to the agent, or request from TAMU, get the sample bag and the form, take your samples, composite them and then mail them off straight to TAMU with a check of MO for $25 or $30 (I forget) and you get the results back in a week or so. </p><p>Used to, the local FFA/4h or Voc AG class and instructor would come out and do it, but that's been several decades ago. </p><p></p><p>The results are sometimes surprising. My brother-in-law--a great gardener sent his sample off last year and found out he was way high in phos and the instructions were NOT to add any kind of phos for at least 5 years. </p><p></p><p>There is no limestone close by me (unless you count straight down about 680 feet). But central texas aroound Austin/San Antonio hill country is riddled with limestone caves and karst action and that's where most of the ag lime comes from here. </p><p>It's fairly cheap from the bigger suppliers-except the transport costs. One of the local feed outlets does rent the buggies, but the limestone itself is theirs that they load into the buggy from 50lb bags @ $4/bag--comes out to $200/ton by the time you get the buggy home, tax and diesel, which is waay to much. And--it's pelletized--not the really small ground up stuff.</p><p>The lime I had spread on pastures came out of Lufkin which is about 80 miles away spread for about $35/ton--still high, but it is what was available.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1175167, member: 18945"] Unless something has changed here in Texas that I don't know about, the county agent doesn't do it anymore. You either go to the agent, or request from TAMU, get the sample bag and the form, take your samples, composite them and then mail them off straight to TAMU with a check of MO for $25 or $30 (I forget) and you get the results back in a week or so. Used to, the local FFA/4h or Voc AG class and instructor would come out and do it, but that's been several decades ago. The results are sometimes surprising. My brother-in-law--a great gardener sent his sample off last year and found out he was way high in phos and the instructions were NOT to add any kind of phos for at least 5 years. There is no limestone close by me (unless you count straight down about 680 feet). But central texas aroound Austin/San Antonio hill country is riddled with limestone caves and karst action and that's where most of the ag lime comes from here. It's fairly cheap from the bigger suppliers-except the transport costs. One of the local feed outlets does rent the buggies, but the limestone itself is theirs that they load into the buggy from 50lb bags @ $4/bag--comes out to $200/ton by the time you get the buggy home, tax and diesel, which is waay to much. And--it's pelletized--not the really small ground up stuff. The lime I had spread on pastures came out of Lufkin which is about 80 miles away spread for about $35/ton--still high, but it is what was available. [/QUOTE]
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