Liming prices

[mhill]

What is the going rate for your areas for custom lime spreading per acre (includes lime and spreading)?

 

[BC]

I paid $35 per ton about 3 weeks ago.

 

[EIEIO]

$20 or $22 a ton last October. Talked with the guy that does my spreading earlier this month to get him lined out to come here at the end of the month and he asked if I was needing lime cause he was having problems getting any. Did not even ask what that meant in dollars!

J

 

[Ranchcop]

Way to much! You should not even have to use it!
Brad

 

[milesvb]

It was $25 per ton last year hauled and spread. I'm scared to ask about this year.

 

[alacattleman]

Way to much! You should not even have to use it!
Brad

how do you figure this?

 

[dun]

Way to much! You should not even have to use it!
Brad

how do you figure this?

He probably figures kelp and whale poop will solve all the soil needs

dun

 

[EIEIO]

Way to much! You should not even have to use it!
Brad

I agree 110%!!!! So does the dang broom sedge.

However my fescue thinks different and won't grow good unless I put it on .

J

 

[J. T.]

Way to much! You should not even have to use it!
Brad

how do you figure this?

Some of that NE Texas soil is black clay, high in calcium. Maybe that's what he means. I remember living there as a teenager and picking up fossilized seashells after a heavy rain. Same kind of clay soil in our Black Belt area here in Alabama.

 

[alacattleman]

Way to much! You should not even have to use it!
Brad

how do you figure this?

Some of that NE Texas soil is black clay, high in calcium. Maybe that's what he means. I remember living there as a teenager and picking up fossilized seashells after a heavy rain. Same kind of clay soil in our Black Belt area here in Alabama.

That could be but to tell someone else they dont need it when he don't even know there soil ph level :hat:

 

[Bluestem]

Ranchcop is referring to different management practices. My ph stays around 6.2 to 6.8. Never have needed to lime. Took me a few years to get it there though. Across the fence 5.0 to 5.4 if they're lucky. Some folks are stuck in a box. The rest of us got out of the box and aren't going back.

 

[alacattleman]

you must not have cattle or hay equipment because it hard to take from the soil and not put nutriaints back

 

[Crowderfarms]

18.00 per Ton, Delivered and spread.

 

[alacattleman]

Ranchcop is referring to different management practices. My ph stays around 6.2 to 6.8. Never have needed to lime. Took me a few years to get it there though. Across the fence 5.0 to 5.4 if they're lucky. Some folks are stuck in a box. The rest of us got out of the box and aren't going back.

Im the first one to believe in building up soil fertility. If you had have used lime in the first place it being the cheapest element i wonder how long it would have took you to get your soil ph in the 6's :?:

 

[Mallen23]

$17 per ton around here, hauled and spread. I am sure with fuel costs rising again that the price is sure to go up soon.

 

[Texan]

He probably figures kelp and whale poop will solve all the soil needs

Probably get more poop out of a flounder than a whale, Dun.

 

[Ranchcop]

Way to much! You should not even have to use it!
Brad

how do you figure this?

Some of that NE Texas soil is black clay, high in calcium. Maybe that's what he means. I remember living there as a teenager and picking up fossilized seashells after a heavy rain. Same kind of clay soil in our Black Belt area here in Alabama.

That could be but to tell someone else they dont need it when he don't even know there soil ph level :hat:

I did not say that "he don't need it" I said that You should not even have to use it.

 

[Ranchcop]

He probably figures kelp and whale poop will solve all the soil needs

Probably get more poop out of a flounder than a whale, Dun.

Whale poop, now there is something that I have not tried yet. Anyone want to go out and collect some?

 

[Ranchcop]

Way to much! You should not even have to use it!
Brad

how do you figure this?

Some of that NE Texas soil is black clay, high in calcium. Maybe that's what he means. I remember living there as a teenager and picking up fossilized seashells after a heavy rain. Same kind of clay soil in our Black Belt area here in Alabama.

Nope we have sandy land here. We dont use chemicals so the soil does not need lime.

 

[Ranchcop]

you must not have cattle or hay equipment because it hard to take from the soil and not put nutriaints back

Wrong again, you do not have to put on NPK granular fertilizer, herbicide, pesticide, and lime to produce cattle and hay. I was just talking to a man yesterday that is right here in east texas that uses organics. He has one pasture that is 10 acres that has 20 momma cows and produces enough grass to feed them all and the momma and calves are very healthy. So I guess it can be done without chemicals.