Liquid Lime

[Pointer1160]

Anyone ever used liquid lime in their pasture?

 

[NWMoAngus]

No. Why would anyone even consider it? It is easier to spread in it's naturally dry state.

 

[Bigfoot]

No. Why would anyone even consider it? It is easier to spread in it's naturally dry state.

Just a guess, maybe immediate results. Idk

 

[Pointer1160]

Good question Bigfoot. Have a pasture that needs 5000 lb acre. My area is irrigated crop land and no need for lime on our crops. No ag. Lime close and no spreader in my county or surrounding counties. You are right that the Ag. Lime would be the best. Not enough revinue from this pasture to pay someone to come in and do this.

 

[TexasBred]

Pointer where are you located?? That often helps folks respond with assistance.

 

[Deepsouth]

I've never heard of liquid lime. What's the cost?

 

[skyhightree1]

I've never heard of liquid lime. What's the cost?

Too rich for my blood

 

[Pointer1160]

See Aggrand for website. Cost is not bad but you have to apply after each cutting for effect. Have three very small test plots. One with nothing applied, one with fertilizer and the other with lime and fertilizer. Only bought the smallest amount so only have 7.00 in this . Will let you know results. I live in Mississippi Delta of Arkansas.

 

[sim.-ang.king]

Why not lime it once and be good for 5 years?

 

[skyhightree1]

See Aggrand for website. Cost is not bad but you have to apply after each cutting for effect. Have three very small test plots. One with nothing applied, one with fertilizer and the other with lime and fertilizer. Only bought the smallest amount so only have 7.00 in this . Will let you know results. I live in Mississippi Delta of Arkansas.

I get lime 22 bucks a ton.

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

You can get the lime trucked in easy enough. Its the spreading that will be hard to get some one to come and do.

 

[skyhightree1]

For me wouldn't be worth it I can haul and spread my lime.

 

[hurleyjd]

If you apply lime here at the rate recommended 1 to 2 tons to the acre you are looking at $50 to $100 per acre. Plus commercial fertilizer will increase the acidity.

 

[skyhightree1]

I looked at aggrand site and did some figuring I could be wrong but label says 32oz to 10 gallons of water and that will teat 1000 sqft so in each gallon of concentrate it has enough to do 4000 sq ft. There is 43560 sq ft in an acre so you would need 10.89 gallons to do an acre site says its $9.44 cents a gallon so that's $102.80 without tax and shipping. I cut 300 give or take some acres in hay so that's $30,840.00 in some year I cut 3 times a year mostly 2 times a year. Oh yea I didn't calculate any fuel costs to do the spraying. I will stick to the old school way I personally can't afford to sink more in that spray than what I would make on cattle.
Edit: I could be wrong but that's what I figured up