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Farmer spreading white dust???
trying to figure out what the farmer around my property is doing cause its blowing all over the place, they are dusting with a white powder, on a soybean field thats already been harvested. Any ideas?
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11/01/11, 01:39 PM
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could it be lime? I know farmers use it for something, or use to.
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11/01/11, 01:46 PM
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I sure hope thats all it is! I have about 100 kids toys sitting out in the yard and 2 toddlers and the farm animals out back grazing. This stuff makes me so paranoid cause I dont know what they are doing, they are always spraying something!
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11/01/11, 01:46 PM
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It's lime
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11/01/11, 01:46 PM
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Lime which is simply crushed limestone. It is used as a source of calcium and to increase the pH of the soil.
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11/01/11, 01:53 PM
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Aglime is typically not a white powder. It has more of a texture like sand or small gravel. Of course, there is some dustiness to aglime too.
Since it's blowing around and has a powder-like texture, my bet is that it's one of the following: cement kiln dust (from a cement manufacturer), lime kiln dust (from a quick lime manufactuer), or wood ash (from a forest products company). These products are commonly land applied in areas of Minnesota. All of these by-products would be applied for the same reason that aglime is applied: to neutralize acid soils.
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11/01/11, 02:00 PM
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Thanks everyone.....if thats what it is I dont see what good it will do on dry hard bare soil and its just blowing away, but thats besides the point lol....
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11/01/11, 02:01 PM
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Lime around here is white and powder or very small granules. This is the time to do it....
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11/01/11, 02:08 PM
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It takes a while for the lime to work on the soil. Best time to apply is in the fall so it can get washed into the soil and start to decay (best word for it that I can come up with now) and become incorporated with the soil.
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11/01/11, 02:10 PM
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Superphosphate.
Lime.
Gypsum (although gypsum is more likely to be very very light orange rather than white).
Could be others that are particulate, but have some dust included, like urea; but much less likely in this season.
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11/01/11, 02:17 PM
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Old Mission,
Around here (Northwestern Illinois) they spread potash on the harvested soy fields before hitting them with anhydrous ammonia. They did the fields here yesterday with a good stiff breeze blowing. The dust and the truck with the spreader roaring around near my pastures was a little much. At least they didn't leave any anhyrdrous nurse tanks standing in the fields. THOSE really worry me.
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11/01/11, 02:25 PM
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I'd say potash, too -- especially if he's planning on putting soybeans in that field again next year.
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11/01/11, 02:47 PM
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It's lime from the sugar beet factory.
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11/01/11, 02:52 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chester5731
It's lime from the sugar beet factory.
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In Minnesota, sugarbeet lime is more of a wet sludge, than a dry, dust powder. But, if may have a different consistency in other locations.
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11/01/11, 03:02 PM
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Around here it is a whitish powder. Last I knew it was free just so they could get rid of it.
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11/01/11, 03:08 PM
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Please call them or contact them and ask them for sure. Hydrated Lime on the garden/fields/pasture and such and it is CAUSTIC.
It is very, very white, very, very fine powder.
We use it only when wearing a mask. Please gather up and clean your kids toys. Any clothes on the line should be re-washed. Better safe than sorry.
hydrated lime
noun
a caustic substance produced by heating limestone [syn: calcium hydroxide]
caus·tic /ˈkɔstɪk/ Show Spelled[kaw-stik] Show IPAadjective 1.capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue
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11/01/11, 03:14 PM
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Sounds like lime to me. Remember having it spread back on our ranch in Alabama.
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Yesterday as I was driving in the country I kept seeing signs that said "Lime" with an arrow. After a while I realized that it was probably to direct the lime truck to the customers.
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11/01/11, 05:05 PM
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Quote:
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Yesterday as I was driving in the country I kept seeing signs that said "Lime" with an arrow. After a while I realized that it was probably to direct the lime truck to the customers.
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Unless there was another sign a bit farther that said,
"Tequila!" 
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Sounds like lime to me. I use the dolomite lime and it is a fine powder. Do you know what the soil pH is in your area? That'll go along ways towards telling you whether or not it is lime.
Don't get lime in your eyes. Other than that, it won't hurt you.
You could just walk over there and ask them.
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