Farmer spreading white dust???

Most likely it's lime since it takes months to start working and now is the best time for Spring crops.


Here it's always AG lime, not Hydrated, and always a fine white powder that's very dusty when dry

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ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ

It is definately lime , we are getting ready to spread over 2000 acres, we do it every 3 years..we try not todo it on too windy a day....probably getting ready to drill wheat...we have 1500 acres of wheat already planted have about 350 to go.....

Yup, white powder in the Ozarks (spread on pastures) is ag lime.

Other white powders have other uses, so I hear.

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Lime wish I had about 5 buggy loads

My guess would be lime...but why don't you just ask him??? I wouldn't hesitate..I would want to know because whatever it is...it is all over your property, kids toys etc..etc..

it is ag lime not hydrate lime,,,why the heck would a farmer spread a type of lime that makes soil hard....its good for your soil also...hope he does not try to charge you for his loss...

USA has the cheapest food on earth....for a reason, our farmers.

Lime only affects soil particles it has direct contact with.

There are different "grades" obtained by screening, and the finer the screening, the faster acting it is.

I've bought many TONS of it, and if it's good and dry, it's almost like flour.

If it gets too wet, it can form clumps that are as hard as rock, and makes it difficult to spread

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I use Ag Lime (barn lime) whatever you want to call it, for slippery ice conditions in walking areas.
Also it makes a good way to get out of a stuck condition in icy driveways where you are spinning the wheels. Good way to get unstuck lol

Lme is a good guess if you are in a low soil ph area. Don't use it here, soil is high ph.

Could also be a mix of N, P, K, S and/or other fertilizers. While not all are white, the dust from the little bb's of fertilizer will look mostly grey/white. All od this is just the basic building blocks of soil nutrition. It is ever so slightly salty, as it's made commercially, but nothing that would bother me in it - same stuff as lawn fertilizer you would buy.

--->Paul

I'll bet it's cocaine!

Someone should call the DEA.

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In my area it is white or gray lime.

My guess would be lime in one form or other. pretty harmless stuff actually... unless you wallow around in it. In our area we use crushed limestone as its plentiful. The trucks create quite a white cloud as they spread it and if there is any breeze the fine dust like particles in it will drift a pretty good distance. The granules however are very beneficial to the soil making whatever fertilizer used next spring available to the plants. Soil ph levels are critical for crop production. Those granules will break down with the winter rains... leaching down into the soil where it acts as a catalyst for the fertilizer nourishing the plants.

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I'd say it's lime.

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