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Agricultural lime

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Agricultural lime, also called aglime, agricultural limestone, garden lime or liming, is a soil additive made from pulverized limestone or chalk. The primary active component is calcium carbonate. Additional chemicals vary depending on the mineral source and may include calcium oxide. Unlike the types of lime called quicklime (calcium oxide) and slaked lime (calcium hydroxide), powdered limestone does not require lime burning in a lime kiln; it only requires milling. All of these types of lime are sometimes used as soil conditioners, with a common theme of providing a base to correct acidity, but lime for farm fields today is often crushed limestone. Historically, liming of farm fields in centuries past was often done with burnt lime; the difference is at least partially explained by the fact that affordable mass-production-scale fine milling of stone and ore relies on technologies developed since the mid-19th century.

Agricultural lime - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Soil additive containing calcium carbonate and other ingredients A bulk lime spreader operating at Canterbury Agricultural College , 1949 Agricultural lime , also called aglime , agricultural limestone , garden lime or liming , is a soil additive made from pulverized limestone or chalk . The primary active component is calcium carbonate . Additional chemicals vary depending on the mineral source and may include calcium oxide . Unlike the types of lime called quicklime ( calcium oxide ) and slaked lime ( calcium

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