Calculate agricultural lime rate, effective lime needed, total lime tons, ENM or ECCE adjusted lime rate, application cost, and total field cost. Use this lime rate calculator to estimate lime needs from soil test recommendations, target pH planning, and lime quality.
Lime rate per acre:
Enter a soil test recommendation or use current pH, target pH, and buffer factor to estimate lime rate per acre.
Quality adjusted rate:
The calculator adjusts the lime recommendation for lime quality, ENM, ECCE, or CCE value.
Total lime needed:
Adjusted lime rate is multiplied by field acres to estimate total tons needed.
Lime cost:
Enter lime cost per ton and application cost per acre to estimate total cost and cost per acre.
A lime rate calculator helps estimate how much agricultural lime is needed to correct soil acidity and reach a target soil pH.
It can help compare lime sources, quality ratings, ENM values, field acres, lime tons, application costs, and cost per acre.
Your result shows estimated lime rate per acre, pH-based lime estimate, quality-adjusted lime rate, ENM-adjusted lime rate, total lime tons, lime cost, application cost, total cost, and cost per acre. These are estimates based on the values you enter.
Use a soil test lime recommendation as the starting rate, then adjust for lime quality, ENM, ECCE, or CCE value. The calculator can also estimate a pH-based rate using current pH, target pH, and a soil buffer factor.
Lime products can vary in neutralizing value and fineness. A lower quality lime product may require more tons per acre to deliver the same effective liming value.
Multiply the final adjusted lime rate per acre by field acres. For example, 2 tons per acre on 40 acres equals 80 tons of lime.
Yes. Enter lime cost per ton and application cost per acre to estimate lime cost, application cost, total field cost, and cost per acre.