Blue Mountain Minerals, mineral feed supplement, aggregate filler, dolomite, road base, poultry grit California

Blue Mountain Minerals, located 80 miles north of Yosemite National Park, is an important source of naturally-occurring high-calcium limestone and magnesium-rich dolomite. Blue Mountain Minerals is the largest producer of limestone products in Northern California, utilizing environmentally-safe mining methods that involve no chemical processing.

Lime your soil for better crops: Agricultural Limestone is a soil additive made from pulverized limestone. Chemically known as calcium carbonate, CaCO3 it varies in color from white to grey. The primary active component is calcium carbonate.

Agricultural limestone and dolomite are high-quality, natural minerals used to condition and enrich crop soil. Blue Mountain Minerals products are milled to a fine consistency under strict quality control standards. There are two important considerations for choosing agricultural limestone products:

• Geological source: determines the agricultural value of the limestone by the amount of calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate in a ton of limestone. The amount of these two carbonates determines the total acid-neutralizing value, (TNV) of the limestone. Blue Mountain Minerals' limestone is high-grade, naturally occurring rock deposit.
• Limestone processing: quarried and crushed to a fine consistency adhering to agriculture standards. The fineness of the particles in the finished product impacts the speed in which the limestone neutralizes soil acidity and increases the pH levels. The crushed particles can easily be spread over the field and dissolve readily into the soil.

Agricultural Limestone (also known as aglime or ag lime) is important for soil health by neutralizing the acidity, raising the pH level, and improving the availability and absorption of soil nutrients. Agricultural limestone also improves plant health by improving its cell-wall structure and increasing its resistance to disease and insects. Limestone is an important amendment to clay soils, which are subject to compaction, crack and crust over easily, and have reduced water penetration.