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NEMO | So there is a farmer in the area that apparently has a 20 year lease on a piece of ground. He has put an irrigation pivot on this piece of ground this year but doesn't have any access to water for the pivot.
A dirt road separates this piece of ground from a creek that the farmer intended to water out of. Farmer didn't ask or make arrangements with the neighboring landowner that the creek runs through and who owns to the center of the dirt road.
Farmer has already installed the water line and electricity across the dirt road and up next to the creek, so technically trespassing onto the landowner with the creek access.
So now the farmer is seeking access from the landowner to the north to be able to get to the creek to have water for the already installed pivot.
Should the neighbor to the north grant the pivot owner farmer access to the creek? Yes or No? (Impact would probably be minimal, few feet and maybe remove a tree or two)
What sort of compensation should the landowner receive if they grant access to the creek? A yearly fee? A one time lump sum upfront (thinking similar to the cost to dig a well)? A water usage fee based on gallons per year? Any combination of the above?
It's a short quarter mile pivot that can only do a half circle (wiper) on a rectangle 70 acres.
There is very little irrigation in this part of Missouri. Wells are unheard of as the flow rate is less than 10 gallons a minute. So any irrigation around here is out of a creek, pond, lake, lagoon or river.
So what would you do and what price would you put on the access to water?
Edit to add: I'm asking this on here to help the neighbor to the north as we have no idea what value to put on water rights or access to water.
Edited by cows-n-crops 10/18/2025 01:52
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Farmer Built Irrigation Pivot and Now Needs Access To Water For the Pivot
