Nunn CO | warpspeed - 1/11/2026 18:50
Pay the farmer say $100/ac to hay it or whatever they need to net a good profit. That's far less hassle and cost than any sort of irrigation.
^^^^ This is the right answer ^^^^^^
If you put it in pivots they will still need attention (tires, nozzles, getting stuck, winterizing, electricity bills, etc.) you will still have to find someone to cut, bale and remove it. Those choices will now need to be made by your "committee" which getting everyone together and agreeing upon things will be a redo within itself. At a $100 an acre on 80 acres that $8,000 a year and he will cover 99% of the daily problems and upkeep. Even if you paid him $30,000 a year the million dollars you were going to spend will earn more that that in interest, and again, with minimal hassle vs pivots.
I can't even begin to describe how terrible of an idea it sounds like to have a group of non farming neighbors establish a committee, to spend a million dollars, to build infrastructure (which is already being complained about cosmetically) on a business that gives away hay.
I'd probably sell my house and move out of that neighborhood before contributing money to something like that! |
I need some advice
