Posted 3/19/2019 19:24 (#7389671 - in reply to #7389298) Subject: RE: 2 quarter section bare field, would you put pivots on it?
Fairbury, NE (Southeast)
I think you are missing a few important factors in regards to the labor of irrigation. Yeah you might get 40-50 bu more sometimes. But other times you wont even see that, especially with a 225 aph. Other years you might actually take a yield hit as the ground won't handle the occasional downpour as well.
Don't forget the extra labor involved. They don't run themselves and wear out even if used sparingly.
I wouldn't dream of irrigation with that kind of aph.
2 quarter section bare field, would you put pivots on it?
