Someone tell me if this is weird

99Silver6.0 · September 8, 2002

Thats different. I dont think there is a soul around here that still uses wheel line or flood irrigation. All irrigation units around here are standing pivot. I havent seen a flood irrigated field for a long time. But, some old guy that lives in town has an old wheel line torn apart and sitting behind his barn, thats all I really see of a wheel line. Only thing we usually irrigate is corn and once in a great while we put alfalfa on an irrigated circle.

pacodiablo · September 8, 2002

your corn is weird!

Kansas Kid · September 8, 2002

Only thing we usually irrigate is corn and once in a great while we put alfalfa on an irrigated circle.

Since I'm not all that far from you area, I can back up what you are saying. I've only seen corn and alfalfa irrigated, mostly corn. And never like in the pictures posted above. As a matter of fact, this is the first year the guy I work for has some alfalfa on an irrigation pivot. He ended up choosing a good year for it though, as you well know. Been a bit dry in north-central Kansas.

sincityZ71 · September 9, 2002

Yeah that does seem weird. I have seen some wheel-lines used in various places in Nevada, but never on tall crops like corn. I have noticed that out west the farms mainly use flood irrigation from ditches.

Back in Nebraska all that is used on the farms is the elevated center-pivots or PVC irrigation pipe. That is what I am familiar with, I have laid many a mile of pipe in my life.

MountaineerTom · September 9, 2002

Back in Nebraska all that is used on the farms is the elevated center-pivots or PVC irrigation pipe. That is what I am familiar with, I have laid many a mile of pipe in my life.

Thats whats used in the local area around here.

99Silver6.0 · September 9, 2002

For those who have pivots, who uses Valmont Irrigation (Valley)? The pivots we have are Valley center pivots and one old Zimmatic. Kind of a dumb question but I was curious.