Someone tell me if this is weird

[99Silver6.0]

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]

your corn is weird!

[Kansas Kid]

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]

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]

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]

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.