Recent content by DangYankee

Does anyone have any experience with Hoskins Red Top Waterers? I know my granddad used to work with them in the Dakotas and Nebraska. http://www.hoskins-mfg.com

I have used USGS maps to figure acreage. They may be more exact than the USDA maps. You can download them as PDF files and then with a free add-on you can calculate distance and area. You can also put them on a laptop and connect a GPS and they are supposed to show exactly where on the map...

Well, you sure walked into it. But, you had to see it coming. I would recommend you check out http://www.cffm.umn.edu/index.aspx the Center for Farm Financial Management at the University of Minnesota. They have some wonderful programs online for free that can really help you develop your...

Great idea. I sent an email and got back a request for lots of information. I told them I just wanted a basic figure to figure out what kind of investment in a well I would be talking about and got back a figure that basically called for dividing the foot acres by the amount of water you'd...

I always thought 1 inch of water per acre was 27,145 gallons. I think you are almost right. According to Wikipedia (the "easier than trying to remember a dern thing" website) one acre foot is 325,851.4 G then divided by 12 would be 27,154. Thanks for the comments, but I am still wondering...

Here's the question - How much capacity (ft/acre or gph) would a well need to irrigate 80 acres of pasture? Background - 6" - 8" of average rainfall per year in the desert southwest. The current well was installed to provide water for stock tanks. I'm pretty sure that the well would have to...