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<blockquote data-quote="NorCalFarms" data-source="post: 380671" data-attributes="member: 2465"><p>A new 7 span pivot with end gun is going to run around $40-70,000 depending on the options. Then you need a pump and buried pipe from the pump to the pivot. That can easily run another $10-15,000. A seven span will irrigate about a 130 acres, so you might be able to get a little shorter pivot depending on the shape of your field. </p><p></p><p>For maintenance I figure $300 a year per span and almost $500 a span for depreciation. This is all done by the acre but that is about what it comes out to for the pivot. Corner systems add horribly to all the above costs.</p><p></p><p>I only have low pressure systems which are the cheapest to run. All electric pumps, our power is a small co-op which has reasonable rates. On a place where I pump from a well with a 400 foot lift the pumping ran about $175 per acre last year. On a place where I pump surface water (0 lift) the pumping only ran $62 per acre. Both places got about the same amount of water, around 3 feet/acre. I would like to have applied more, but it gets expensive. Sometimes you also just cannot keep enough water on running them constantly. Deep wells are more expensive so that is a big factor. </p><p></p><p>Doing costs for this year so I have all the numbers here. I think everything will be around 5-10% higher this year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NorCalFarms, post: 380671, member: 2465"] A new 7 span pivot with end gun is going to run around $40-70,000 depending on the options. Then you need a pump and buried pipe from the pump to the pivot. That can easily run another $10-15,000. A seven span will irrigate about a 130 acres, so you might be able to get a little shorter pivot depending on the shape of your field. For maintenance I figure $300 a year per span and almost $500 a span for depreciation. This is all done by the acre but that is about what it comes out to for the pivot. Corner systems add horribly to all the above costs. I only have low pressure systems which are the cheapest to run. All electric pumps, our power is a small co-op which has reasonable rates. On a place where I pump from a well with a 400 foot lift the pumping ran about $175 per acre last year. On a place where I pump surface water (0 lift) the pumping only ran $62 per acre. Both places got about the same amount of water, around 3 feet/acre. I would like to have applied more, but it gets expensive. Sometimes you also just cannot keep enough water on running them constantly. Deep wells are more expensive so that is a big factor. Doing costs for this year so I have all the numbers here. I think everything will be around 5-10% higher this year. [/QUOTE]
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