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<blockquote data-quote="NorCalFarms" data-source="post: 381965" data-attributes="member: 2465"><p>Pivots will pay for themselves here on decent soil. You sure can't afford to grow pasture under them. I have at times, but stick to alfalfa for hay. Premium alfalfa here will fetch $120-140 ton. With a pivot I can grow around six tons a year. Without a pivot, I can't even grow it. We get such a low rainfall (10") a year that if you want to grow almost anything you need to irrigate. For hay ground, it takes around a third of the gross just to pay for the watering. At the end of the year it still makes me money. </p><p></p><p>I know there are people doing it on the plains, but I would hate to have to put in a pivot just to run cows under. If you get enough rain that you could pasture them some anyway, I think the money spent on irrigation would be better spent just leasing or buying more pasture.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NorCalFarms, post: 381965, member: 2465"] Pivots will pay for themselves here on decent soil. You sure can't afford to grow pasture under them. I have at times, but stick to alfalfa for hay. Premium alfalfa here will fetch $120-140 ton. With a pivot I can grow around six tons a year. Without a pivot, I can't even grow it. We get such a low rainfall (10") a year that if you want to grow almost anything you need to irrigate. For hay ground, it takes around a third of the gross just to pay for the watering. At the end of the year it still makes me money. I know there are people doing it on the plains, but I would hate to have to put in a pivot just to run cows under. If you get enough rain that you could pasture them some anyway, I think the money spent on irrigation would be better spent just leasing or buying more pasture. [/QUOTE]
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