Irrigation Systems for Farming! (Flood and Center Pivots)

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4 жыл бұрын

Irrigation has been occurring on our farm for the past month or so. Watch as we get it set up and talk about the different types!
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@oby-1607 3 жыл бұрын

We have a pivot like yours. Not new but didn't cost us anything as a neighbor gave it to us. He just wanted it removed from his property and asked us if we wanted it. It was quite a job to dismantle and rebuild it.

@arlenstrauch 4 жыл бұрын

Love your humbleness in these videos

@yb6. 2 жыл бұрын

Irrigation has tough moments but team work makes it easier 💯

@schoubrian 4 жыл бұрын

I have never seen this type of irrigation before where I am from we use irrigation machines with large sprinklers that can reach 430 feet in radius and have up to 3300 feet of hose. Nice to see different types of farming equipment

@iAmArinGrace Жыл бұрын

Dude why are you all so good looking?? Haha Anyway, enjoyed watching this and listening to you guys! Thank you for this additional ideas. :))) Thumbs up to the highest level!

@deplorableboomerrube8952 4 жыл бұрын

funny story about flood irrigation from my youth. We farmed western KS around Ashland. The owner had promised my dad that he would promote him to foreman but then hired this young grad from K-State that was an ag econ major. This kid had never been on a farm before. The boss wanted dad and the new "foreman" to set up the irrigation on the corn acreage. We farmed corn in half sections. So the new foreman told dad to go to the end of the rows so he could turn the water to the next row. The boss came by to see how it was going and found dad resting in the shade of a tree at the other end of the field. He asked dad why he was just sitting there instead of working, and when dad told him, he really didn't laugh that much. That was when my dad decided that he would go to college.

@WelshFarms 4 жыл бұрын

I have never been around irrigation, learned a lot this video, thanks guys! Good job and good luck with everything. Looking forward to your next vid!

@Jim_Austin 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting and informative. Thanks!

@rongrose3746 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty Interesting!

@amybrown8540 4 жыл бұрын

Never been around irrigation before. Really interesting video.

@deanlarsen1389 4 жыл бұрын

Like they said their pivots are old, so it is old technology, now they are automated, and ran by a computer.

@sixtoes2313 4 жыл бұрын

Rob O'Neil is good at this stuff!

@dirtbikesforlife4767 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video go farmer

@karljacobson1575 4 жыл бұрын

We flood here in Republic co. Have several pivots also!! This year will be pumping a lot! Dry up here.....

@islami5555 2 жыл бұрын

great

@JackFrost-mt5dh 4 жыл бұрын

You ever see the big single gun irrigation units? That travel across a field being pulled by a cable hooked to a winch which is anchored by a tractor. It pulls a water supply line as it goes across the field. A number of Farmers in Michigan still use them, till they can afford the center pivot system.

@raybrophy1297 4 жыл бұрын

Hello from southernIreland ..thank god we don't need irrigation ..hard work but farming in general is hard...Great videos keep up the good work and stay safe ...Thank you...

@rirohitlife 4 жыл бұрын

nice video

@Chevy4x4dawg 4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact the center pivot was invented in Colorado in the 50s.

@Traks_threw_life86 4 жыл бұрын

I would be critical of the wind but it's been so dang windy here in ks it's ridiculous. Have you guys been getting any of these storms that have been going on this week,??

@myronparks3495 4 жыл бұрын

I helped my neighbor flood irrigate his corn 2 years. But he used siphon tubes.

@nancyanderson6741 4 жыл бұрын

How heavy is that pipe for lifting? It does look like a terrible amount of work! How many rows of pipe did you lay in one day in that corn? Looks like you boys were taught very well how to lay that pipe!!

@noahriding5780 3 жыл бұрын

How do you drive the tractor down the rows without trampling the corn? Its so narrow.

@barbk8202 3 жыл бұрын

You guys do a great job. You probably get GoPro to sponsor you. He much easier so you have two hands. Then you could do the self shots with the other camera. Just a thought.

@46rambo49 2 жыл бұрын

I have to use the CAT 320 to stand one of mine or the neighbors up every year it seems. Went to electric about 4 years ago, MUCH BETTER. Kansas, "play the game tonight ";;;;;;;;;; good luck getting parts, Joe broke the system. haven't you guys used gated pipe before? probably never used siphon tubes either?

@nickdavis4570 4 жыл бұрын

How heavy is each piece of pipe.

@thescandinavian303 3 жыл бұрын

How long is the furows?

@lowellwalter9420 4 жыл бұрын

Do you have a bedder to make the raised beds before you plant?

@Chevy4x4dawg 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like they flat plant. Very few people still bed.

@coleatkinson7348 4 жыл бұрын

I live on a farm in Nebraska and we call I ridging

@swrtsolutionsinc.1092 3 жыл бұрын

Results of research completed at Michigan State University and replicated in the USA and other countries have shown that SWRT subsurface membrane technology doubles the water holding capacity of coarse textured soils. Dramatic increases in biomass and crop production are possible and expected when more soil moisture is available throughout the growing season.

@jaybee2344 4 жыл бұрын

Has anyone tried flood irrigation irrigation towards the early evening to avoid evaporation loss?

@landonp5453 4 жыл бұрын

#farming

@islami5555 2 жыл бұрын

how much lines irrigate at a time with 3inch motor...

@deltafarming118 2 жыл бұрын

Y’all need ploy pipe and pipe planner

@CaptnCrnch 2 жыл бұрын

You sound like badger from breaking bad

@shawnmcreynolds3193 4 жыл бұрын

that interesting did not know how it work llok like alot of work am glad i do not have that on my farm

@PaulThomasHarris 4 жыл бұрын

Would that be corn oil , lol 😂

@ajskab99 4 жыл бұрын

Why didn’t you guys buy that 600 acres? To expensive or not get a chance?

@JERFALCON 3 жыл бұрын

Where’s the wind breaks (trees) and scare crows? Flood irrigation is soooo much more efficient, and doesn’t tap out the aquifers! Keep up the good work. But bring back the ditches and natural grasses aka (weeds)

@rbest402 4 жыл бұрын

Ugh i hate irrigation pipe. Every Saturday morning rolled over pipe on 160 acres. as u know best time is the morning cuz it wont be any cooler at 9am. worse part is when ya got guests that decided to die in the pipe.

@MrRanger518 4 жыл бұрын

Man gated pipe sucks poly pipe so much easer and super fast

@JRovey-nt8mj 4 жыл бұрын

🤣.....wizard of oz jokes..... 🤣

@dirtbikesforlife4767 4 жыл бұрын

2nd

@engelag 3 жыл бұрын

flood irrigation? no - surface irrigation. more evaporation losses? no - center pivots have more, because of wind, if over 14 mph. center pivots are flexible? only if the soils are right for them. surface irrigation can be as automated as center pivot subsurface drip can be inefficient if poorly managed. Same for all irrigation systems. Any system, even the most uniform, can be inefficient if mismanaged. Irrigation options: surface, subsurface, sprinkler, drip, and hybrids of these. The buyer of a new irrigation system should consider how uniform the irrigation system can be, and how easy to manage to get the optimal depth of application. I have seen surface irrigation designs that are more uniform that center pivot. I am a retired Professional Engineer, agricultural. My BS was Ag Eng with soil and water. My MS was Ag Eng in irrigation. My thesis work was CFD for level border irrigation.

@mkg_254 2 жыл бұрын

Would surface irrigation be ideal for growing cane on a field 200-300 metres across, 2.5km ahead?

@willgaukler8979 4 жыл бұрын

...so your making them circles down there...

@davidswanson4437 4 жыл бұрын

But your farm is wasting water when using the flood technique.

@brandonm6052 4 жыл бұрын

Not all the time with "gravity" as we called it. just about every quarter we ran in south central Nebraska had a reuse pit on it just like the lagoon and we would pump it back up to the headland on a separate line of pipe that ran on one end of the farm. The pipe being used is very old screw gate style and it isnt as common for someone to add additional gates in between these screw style. Many times we would run gates on 15-20" spacing and then ditching it to run every other row or using a plastic style "sock" that hooked over the pipe to direct flow was used. In dry years like this I preferred gravity as you could achieve a much deeper saturation level versus trying to play catch up with a pivot.

@Chevy4x4dawg 4 жыл бұрын

Compare to other methods yes it is waste full. Prolly won't be irrigation for the next generation. Google Loss of Ogallala Aquifer. Water management is very important when using this method.