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Al R in NY

06-06-2003 07:22:26




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Having been raised on a small truck farm in upstate NY, we usually followed the lay of the land and property lines in planting fields. Last week I flew over Georgia, Alabama and Florida. From the air I saw planted fields that were circular in shape on flat ground. Not the patchquilt that I'm used to. Can anyone help answer, I'm really interested in learning more about them, Thanks AR in Upstate NY

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Brian TxPnhndle

06-06-2003 20:56:55




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 Re: Circular fields in reply to Al R in NY, 06-06-2003 07:22:26  
When I was growing up on my fathers farm back in the 70's, circular sprinkler systems where just starting out. I remember a few years ago seeing a map of the Texas panhandle and during the 70's there were a few dots on the map, 25 years later the dots where all over the map. Most systems today use low pressure as opposed to the water shooting out like an old fireboat, saves on water blowing away in the wind and evaperation. which is good news considering that the aquifer (sp) is being depleted at an alarming rate.
Most farmers around here use the corners as CRP land, the govt. pays them not to farm it.
My dad's circle covered 200 acres and that covers alot of ground, but I've seen them cover only 30 acres or so.

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Bill Smith

06-06-2003 11:24:56




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 Re: Circular fields in reply to Al R in NY, 06-06-2003 07:22:26  
Mainly used for pivote irragation. The irragation travels in a circle and anything out of the circle don't get any water. Alot of times the farmers will do something else with the outside of the circle. Like for instance, plant the irragated ground to corn, and the outside to a crop that doesn't need alot of water such as wheat. I have also seen something simular on very large flat farms without irragation. Like on a square mile (640 acres). They can farm in a circle which allows them to farm without having to have a turn row. They ussually have the corners as hay ground or something as such.

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Vern-MI

06-06-2003 09:58:02




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 Re: Circular fields in reply to Al R in NY, 06-06-2003 07:22:26  
In Muskegon Michigan they pump the sewage waste to a 11,000 acre site East of The City. The waste water is sprayed out of huge nozzles in a circular pattern and is used to grow feed corn. The circular patterns can easily be seen when flying at 39,000 feet on a clear day.



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Ben in KY

06-06-2003 07:25:21




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 Re: Circular fields in reply to Al R in NY, 06-06-2003 07:22:26  
They are probably using the big walking circular irrigation systems. Wheels,pipes and stuff that moves in a circle around a central pipe that supplies the water.



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ShepFL

06-06-2003 10:51:24




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 Re: Re: Circular fields in reply to Ben in KY, 06-06-2003 07:25:21  
Yup, that is it or so I have learned during my time down here.



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Al R

06-06-2003 07:28:16




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 Re: Re: Circular fields in reply to Ben in KY, 06-06-2003 07:25:21  
Thanks, That was my first guess, I could not see any wheels or piping around. Thanks again. AR in Upstate NY



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CNKS

06-06-2003 18:08:43




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 Re: Re: Re: Circular fields in reply to Al R, 06-06-2003 07:28:16  
Fly over western Kansas, the Texas and Oklahoma Panhandles, Nebraska, eastern Colorado, etc. and you will see thousands of these circles, usually the pivots are put on a quarter of ground (160 acres) and about 130 are in the circle. There are also less common systems that run in a straight line, and a few that are "corner" systems, they fold out to irrigate the corners -- these never caught on very well. Depending on how high you were, the wheels and pipe may not have been visible from the air. The big single squirt guns aren't very common in this area, but they do exist.

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williamf

06-06-2003 08:13:55




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 Re: Re: Re: Circular fields in reply to Al R, 06-06-2003 07:28:16  
Sometimes it's just a giant sized impulse sprinkler in the middle. My sister has those on her horse pastures.
And to make this Farmall related, when I got new rear tires for my H I went to the tire dealer in her little farm town. He had 11.2x38's in stock that were for the walking irrigation systems. Only four ply, not as heavy duty as regular tractor tires, but all I needed for what I use it for, and $75 less apiece.

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