That's absolutely ridiculous, what a bureaucratic overreach!!!
@Firstram, across the US we're pulling water out of the ground faster than it's being replaced. It's hitting farmers harder but it's also affecting municipal and private wells. Drilling 170 feet to get water is expensive but it's a bargain compared to a 1,700 foot deep well. Some of the water coming out of the ground today seeped into the aquifers 10,000 years ago. I don't know if you can access the article from the NYT but here's one quote:
@Firstram, across the US we're pulling water out of the ground faster than it's being replaced. It's hitting farmers harder but it's also affecting municipal and private wells. Drilling 170 feet to get water is expensive but it's a bargain compared to a 1,700 foot deep well. Some of the water coming out of the ground today seeped into the aquifers 10,000 years ago. I don't know if you can access the article from the NYT but here's one quote:
"The change is already happening in parts of Kansas, where 2.6 million acres of land no longer have enough groundwater to support large-scale agriculture. The western part of the state has seen some of the worst declines yet in groundwater levels. Corn yields have plummeted to levels last seen in the 1960s, erasing decades of gains."
Five Takeaways From Our Investigation Into America’s Groundwater Crisis (Published 2023)
Aquifers are shrinking nationwide, threatening supplies of drinking water and America’s status as a food superpower. Climate change is amplifying the problem.www.nytimes.com
I understand and can relate to all of this.@Firstram, across the US we're pulling water out of the ground faster than it's being replaced. It's hitting farmers harder but it's also affecting municipal and private wells. Drilling 170 feet to get water is expensive but it's a bargain compared to a 1,700 foot deep well. Some of the water coming out of the ground today seeped into the aquifers 10,000 years ago. I don't know if you can access the article from the NYT but here's one quote:
"The change is already happening in parts of Kansas, where 2.6 million acres of land no longer have enough groundwater to support large-scale agriculture. The western part of the state has seen some of the worst declines yet in groundwater levels. Corn yields have plummeted to levels last seen in the 1960s, erasing decades of gains."
Five Takeaways From Our Investigation Into America’s Groundwater Crisis (Published 2023)
Aquifers are shrinking nationwide, threatening supplies of drinking water and America’s status as a food superpower. Climate change is amplifying the problem.
The need to verify what happens when we pull a bunch of water out of the ground is a good thing but is risky as we don’t know if we’ll get a pumping permit. That being said, we pumped at 450gpm for 24hrs and everything was well within where it needed to be during pumping and the recharge after we stopped was amazing. The water level dropped down 97’ from the surface and was back to 10’ 2.5hrs after we stopped pumping which the well guys said is unheard of.
Yes. Two. One larger that’ll do 40ish acres and a smaller one that’ll do 25ish acres.
Are you not using the integrated StarFire?
Ooooo implement guidance!! Fancy but nice in the hills.
No, its not what I'm asking. That tractor has two receivers on it. The SF6000u snapped into the bracket, and what I suspect is a SF6000i (or possibly 7000i) under the yellow cap on the right side of the roof.
No, that isn't an issue.
I’d like to paint the cab some sort of other color, stick a 10-so in it and add a wet kit of sorts yet but yeah, so far I am really glad I went this route vs a 1-ton pickup. It’s a blast to drive and very capable !! An N14 Cummins would be fun in there !!
Just another way I’m justifying having it around to the Mrs
The 2nd one is Dads lol. I went shopping for a 455 from the 90’s and one thing lead to another and I bought the 2038r. I told Pops and he said “If my damn kid can have something nice like that so can I!” LolYou know having 2 of those 2038's really is a bit overkill, after all you can only run one at a time. You should just drop that second one off here, I'll give it a good home.
I never thought you'd have enough payback for irrigation where you are. Always figured that was more of a western/Southern plains thing.
.Just to clarify, AutoPath needs SF3 or greater, and the integrated receivers will do everything the universals do, its really the same guts kinda, just in the roof.
The 7630 has a 4640 that we use for guidance with everything we can and will be used for section control on the sprayer. The 9420 has a brown box used for tillage. It sure is nice not to have to worry as much about overlap !!I'm surprised to see the irrigation up there as well, but can see it's benefit in the dry years.
We planted beans last week (northeast Iowa) and hope to plant corn this week. Autosteer is a new addition for us this year. This way I can plant almost as straight as my Dad
How soon will you start planting? Aside from the tiling, are you using any GPS tech?
That is our thought as well. Similar to tile. It's not "needed" all year long but sure is nice in some years or certain times of the year.
When I said no Autopath on the 6000i it wasn't referring to not able to do it as much as they don't have it unlocked. The traveling receiver has the unlock and since it can travel they move it around to save some $$$. The gold flake in the paint causes some of us farmers to do silly things sometimes
Activations and licenses like that follow the display, not the receiver.When I said no Autopath on the 6000i it wasn't referring to not able to do it as much as they don't have it unlocked. The traveling receiver has the unlock and since it can travel they move it around to save some $$$. The gold flake in the paint causes some of us farmers to do silly things sometimes
Just a bit outside my job description. Local dealers handle demos, unless you're Millennial Farmer, in which case you deal with other reps too. Those MN guys, I tell ya what...
