This farm has 5 center-pivot sprinkler irrigation systems that water approximately 998 acres plus 150 acres of drip irrigation is being installed. The owner is presently using 9 irrigation wells and plans to install pumps in three additional wells. All of the wells will have submersible electric motors and pumps. Recently installed high-pressure (50#) plastic, under-ground lines connect the 9 currently used wells and all sprinklers and are shown on attached maps. The drip irrigation system is being installed on 80 centers on the east part of the farm. Three wells located on this part of the farm will be connected together and to the drip-irrigation stations with new high-pressure (50#) plastic, under-ground lines.

The north sprinkler is a 2006 Zimmatic that waters 384 acres. The next sprinkler south is a 2007 T&L that makes a circle and waters 45 acres. The sprinkler west of this T&L is a 2004 Zimmatic that waters 204 acres. West of this sprinkler is a 2007 T&L that makes a circle and waters 77 acres. The south sprinkler is a 2004 Zimmatic that waters 288 acres. All sprinklers have tall tires and drops on 60 spacing. On the west side of the property, there are three box cars with a covered work area set up as a shop plus a domestic well.

Wells range in depth from 390 to 470 with steel casing and pumps set near the bottom of the hole. Water district maps show a 2012 estimate of the saturated thickness of the water-bearing formation to be 40 to 100. The owner states that current water depths range from 40 to 100. Two nearby water-district monitor wells had 10.06 and 10.25 declines from 2003 to 2013. A third monitor well which was later added approximately 2 miles north of the property shows only a 1.13 drop in water depth from 2006 to 2013. The water-bearing formation in this area does not release water as fast as some areas with higher producing wells but appears to have experienced less decline in water depth than the higher producing areas.

This is an excellent farm with a well-designed, good-quality irrigation infrastructure that is located in close proximity to several dairies and feedyards. The owner would be willing to lease and continue to operate this farm.