Water is the main thing that will make or break a farmer.  Sometime during the growing season we’re going to have a dry spell…no season is perfect.  Anytime you can use water as a supplement instead of necessity, it certainly pays off.

Because of irrigation I’ve seen a 40 percent increase in yields and a 10 percent increase in quality.

Considering the weather patterns over the past 10 years, irrigation is a very good investment.  Input costs have been higher than ever…and it’s hard to make profit without water.

Without irrigation, some years you’ll have a bumper crop and some years you’ll have nothing.  You can’t put a number on the value of irrigation…it’s like having crop insurance.