Aerial view of pivot sprinkler irrigation (SDI) on a hayfield.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) helped Howard and Barbara Schirmer, and their son Ernie and wife Terri Schirmer develop a conservation plan that would help reduce water usage; to do that the farm qualified for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) that provided financial assistance in the form of cost-sharing grants that helped Schirmer Farms install a pivot sprinkler system on one of their hayfields, near San Antonio, in Macdona, TX, on July 28, 2020. Please see the album description for more information about this six-generation farming family, these organizations, programs and conservation practices at flic.kr/s/aHsmPRAeea
USDA Photo by Lance Cheung. Original public domain image from Flickr