Working Ranch April/May 2025

REID BROS IRRIGATION

A Design Irrigation well-designed irrigation system will be tailored to a specific site to provide the owner with the most efficient elements to achieve the best economic outcome. Jim Reid, a partner with his brother William in Georgia’s Reid Bros Irrigation, says the expertise necessary to create that efficient It will save you money and water. irrigation system requires a broad understanding of how a pivot works and knowledge of how it interfaces with each site’s factors. Beyond hands-on expe rience with an irrigation pivot, Jim says irrigation dealers should be certified through the Irrigation Association’s Certified Irrigation Designer program.

“My brother and I started farming in 1978,” Jim Reid says. “Low row crop prices in 1998 caused us to

BY LORETTA SORENSEN

30 I APRIL / MAY 2025 WORKING RANCH audited readers run 21 million head of beef cattle.