Easter, TX 79027(Castro County)

Easter Farm

This farm has approximately 1630 acres irrigated with buried drip lines on 80" centers. Drip lines are a very efficient way to utilize water and to also reduce labor requirements. 400 acres of the drip lines have recently been upgraded. There are 31 irrigation wells which produce approximately 3600 gpm and are equipped with submersible electric motors and pumps. High-pressure (50#) plastic, under-ground lines connect all wells. There are two booster pumps used to move water from this farm to adjoining farms that are operated by the owner of this farm. The only non-irrigation improvement is a 60X120 Star-built metal frame building.

Wells range in depth from 390 to 470 with either steel or plastic casing and pumps set near the bottom of the hole. The owner states that the saturated thickness ranges from 80 to 120. Two nearby water-district observation wells (numbers 6976 & 6418) showed ...