Hay surpasses potatoes for #1 crop

We learned that hay is now the number one crop in Idaho surpassing potatoes. Driving around the area one sees field after field of hay with sprinkles going every day. As we drove down Highway 20 towards Idaho Falls we met many large triple trailer trucks stacked high with large bales of hay. Go to the Google Map link below and notice all the large green circles. At first glance you might think they were made by a tractor seeding the field by GPS. You would be wrong. Those large green circles are created by long sprinkler systems that travel in a circle as they water the field. If you zoom in you can see the sprinkler train.

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Large stacks of hay are numerous

Hay fields are a main part of the scenery

Sprinklers are running everywhere you look