Disclosed herein is an invention directed to a system and method of use directed to a pivot irrigation control system utilizing cellular short messaging service (SMS) to communicate between the various elements of the system to provide status updates and controls of the elements within the system. In one embodiment, the pivot irrigation control system is comprised of a well controller element, at least one pump controller element, and an input/output element. The well controller element is communicatively coupled with the pump controller element(s) and the input/output element. In another embodiment, the controller element, the pump controller element(s), and the input/output element are all communicatively coupled with each other for the purpose of relaying the status of each element. In one embodiment the communicatively coupling is achieved through SMS communications between the elements.
