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[Robertbarlage]

They might need more irrigation then that this year! I hope not but........

[Nudge]

Bucket, the bi pass doesn't sit well with me but I think you are way off base with the irrigation comments. Not choosing the overland canal option and irrigation would be a huge mistake. Take a drive through southern Alberta sometime and look at the prosperity and economic activity that irrigation has brought to that area. Many more benefit other than the individual landowners.

[Horse]

Nudge How much of the cost of irrigation in alta is covered by those benifiting from it and how much is the taxpayers share?

[Nudge]

The canals have been there a long time. Water users pay a fee for the water. I would assume that operation and maintenance is basically covered by that Think about the benefits. Canola seed industry, vegetable production, sugar beets and processing, intensive livestock grazing, reliable silage production for feedlots....just to name a few. Then think of all the support industries to those areas, and the service industry jobs to support it all. I can't really think of a better place for govt to spend taxpayer dollars.

[bucket]

Nudge

It will cost over 5000 dollars per irrigated acre to get the water just to the quarter line. Then the farmer has to pay another 150000 to get the pivot up and running.

Close to 800000 per quarter just to grow what? Potatoes at 3200 gross an acre won't even pay the interest let alone a ROI.

Maybe the government should own the land and pay the farmer 8 to 5. Instead of making them government subsidized millionaires.




The 110000 acres will cost a minimum of 100 an acre just in operating cost per year.

But of course the taxpayers are to build the infrastructure for the 40 to 100 guys for free.

The last line of the executive study said something to the effect that farmers could not generate enough income over traditional dry land farming to afford more than a fraction of the capital costs.

Just google ... south qu'appelle irrigation project study by UMA.

And read the executive summary.

There is more than just a few farmers in this province that could use a capital injection for their farms like that.


And every new business will ask for government money as well.

Meanwhile 25000 dryland farmers get ****ed.

[binthere]

the different perspectives are interesting. agreed any political party has its shortfalls. the difference is the mistakes made by a few can be dealt with and rectified. personally if boyd did wrong i hope his head roles. however dealing with and suffering long term consequence of an ideaology of the government as a whole is much more devastating. we should be glad to have a visionary as wall. for to many years we suffered as a have not because the attitude was well thats as good as it gets. sorry thats not for me. even a horse needs hay and water.

[bucket]

What vision does Wall have?

[Horse]

The three rivers dam progect some where around 1 Billion $ and I got no idea how much per yr opperating and then sure the urers down stream pay to keep the ditchs and infrastructure going GREAT for those who got water rites by the way they can sell those to whoever they chose.
As for sask not developing there oil look at the bright side YOU STILL OWN IT not like con alta.