questions to farmers...

[GALAXIE500]

We don't have a natural gas service on Ghetto Central of the Slum of the Ghetto. Quotes for service are astronomical. Add in a service large enough for a grain drier and it's much worse, depending on distance and volume requested.

Can I get government to pay for that asset for my farm?

What's the difference?

That is just crazy. down here in my area they are shutting in natural gas fields the past few years because they aren't making any money ,and in your area you can't even get a line put to the yard without mortgaging a 1/4 of land!

Just last year a local gas company made the announcement they were shutting in a 1500 well gas field over a three year period. Granted some of the wells didn't produce too good anymore , but quite a few guys lost their jobs or had to relocate.

This has been going on for some time down here.

[bucket]

Just across the border in Southern Alberta , if you have a 1/4 section with an irrigation pivot you are looking at big $$$ to buy any land in that area. I have heard as high as seven figures.

I think the Alberta guys used some of their own money to build it...in Saskatchewan the capitalists use government money to build it and keep the capital gain ...

Saskatchewan irrigation projects are at a disadvantage ...really no different than dryland....low population means we are an exporter....consolidation of rail and elevators in this area means more production has to be trucked instead of using rail ( really stupid that they pulled the rail lines and elevators to Riverhurst and Outlook ) ...but I guess some would call that job creation by default...

Further from port means higher freight costs when you get on rail lowering the net price...

But i guess if the government is picking up 40 bucks an acre for five years on district irrigation land....you have a little extra money to wreck secondary highways trucking grain....

Is anyone understand what I am trying to say about these projects ...yet?

....the infrastructure that was there for all farmers is gone...the fact they thought of 4 billion to spent means highways in general continue to crumble for everyone...

The fact they rebuild highways to secondary standards while talking about a 100000 acre project is complete lack of planning...

They government spent 25 million for the highway between Eyebrow and Moose Jaw ....now they are going to spend 3 billion on irrigation in the area with a secondary highway and the 10000 tonne concrete elevator closed in Eyebrow....Seems to me there would be potential there for both an expansion of the elevator rail spur and maybe container loading with this future wealth being created.....thunk ....fell off my chair laughing.

You guys know the GTH was set up for this Quappelle south irrigation project ...right....produce to be moved through that site....


Its even more laughable now. Worse than the Spudco fiasco...