Is Monette Farms like Bernie Madoff?

[blueversi]

Let them push every stick they want. All trees do is offer cover for large four legged rats such as elk and deer.

[fjlip]

A big front for laundered foreign $$$.

He is just a name, started with SFA, got someone to fund it all, using his name to be legal.

A friend knew him in tech school and it's all BS.

[Old Cowzilla]

Pushing the trees is the easy part its the drainage and rocks....and rocks to dig move and bury.Thin layer of top soil when it clicks it clicks but for how long. As for the 4 legged rats they move farther south to our country and live on alfalfa,soybeans and corn fields. So far the elk stay closer to the mountain but we do get the odd moose wandering through.

[SASKFARMER]

It's swamp.when it rains and it's heavy dirt. Rocks heavy

[blueversi]

A big front for laundered foreign $$$.

He is just a name, started with SFA, got someone to fund it all, using his name to be legal.

A friend knew him in tech school and it's all BS.

Can same be said about the big farm in your area I wonder or are they self made?

[FarmJunkie]

It can be farmed but with lots of cash and time to clean it up. Oh and lots of painful experiences. Not for me when I’m used to what I got. If u drive thru these areas they’ve just bought u will understand better that some land is better left the way it was for the purpose it has been being used for.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Or are they making a bet that the recent warming trend has, or is going to transform the fringes into productive cropland? On an operation that size, taking the risk to get in on the ground floor of what might be the next land boom, might be worth a try.

[wheatking16]

Or are they making a bet that the recent warming trend has, or is going to transform the fringes into productive cropland? On an operation that size, taking the risk to get in on the ground floor of what might be the next land boom, might be worth a try.

I bet this is both.

A big bet but not for that operation.

[Taiga]

This must be a pretty sleepy area if neighbours are up in arms about land clearing for ag development. Doesn’t really sit right with me having neighbours complaining about what somebody else is doing on their property, however I realize this is on a much larger scale than normal.

[wrongway]

This must be a pretty sleepy area if neighbours are up in arms about land clearing for ag development. Doesn’t really sit right with me having neighbours complaining about what somebody else is doing on their property, however I realize this is on a much larger scale than normal.

generational farms in the area no doubt saw a bunch of farmers come and go with big ideas...when they leave it's all thistles and tansy till the poplars and cattails once again take over.