Sask. 'moving forward' with $1.15B Lake Diefenbaker Irrigation Project

[shtferbrains]

Sounds like a socialist plan. What kind of high value crop?

Pivots are mostly used to grow cattle feed?
Often silage crops.
Irrigation in Lethbridge supports the large and small cattle feeders.

Potato plants used to follow irrigation projects.
West of Boise where the pivots stop is desert that grows zero.
Nothing like Outlook.

[sumdumguy]

I think Moe should rethink this project. I hate to think this government may be at risk of losing the next election if he insists on forging ahead. There appears to be little justification for the $1.15 B project where costs will likely balloon to $2 to $3 B.

[furrowtickler]

Pivots are mostly used to grow cattle feed?
Often silage crops.
Irrigation in Lethbridge supports the large and small cattle feeders.

Potato plants used to follow irrigation projects.
West of Boise where the pivots stop is desert that grows zero.
Nothing like Outlook.

Southern Alberta full of very high value crops , potatoes, seed production, very high value feed


no doubt canola seed costs are high it does anyone know what those producers get there for seed production
it’s massive .
it’s all prospective, there is a reason why

[newguy]

Who will bennifit from this masive project?Do we need to subsidize to increase feed grains and canola production?

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Who will bennifit from this masive project?Do we need to subsidize to increase feed grains and canola production?

Thank you for confirming that this is just selfish jealousy on your part. What is in it for me, not what is in it for the collective economy. Spoken like a true hypocritical socialist.

[chuckChuck]

Without the feasibility study we just don't know whether spending 1.15 billion of taxpayers money on 90,000 irrigated acres is worth it.

We already have about 100,000 acres of irrigation and only about 4% is in potatoes. So If more potatoes are the stated goal why so few on existing land?

Marzolf has valid question about who benefits in the end?

Likely it will be a small number of well connected very large farms. Moe is afraid to show us the plan for some reason? And he is rushing ahead before we know what it will look like?

"Dave Marzolf, a farmer from the Lake Diefenbaker area who has been paying a lot of attention to this project, said that while it obviously would benefit the few hundred farmers who will get guaranteed water to their fields, it's unclear how this project is good for the rest of Saskatchewan people.

He pointed out that spending $1.15 billion to irrigate 90,000 acres means a per acre cost of $12,778, or more than $2 million per quarter section.

"The investment in those farms doesn't come back to the taxpayer," said Marzolf. "It goes into the pockets of those … farmers."?




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[blackpowder]

If you had only stopped at no feasibility study and skipped the quote. What's his real problem?

[WiltonRanch]

If you had only stopped at no feasibility study and skipped the quote. What's his real problem?

Yep the fear loathing and envy finds its way of bleeding through with every Sask socialist. Valid enough concerns with this project but true deep down hatred of someone else benefiting and not themselves.

[newguy]

Thank you for confirming that this is just selfish jealousy on your part. What is in it for me, not what is in it for the collective economy. Spoken like a true hypocritical socialist.

Biggest problem over the years was tring to grow grain at a profit when competing with highly subsidized countries.In the end the subsidies end up making farmers keep going and supplying consumers with cheap food.As a farmer I say that is jut not right.Explai how I am hypocritical and socialist with those views.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

As of today, we are competing with South America and the FSU. Neither of which are subsidized. Quite the opposite, in most cases the farms are subsidizing the rest of society through export taxes etc.

While we are busy fighting amongst ourselves, and being bitter, jealous and resentful because our neighbor might be more successful than we are, the actual competition is eating our lunch, and taking our market share.

Quit worrying about what your neighbor deserves and doesn't deserve, and look at the big picture.