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    Ralph Wants To Irrigate Your Crops

    I guess assuming he gets elected again;
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    Goodale pushing big water project for Saskatchewan

    Ralph Goodale wants to make an old plan new again which he says will fix all of Saskatchewan’s water problems.
    The federal public safety minister opened the Prairie Water Summit in Regina on Monday afternoon, talking about the South Saskatchewan River project.
    “I started talking about this (project) a couple of years ago as one of the things we should think about in the context of climate change, because these water problems — either too much or too little — are just going to get more and more and more severe with every passing year,” Goodale told the media after his address.
    The project would create conduits from Lake Diefenbaker to different parts of the province, and Goodale said it would mitigate both drought and flooding problems.
    According to Goodale, the idea was originally created out of experiences in the Dirty ’30s. He said the environmental challenges we’re facing now are putting both our water resources and communities in jeopardy.
    “It’s not just a case of having too little (water) and suffering through droughts and wildfires, but as we’ve seen in Saskatchewan in two of the last six years, we have these massive summer storms, they dump a year’s worth of precipitation in 48 hours, and then it all drains through the Qu’Appelle Valley and causes havoc and ends up flooding Brandon and southern Manitoba as well,” he said.
    The federal government put aside $1 million in the spring budget to investigate the viability of the idea. Goodale said we should know the level of interest and enthusiasm sometime in the next year.
    It wasn’t clear how likely Goodale thinks the project will be to get approved; he said the upfront cost is very large, but the benefits will be even greater.
    Goodale said the bigger issue will be getting everyone on the same page to take on the project, which is why he was talking about it at the summit.
    The full prairie region was represented in that hotel hall, according to Goodale — local governments, Indigenous governments, agricultural and water organizations, and chambers of commerce.
    He said at the summit that they’re trying to give space to everyone, for their ideas, questions and criticisms, and to put everything on the table.
    Goodale said it’ll take a number of conversations to get things going, and answering a couple of questions: “How ambitious are we about solving issues like this and tackling big potential opportunities like this? And do we have the political will to work together?

    #2
    Whose crops? I doubt I'm in any proposed district.

    Unless they flood the deepest part in the Wascana Creek before it levels out and turns back west at Tyvan towards Regina.

    Not all ground is suitable for irrigation.
    Last edited by farmaholic; Jun 26, 2019, 07:57.

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      #3
      I wish I was more tech savvy and could post the last study on the Qu'appelle South irrigation study done in 2008.

      Its online somewhere....

      The cost to bring water to your quarter line would be 5500 dollars per irrigated acre plus the on farm costs of putting up the pivot etc... in 2008.

      Today it would cost a minimum of 7500...

      What crop can be grown as a return to the taxpayer for this type of project...

      Goodale is an idiot...

      I will defend my comments on irrigation with anyone that wants to debate it including the engineer that did the study,

      BTW the people wanting irrigation at the last meeting I was at wouldn't cough up 2500 per quarter to find out if their land qualified ....so how the **** could they afford the pivot for **** sakes let alone the close to a million dollar investment per quarter the government was spending or the crops that should be grown under it...????


      its ****ing stupid and I don't know why drylands farmers put up with it...

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        #4
        Sort of funny Goodale had 35 yrs to do something big for Sask. And now that he is danger of losing a seat, now he gets some ideas.

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          #5
          Originally posted by bucket View Post
          The cost to bring water to your quarter line would be 5500 dollars per irrigated acre plus the on farm costs of putting up the pivot etc... in 2008.
          Not to be a dick or anything, but how did southern Ab manage it? Do Sugarbeets pay the bills?

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            #6
            Originally posted by jazz View Post
            Sort of funny Goodale had 35 yrs to do something big for Sask. And now that he is danger of losing a seat, now he gets some ideas.
            Not his idea and he doesn't even understand what a failure to the economy irrigation is....he is a ****ing moron...and should learn how to use a simple calculator..

            The only people making money on irrigation are people that own the land and it appreciates if it qualifies for the project....absolutely no value otherwise...

            BTW where the project is going ...most of the land would have to be tiled drained to make it work....now do the math on it...

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              #7
              Originally posted by jazz View Post
              Not to be a dick or anything, but how did southern Ab manage it? Do Sugarbeets pay the bills?
              Because its been government supported and bailed out a couple of times through out the years...

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                #8
                Before you dismiss it there are a number of ways to acheive irrigation. Doesnt mean piping and digging canals everwhere.

                We do have some natural drainage tracks that all they would need is a better supply of water through the season could irrigate some areas.

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                  #9
                  Most of the USA Midwest is irrigated, seems to be working there.

                  Alberta built some sort of livestock, meat packing, vegetable industry.

                  Poor Saskatchewan, the biggest, and best quality, water body in North America. Should shut down the power generation turbines as they will cost a lot to repair.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by jazz View Post
                    Before you dismiss it there are a number of ways to acheive irrigation. Doesnt mean piping and digging canals everwhere.

                    We do have some natural drainage tracks that all they would need is a better supply of water through the season could irrigate some areas.
                    Cost to the taxpayer is enormous ....if done to a series of natural holding ponds and guys had their own pumps ....maybe ...but the infrastructure costs for even that are cost prohibitive ....and irrigation doesn't guarantee a crop...or a market....

                    If you are thinking about it....here is the best piece of advice I can give...

                    DO NOT LET ANY CONSERVATION AGENCY GET INVOLVED WITH IT....EVER...NO DUCKS UNLIMTED ...NO NCC...NOTHING....THEY WILL **** THINGS UP ....

                    You can take that advice to the bank....

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Rareearth View Post
                      Most of the USA Midwest is irrigated, seems to be working there.

                      Alberta built some sort of livestock, meat packing, vegetable industry.

                      Poor Saskatchewan, the biggest, and best quality, water body in North America. Should shut down the power generation turbines as they will cost a lot to repair.
                      Have you seen the ag programs for farmers in the states????

                      That will answer a lot of your questions....Plus a 250 bpa at 5 bucks for corn or 60bpa at 11 bucks for soybeans might answer it as well...

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                        #12
                        “It’s not just a case of having too little (water) and suffering through droughts and wildfires, but as we’ve seen in Saskatchewan in two of the last six years, we have these massive summer storms, they dump a year’s worth of precipitation in 48 hours, and then it all drains through the Qu’Appelle Valley and causes havoc and ends up flooding Brandon and southern Manitoba as well,” he said.

                        7 of 7 years up in our NE area, our RM could use some drainage help that doesn't result in massive tax increases.

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                          #13
                          Hope something happens and just more than a study.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by TASFarms View Post
                            Hope something happens and just more than a study.
                            Yup and then when the environmentalists get involved ...see how far it goes ...finding a frog can stop a project...

                            The current study is over a decade old......
                            Last edited by bucket; Jun 26, 2019, 09:09.

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