Thread: what a fuckin surprise

Even sheep farms are setup differently now to what they were 20-30 years ago its all "intensive" sheep have to be as big as possible & grow them as fast as they can the grass,crop has to grow so fert go,s on I doubt theres a paddock left down here where there isn't a moledrain they are everywhere flowing into the nearest ditch or creek one only has to walk a few creeks on a rainy day to see how much water flows from the tiles !

mm the pollutions bad but the precedent of them bieng able to reclaim the land water greed has exposed is a bad one.
one that im pickin will be repeated if this exanple gets known.
i STILL cant get over the chinese mob were granted rights to part of the rakaia WITH THIER FARM???
THE SCHEME BELOW THE METHVEN BARRHILL ROAD IS FN HUGE

Originally Posted by Tussock

Below the ponding area intake for the irrigation scheme here was a large aread of land behind the flood protection for the ponds on the Waitaki. Its a DOC reserve. Not some mangy bit of crown land. If you look on WAMS that area is a recreational reserve.

DOC let a local farmer develop it and deer fence it. Its still a recreational reserve on paper. Its flood irrigated.

Most of the river verges have been claimed by dairy farmers.

All this for an industry that will never make any money. It just made a bunch of physical changes to he country no one wanted, for no profit.

Woo

BIT HARSH TUSSOCK ITS PROFITABLE 1 YEAR IN 5 USUALLY.
IRRIGATION DOUBLES YOUR LAND VALUE[OR TREBLES] ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYTHING BECOMES MUCH CLEARER.

IF WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IRRIGATION ON A DEFINITE NEED [NOT GREED]BASIS LIKE SAY AREAS OF NTH CATERBURY OR PARTS OF HAWKES BAY ID BE MUCH MORE SYPATHETICLE 1 YEAR IN 5 USUALLY.
YEP BUT LANDS LIKE A LICENCE TO PRINT MONEY AND ONCE YOU,VE GOT IT OR THE RIGHTS TO IT
. ITS FUCKIN HARD TO HAVE IT TAKEN OFF YOU IN THIS DAY AND AGE NO MATTER HOW IRRESPONCIBLE OR NEGLIGENT YOU ARE.
LOOK AT SOME OF THE HIGH COUNTRY TENURE STOUCHES AS AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE HASSLE AND THAT WAS ONLY LEASE LAND.