IRRIGATION BRANCH

Saskatchewan’s Irrigation Development & Opportunities

Irrigated Crop Production Update – 2012 Garth Weiterman PAg.

…the efficient, productive & sustainable use of water… Facts • over 40% of ’s farmland • 61% of the world’s lentil exports • 57% of the world’s pea exports • 55% of the world’s flax exports • 34% of the world’s durum exports • 34% of the world’s canola exports

• $8.1 Billion in export sales in 2010

• >30% of Canadian Agricultural Biotech Industry [email protected] www.agriculture.gov.sk.ca

Saskatchewan Facts

Value of Sask Exports

in 2011 we surpassed Alberta in 2012 we will surpass Alberta & British Columbia

Alberta exports - 83% to the US – largely energy

Sask exports - 60% to the US – energy, agriculture, minerals Canada’s Irrigation Potential Province Irrigated Area (Ha) Potential Potential Area % increase BC 121,408 182,113 150% Alberta 728,450 1,011,736 139% Saskatchewan 80,939 404,694 500% Manitoba 30,352 60,704 200% Ontario 60,704 202,347 333% Quebec 25,000 35,000 140% New Brunswick 500 575 115% Nova Scotia 3,642 7,285 200% PEI 2,023 4,047 200% Newfoundland 45 136 300% CANADA 1,053,065 1,908,637 181%

Madramootoo CWRA 2004 Manitoba (3%) Saskatchewan (13%) Ontario (5%) Quebec 2% N.B 0.1% N.S. 0.3% PEI 0.2% 18% {NL <0.1% BC Alberta 59%

Agriculture and Agriculture et Agri-Food Canada Agroalimentaire Canada Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration du rétablissement Administration agricole des Prairies >100 Year History of Irrigation in Sask

Richardson – McKinnon Irrigation Project Feb 27th, 1903 approved by the Government of the Northwest Territories.

Existing Development Pivot Ü 119,000 acres Wheelmove Ü 37,000 acres Other Sprinkler Ü 21,000 acres Gravity Ü 61,000 acres Backflood Ü 94,000 acres Others Ü 3,000 acres

Approx. Total 335,000 acres Intensive Irrigation 241,000 acres Southwest Saskatchewan Reservoirs

Junction Dam

Cypress Lake Downie Lake Irrigation Districts Climate for Cropping

2,200 – 2,299 CHU 2,300 – 2,399 CHU Gardiner Dam

Gardiner Dam produces 775 million kWh per year Saskatchewan irrigation uses 43 million kWh per year = 6% Saskatchewan uses about 229 kWh per sprinkler irrigated acre 30,412 kWh per 133 ac centre pivot

• 9.4 million dam³ total storage • 64m high dam x 5000m wide • 225km long lake with 800km shoreline • 45% of SK population’s drinking water source Lake Diefenbaker supplies water directly to 102,960 acres of irrigation.

Potential for expansion of an additional 500,000 acres based on suitable soils and economic feasibility South Sask. River Irrigation District No. 1

— Existing development of 35,469 acres including 2,030 acres of flood — Gravity canal and pipeline delivery systems — Expansion requires phased addition of pipelines and pumps — Infill and expansion potential of 28,350 acres — Total infrastructure costs of $58,259,000

Luck Lake Irrigation District — Existing Development of 10,152 acres — Pressurized pipeline delivery systems — Expansion requires phased addition of pipelines and pumps — Infill and expansion potential of 9,000 acres — Total infrastructure costs of $19,470,000

Riverhurst Irrigation District

— Existing Development of 11,442 acres — Pressurized pipeline delivery systems — Expansion requires phased addition of pipelines and pumps — Infill and expansion potential of 11,000 acres — Total infrastructure costs of $22,170,000

Development Summary (CSWSEP)

Irrigation Expansion Potential (1000 acres)

District / Region Existing Total Infill Expansion Total Expansion Luck Lake I.D. 9 4 5 18 Riverhurst I.D. 10 4 7 21 S. Sask River I.D. 35 10 18 63 Qu’Appelle South nil n/a 110 110 Westside nil n/a 375 375 Total 54 18 516 587 Cost Summary (CSWSEP) District / Region Expansion Area Infrastructure Average Expansion (1000 acres) Cost cost (million $) /acre Luck Lake I.D. 10 26 2,700 Riverhurst I.D. 11 37 3,455 S. Sask River I.D. 28 58 2,055 Qu’Appelle South 110 558 5,046 Westside 375 1,967 5,300 Total 534 2,645 4,955 IRRIGATION BRANCH

Irrigated Land Values LDDA

$5,000 $4,500

$4,000

$3,500

$3,000

$/acre $2,500

$2,000

$1,500

$1,000 2007-2009 2008-2009 2009-2011

…the efficient, productive & sustainable use of water… Saskatchewan Irrigated Farmland Values — RMs 284, 285 (SSRID #1, Macrorie ID) — Min $1547 — Max $1808 — Ave $1720 (cultivated dryland $620)

— RMs 224, 255, (Luck Lake ID, Riverhurst ID) — Min $1072 — Max $1240 — Ave $1169 (cultivated dryland $429) FCC Jan 2012 Ave $1,720

Ave $1,169 Alberta Irrigated Farmland Values

— County — Newell - $2,802 — Warner - $3,244 — Taber - $3,704 (cultivated dryland $1,088) — Forty Mile - $3,879 — Lethbridge - $5,951 (cultivated dryland $1,875)

FCC Jan 2012 Cost of Irrigation - $/ac for 12” Covers 100% of O&M SSRID plus replacement • Base rate: $23.45 • Energy: $3.75 TOTAL: $37.20 Plus on-farm pumping

RID TOTAL: ~ $55.00

LLID TOTAL: ~ $60.00 Irrigation Water Use

Lake Diefenbaker Irrigation Districts Water Use

2.5

2.0

1.5

Acre feetAcre per acre 1.0

0.5

0.0

Lake Diefenbaker Irrigation Districts Linear (Lake Diefenbaker Irrigation Districts) Irrigated Crop Rotation

LAKE DIEFENBAKER IRRIGATION ALBERTA IRRIGATION CROP MIX 2009 CROP MIX 2009

Forage Misc Misc 14% 1% Cereals 7% 26% Cereals Vegetable 33% 8% Forage Pulse 38% 14% Oilseed Vegetable 13% Oilseed 5% 37% Pulse 4% Opportunities

Infill & Expansion existing irrigation districts 48,000 acres

Westside 375,000 acres

Qu’Appelle South Irrigation Project 110,000 acres

Qu’Appelle South IP Location Irrigable Acres Block Layout

Pumpsite System Layout Spillway Canal Route Global Transportation Hub

— 2000 acre site – land and infrastructure >$504 million

— Loblaw’s 1,000,000 sq ft distribution center

— CP Intermodal – 250,000 lifts/year

— Yanke Group transload – 400-500 truckloads per week

http://www.thegth.com Global Transportation Hub Job Creation •Canadian Logistics Services (CLS), operator of the Distribution Centre at the Global Transportation Hub (GTH), is looking to employ as many as 800 people on completion of the project. •Development of the Canadian Pacific Intermodal Facility will bring 100 new jobs to the city.

•Yanke and their affiliate — Canadian Pacific (CP) – the decision by CP to locate its new Intermodal Facility at the west edge of Regina is fundamental to the development of the GTH. organization, AFI Distribution — Canadian Logistics Services (CLS) – the GTH’s anchor tenant, CLS has opened its one million square foot distribution centre to serve the Loblaw Group of Companies. — Loblaw Group of Companies - is Canada’s largest food retailer and a leading provider of drugstore, general Group’s 40-acre project will merchandise and financial products and services. — Yanke Group of Companies – Saskatchewan’s largest trucking company. create 40 new jobs. — Alliance Grain Traders – is the largest lentil and pea splitting company in the world. Alliance buys lentils, peas, beans and chickpeas from farmers around their 27 value-added processing facilities located in the best pulse growing regions in Canada, the United States, Turkey, China and Australia and ship them to over 85 countries around the globe.

Publications Thank-you — Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture Staff

— Garth Weiterman, P Ag — Gerry Gross, P Ag — Gary Kruger, P Ag — Kelly Farden, P Ag — Rory Cranston, P Ag

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