OOS Big Ag

[Johnny Reb]

I would rather see land being cleared for Ag fields than tract home/cookie cutter neighborhoods...

[PharmHunter]

Just think, the Beach Company sold off all that land in Summerton and now it's being mowed down for duck ponds.

What's worse? Mega duck ponds or mega farms?

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Actually I believe 99% of it is being used for Ag and has had irrigation put in. OOS operations and big $ lease prices.

[Sportin' Woodies]

Agreed. It's super easy and non time consuming to grow all your own meat and food. Plus everyone knows how and nobody in this state is lazy and incapable of self sufficiency and nourishment.

We need to stop "mega" farming today!

[Bigtimber2]

I would wonder if they have studied or even read "A Sand County Almanac."

Good read but you have the Constitution in the other hand also. Difficult balance and the Constitution should supercede. The EPA regs are not balanced.


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[rp]

Good read but you have the Constitution in the other hand also. Difficult balance and the Constitution should supercede. The EPA regs are not balanced.


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And I agree to that BUT there is no reason to not show some respect for what we have been given.

And I say all this just based on what I have read. I have never laid eyes on these places. I have seen what has happened in other areas where the insurance companies have bought farms for trust funds and turned them into sterile plant growth. Places that used to abound with quail, deer and the like. Some are golf courses. More are farms.

[Sportin' Woodies]

I think a good course of action would be a hunger strike.

[Silentweapon338]

Just think, the Beach Company sold off all that land in Summerton and now it's being mowed down for duck ponds.

What's worse? Mega duck ponds or mega farms?

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What the hell is bothering you so bad about duck impoundments?

I think this is great. They are taking land and doing something with it. They can say they aren't creating jobs, but they have to buy that mechanical gathering equipment somewhere.

It may be turkey shit, but they still ahem to buy other fertilizer from folks local, and the turkey shit gives the turkey farmers some much needed extra revenue.

The only water problem we have is when NC damns up steams an keeps it up there.

I like mega big ponds and I like big farms.

I don't want any more intrusion into the private sector by BIG government.

They bought the land if you have a problem with it out bid them an you buy it an figure out how to pay for it after the fact!

Again half of you I don't want to gubment to tell me what to do, and the moment an time it suits you here you come a running like a buck of bratty kids.

"Oh Oh, Oh.....let get the gubment to stop them from doing what they want on their property!"

[Highstrung]

" Buck limits "

[uga_dawg]

" Buck limits "

Damn. You caught all of that one

[willyworm]

Actually I believe 99% of it is being used for Ag and has had irrigation put in. OOS operations and big $ lease prices.

I've seen more than one new duck pond with more coming. I know the pond is just a small bit of the total acreage sold and quickly being changed from the state it was purchased in, so your number may very well be accurate.

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[Stripa Swipa]

Tragedy of the commons.....

Local farmers are mostly taking the same industrial food complex contracts and are one soggy field away from needing another hand out. But we were bred to hate yankees and can contort the Constitution into being so powerful as to defy the very laws of nature.

Make South Carolina great again.

[2thDoc]

sometimes, you speak in such ambiguous terms that no one knows who to hate. spit it out, man....

[Stripa Swipa]

This place gets so silly that I can't help but be facetious.

In this case, we have what should be a discussion about the effects of large scale agriculture on the Edisto watershed turning into the exact same "who do you hate" discussion that every thread devolves to on scducks.

Is that spit out properly?

[uga_dawg]

This place gets so silly that I can't help but be facetious.

In this case, we have what should be a discussion about the effects of large scale agriculture on the Edisto watershed turning into the exact same "who do you hate" discussion that every thread devolves to on scducks.

Is that spit out properly?

Good point. What should we talk about first? Industrial food complex contracts, government handouts, or contorting the constitution?

I'll assume yankee hatred is a given.

After that can we talk about the irony of how much corn seed will drown today?

[bbhntr48]

25 Years ago outside of Moncks Corner, AMFAC constructed a 680 acre nursery to hold and sell plants and trees to retailers. AMFAC's use of the aquifer required the local golf course to dig deeper ponds and wells to water the golf course and a few locals complained. 10 Years ago Google started building their data centers and the state funded water lines to meet their need for more than a million gallons of water a day to keep said data centers cool and not a word is heard. Strange that a large scale farm brings concern but Google or Boeing or Volvo are great stewards of natural resources. Hell, Boeing filled in wetlands to build on and displaced all of the ducks, deer and wild turkeys.

[bigtimeduckhunter]

Not disagreeing, but I have been hearing that for 30 years.

You are right that Ag needs to define the path for itself.

4-5 years ago SC started making anyone who withdrew more than one million gallons of surface water in any given month be permitted.

[Southernduck]

4-5 years ago SC started making anyone who withdrew more than one million gallons of surface water in any given month be permitted.

This state is the worst user of surface water in the country for various reasons. This rule only applies to a few people.

[Timsmith]

4-5 years ago SC started making anyone who withdrew more than one million gallons of surface water in any given month be permitted.

Should of started the permitting and installing flow meters 20 years ago. A negligent farmer who lets a end gun water a rural road for hours or after a 2-3in.rain their pivots still running. Some farmers need a eye opener about water usage.

[uga_dawg]

4-5 years ago SC started making anyone who withdrew more than one million gallons of surface water in any given month be permitted.

What exactly qualifies as "surface" water? Seems like this just encourages people to drill wells.

[bigtimeduckhunter]

What exactly qualifies as "surface" water? Seems like this just encourages people to drill wells.

Any pond, lake, river, etc that an individual intake withdraws over 1 million gallons of water in any given month, must be permitted. I can't remember what the final ruling was for someone that pumps from a well into an irrigation pond.

The permit must be renewed every year for $1000 per intake