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Agricultural Land Use

Overview

The County of Lethbridge is known to be the irrigation capital of Canada, allowing for a multitude of crops to be grown by area farmers. This highly diversified crop base provides raw materials for processing industries and export markets, as well as feed for the area’s livestock industries.

Every year, these farmers reinvest hundreds of millions of dollars into the local economy in the following ways:

Capital investments in land, buildings, machinery
Wages and salaries
Fuel, maintenance and repair bills
Livestock, poultry, feed and veterinary purchases
Fertilizer, pesticide, and seed purchases, etc.

Irrigation

The County of Lethbridge contains 297,287 irrigated acres within two distinct irrigation districts. There are 172,387 acres in the Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District and 124,900 acres in the St. Mary River Irrigation District.

Livestock & Dairy

Rich pasture areas within the County of Lethbridge produce some of North America’s best beef. Serving the area’s livestock industry are some of the country’s largest and most efficient feedlots, meatpacking and poultry processing operations. There are over 200 milk producers in the Lethbridge area, which account for about 17 per cent of the provincial total. High-quality grazing land extends from the County of Lethbridge west into the foothills area.

County of Lethbridge Land Use Information

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