This will devastate hundreds of farmers and the entire economic system: Frank Vandersloot

Cattle rancher Frank Landersloop Frank, good to see you. Thanks for being with us. We we've been doing these stories, Frank on our show and it seems like we continually have government trying to impede make more difficult the lives of farmers, the success of farmers and it I can't help but come to the conclusion that there is a concerted attack on the American farmer from our government. Well, thank you for shining some light on what's happening here in our neck of the woods. It's it's really alarming. Had you told me just two weeks ago that this was going to happen, I nor anybody else would have believed you, but it did. The the Department of Water resources in the state of Idaho demanded that 500,000 acres be turned off in one of the best water years we've ever had in the last decade. They're saying you got to turn off your water, which and the coast the crops are already in. It will devastate not only the these farmers of hundreds and hundreds of farmers, but the entire economic system in in in southeastern Idaho, thousands of jobs, dairies will be without feed ranchers, feedlots, industry in general, barley plants. We have large plants here that take barley and make it make it into to malt for beer. The everything's related that to this AG industry it will turn the entire economy upside down upside down. This used to be desert until they brought in water and of course now after all of these years, they're going to say they got to turn the water off and the entire economy is is based on on this banks property values will go from 10,000 acre down to $800.00 an acre If if the governor were right. I looked the governor, the governor little put last put out a statement on Tuesday that he's optimistic about water users closing in on a deal to provide certainty for farmers this year. Well, that statement is a is a bunch of like feel good nothingness. Frank, this the move was done to try and replenish the Snake River plain Aqua fire. But when do you go to get a solution out of this and have the water restored? Well, the governor's counting on the these two groups of farmers and the two groups are what they call the surface water farmers. And the groundwater surface farmers are the ones that get their water out of the canals and, and the rivers. And then the groundwater people, they pump their water out of the ground. And that's the wars that you're talking about going between those folks. But the power companies who are downriver and have all these dams, they're involved in the argument. Also, although the law really protects the, the farming, you know, the power companies are part of it. And, and the governor is saying you guys figured out. But the problem with that is, in my opinion, is that this one group of farmers, the groundwater people, the people who have the wells, the 500,000 acres, they've got a gun to their head now. And not only is the gun to their head, the guns been caught, you know, this been cocked. They heard it click. And he says, now figure this out. The other side just sitting there with their arms folded and saying, yeah, what are you going to do? And the choice they have, the choice they really have, which is a horrible choice the way they look at it. Lose your farms today or lose your farms little by little over the next 15 to 16 years, Which do you want? Lose it all today or lose it little by little because the plan is ultimately to shut down thousands of acres of water. Right. Frank, please come back and keep us updated. And you are coming to us from Curta Lane, Idaho. It's one of the most beautiful places in this fine United States of America. Thank you, Sir. Frank Vandersloop, thanks for thanks for doing this to all those farmers, No doubt. All right. Thank you.