Agriculture : Manitoba Context [Table of Contents]

A. Five Forces Imapcting Farmers

Forces Impacting Farmers [Hub Page]

Force 1 Impacting Farmers : Economic Conditons

• Commodity Prices
• Cost Price Ratios
• Econimic Growth Rate
• Financial Markets
• Global Market
• Input Costs
• Interest Rates
• Market Demand [#]
• Risk [#]

Force 2 Impacting Farmers : Policy

Force 2 Affecting Farmers : Policy (hub page)

• Laws
• Legislation
•       Crow Rate Benefit Dropped [#]
• Programs
• Regulations

Force 3 Impacting Farmers : Production Environment

Force 3 Impacting Farmers : Production Environment [Hub Page]

• Labor Supply
• Mechanization
• Research and Development
• Technological Innovation

Force 4 Impacting Farmers : Physical Environment

• Force 4 Impacting Farmers : Physical Environment [hub page]
  • Climate
  • Crop Disease
  • Extreme Events

  Force 5 Impacting Farmers : Social Environment

• Force 5 Impacting Farmers : Social Environment [Hub Page]
  • Product Demand
  • Support
  • Values

  B. Impacts of Forces on Farm Community Life

  Impacts on Farm Community Life [Hub Page]

  1. Impacts on Farm Community Condition

  Impacts on Farm Community Condition [Hub Page]
  • Impacts on Health Condition [Hub Page]
  •       Health Condition
  • Impacts on Sustainability [Hub Page]
  •       Sustainability
  • Impacts on Well-Being [Hub Page]
  •       Impacts on Personal Economic Well-Being
  •       Impacts on Physical Well Being
  •       Impacts on Psychological Well-Being
  •       Impacts on Social Well-Being

  2. Impacts on Farm Community Function

  Impacts on Farm Function [Hub Page]
  • Impact On Economic Function (hub page)
  •       Impacts on Economic Exchange
  •       Impacts on Production
  •       Impacts on Services
  • Impact on Social Function (Hub Page)
  •       Impacts on The Social Function Of The Community

  3. Impact on The Farm Community Structure

  Impacts on the Farm Community Structure [Hub Page]
  • Impacts on the Institutional Structure [Hub Page]
  •       Impacts on the Formal Economic Structure
  •       Impacts on the Formal Political Structure
  •       Impacts on the Formal Social Sturcture
  •       Impacts on the Formal Spacial Structure
  • Impacts On The Informal Structure [Hub Page]
  •       Impacts On The Informal Economic Structure
  •       Impacts On The Informal Political structure
  •       Impacts On The Informal Social Structure
  •       Impacts On The Informal Spacial Structure

  Farmer Responses To Various Impacts

  Farmer Responses To Various Impacts [Hub Page]
  • Response 1: Continue on The Same Way [Hub Page]
  •       Continue On The Same Way
  • Response 2: Modify Operations [Hub Page]
  •       Modify Operations
  • Response 3: Diversify Operations [Hub Page]
  •       Diversify: Confinement Agriculture [Hub Page] [#]
  •             Confinement Production of Hogs [#]
  •             Confinement production of Cattle - Feedlot [#]
  •             Confinement Production of PMU Horses
  •             Confinement Production of Sheep
  •             Confinement Production of Poultry [#]
  •             Confinement Production of Dairy [#]
  •       Diversify: Ag Tourism [Hub Page]
  •       Diversify: Aquaculture [Hub Page]
  •       Diversify: Hemp [Hub Page]
  •       Diversify: Woodlot [Hub Page]
  • Response 4: Leave the Operation [Hub Page]
  •       Leave the Operation
  • Response 5: Seek Outside Aid For The Operation [Hub Page]
  •       Seek Outside Aid