Links to pages with different types of diversification:
- Confinement Production of Hogs
- Confinement Production - Cattle Feedlot
- Confinement Production - PMU Horses
- Confinement Prodcution - Sheep
- Confinement Production - Poultry
- Confinement Production - Dairy
Material From Original Gov't Discussion Paper
[ Intro to Confinement Livestock Production from original discussion papersource#1, "Why our Livestock Industry is growing and changing" section p. 1 ]The size, structure and management of livestock operations is changing because of shifts in farm policy, market forces and technology. Because of these factors, many Manitoba farmers feel livestock production offers more opportunity than traditional grain production. Livestock operations are also getting bigger, more technologically advanced and more vertically linked to other participants in the livestock industry.
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[ Intro to outlook for Manitoba's livestock industry from original discussion papersource#1, "Outlookfor Manitoa's Livestock Industry" section p. 1 ]
Trends towards consolidation and integration are developing in some of the livestock sectors. Each sector is expected to grow and evolve, but in different ways because of differences in product demand and use.
Hogs / Poultry / Dairy / Beef / Impact on Crops / Research and Development / Processing / Export Trends / Employment
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Material From "Common Ground" Government Report
Other Material and References