Conversation Box dont forget to print a separate copy of part B for the teacher i cant find any right pictures of hectare and acres HELP!(Zaki)ok zaki gl :P cant seem to find one either Kianer made a powerpoint for his Part B (though i do not know y) 

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT HAS TO BE DONE

Roles1=it looks done kinda and group 2=Zaki (done)3=Ju Min & Gerry (done)4, 5, 6= Pallab7=Ju Min (done)8=Ju Min (i think its done)9=Kianer (dont know)10=Colin (done)11=Gerry (done)12=Zaki (done)13=Colin (done)these questions are in the site and does not correspond with the old sheets

The Farming Industry in Canada

By Colin, Gerry, Ju Min, Kianer, Pallab, and Zakaria

   

What Canada has produced

 

Statistics of Canadian Farming•  229,000 farms  • 67.6 million hectares of total area • 35.9 million hectares of land in corps  (excluding Christmas

trees) •  15.8 million cattle• 15 million hogs • 125.3 million hens and chickens  •  $248.3 billion in farm capital • 2.2% of Canada's total population • 327,000 farm operators• 27.7 are female • 52 years is their average age • $ 8 billion dollars are provided by government for farming 

Canada Agriculture Region 

 Pictures of Canada Agriculture Region 

Hectare and Acre

An acre is a method of measuring and area, an acre is equivalent to 4046.85642  m squared. A hectare is another method of measuring an area, a hectare is equivalent to 10,000 m squared.

The red part is an acre being compared to a football field

Chart about the type of Farming

 

Type of Farming  Eco-zone  Climate Region  Factors that influence  the type of farming 

Wheat Prairies  Prairie Climate= produces  high quality hard wheat 

Cattle  Montane Conderilla/ Prairie/ Boreal Plains/ Pacific Maritime/ Boreal Shield/ Mixed- wood Plains/ Atlantic Maritime

Pacific Maritime/ Cordilleran/ Prairie/ Boreal/ Southeastern/ Atlantic Maritime

Raised in dry grasslands where wheat and grain cannot be grown in these areas so larger ranches are built and the cattle can graze in the pasture

Dairy Pacific Maritime/  Montane Cordilleran/ Boreal Shield/ Mixedwood Plains/ Atlantic Maritime

Pacific Maritime/ Cordilleran/ Boreal/ Southeastern/ Atlantic Maritime

Intensive activity and dairy farms being located near populated centers so products can be shipped quickly because products are perishable

3.

Type of Farming Eco-zone Climate Region Factors that influence  the type of farming

Mixed Livestocks Pacific Maritime/ Montane Cordilleran/ Boreal Plains/ Boreal Shield/ Mixedwood Plains/ Atlantic Maritime

Pacific Maritime/ Cordilleran/ Boreal/ Southeastern/ Atlantic Maritime

Pastures that feed the livestock and being raised away from populated areas

Grain Prairie/ Boreal Plains/ Mixedwood Plains

Prairie/ Southeastern

Moist and somewhat flat terrain and also rich soil/

Vegetables Boreal Plains/ Mixedwood Plains

Boreal/ Southeastern

intensive farming techniques/ food are perishable so being processed or marketed has to be done quickly/ fertile and well drained sandy soils so it is a wet climate soil/ nearby bodies of water which reduces the chances of late springs and early fall frost that can damage the crops / mild winters/

Type of Farming Eco-zone Climate Region Factors that influence  the type of farming

Tree Fruits Montane Cordillera/Mixedwood Plains

Cordilleran/Southeastern

fertile, well-drained sandy soils, mild winters, nearby bodies of water, more likely to be damaged by low temperatures

Tobacco Mixedwood Plains Southeastern leached, wet-climate soils,cool, short winters and somewhat long, mild summers

Potatoes Boreal Shield/Atlantic Maritime/Mixedwood Plains

Boreal/Atlantic Maritime/Southeastern

leached, wet-climate soils andintensive farming techniques

Cost of Farming •  earn as less as $25 000  to as  more than a million dollars• you may want a second job if you want to be a farmer •  lowest cost of land is in Saskatchewan with $439/arc and the

highest cost is $4,075/arc•  A Rotary Hay Mower 6 Ft cost $4,000• A Air Seeder Drill w/Cart 52 Ft cost $157000• 340 HP Combine Farming cost $233 000•  570 Hp SP Forage Harvester cost $265000

Type of Farmin

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Eco-zone

 Climate Region 

Factors that influence  the type of farming 

Wheat

Prairies 

Prairie

Climate= produces  high quality hard wheat 

Cattle Dairying

graph on farms 

Type of Farming 

Eco-

zone

 Cl imate Region 

Wheat

Prairies 

Prairie

Dairying

Year  # of Farms average farm size  (ha) # of Workers how much farmlandavailable (ha)

1901 511 000 50  718 000 255 500 000

1911 683 000  65 928 000  44 395 000

1921 711 000 80 1 025 000 56 880 000

1931 729 000 91 1 118 000 66 339 000

1941 733 000 96 1 074 000 70 368 000

1951  623 000 113 826 000 70 399 000

1961 481 000  145 649 000 69 745 000

1971 366 000 188 510 000 68 808 000

1981 318 000 207 508 000 65 826 000

1991 280 000 242 533 000 67 760 000

2001 247 000 273 346 000  67 43 1000

2o11 229 000 295 327 000  67 555 000

Intensive and Extensive  Farming  

Intensive Farming ( cost effective)  Extensive Farming 

Farmland  •  common in  populated area • Not of lot of farm land • high cost / hectare• close to the market • ex a strawberry farm near

Kanata  

• common in less populated area

• lots of farm land• low cost /hectare • far from the market • ex wheat farm in Alberta 

Use of labor/machinery 

•  It required large investments  in labor and machinery is the reason why they make a lot of profits

•  Everything is highly mechanized which allow to  less workers

Type of Farming  • produces perishable items like fruits, vegetables,dairy products like milk, poultry and hogs 

•  It produces cattle farming, ranching, grain and oil seed farming and mix farming

7.Some factors that are important in the development of arable land are proper and sustainable agricultural methods and the surroundings bring clean and not polluted. Modern agricultural methods harm the soil and contribute to soil degradation. Pesticide, chemicals, and artificial fertilizers are some current agricultural methods commonly used that contributes to soil degradation. It is better for the soil to be used organically and let the farm be more diverse. Intensive farming depletes the nutrients which can lead to desertification which is also a factor of soil degradation. When raising cattle to graze on the land, it is important that overgrazing doesn’t occur so that soil degradation will not occur, so choosing a method that would prevent overgrazing is important. A method that a well known farmer developed is to divide the pasture into 4 sections and move the cattle from one section to another in a certain amount of length of time. This way each section has enough time to recover from the grazing and does only a little damage. Having the farm far away from populated areas and industrialized areas can prevent acid rain is also important for the arable land because that damages the soil, too.   

8. GreenbeltThe greenbelt is land being protected from urbanization and development. Greenbelt can have agricultural land and natural areas. It was established in Southern Ontario in February, 2005 to protect the natural environment and improve air and water quality.

Canada Land Inventory (CLI)The Canada Land Inventory is a land inventory made to help better understand the many different types and things in rural Canada. It helps to keep track of the capability of the surrounding environment and how it is used in Canada. It covers over 2.5 million square kilometers of land and water. There are 7 classes used in the Canada Land Inventory. Soil capability for agriculture, critical capability areas, land capability for forestry, land capability for wildlife-ungulates, land capability for wildlife-waterfowl, land capability for recreation and watershed capability for sport fish.

Organically Grown

The term organically grown means food that is grown using neither synthesized pesticides nor synthetic fertilizers. There is no genetically modified organisms in the food.

Why do  people leave......

People leave farming because of financial issues. Farming equipment costs a lot and maintaining a farm costs even more. When you're farming now, what you produce is sold to other companies and the money you receive isn't enough.Another reason why people leave their farms is because of natural disasters.If a tsunami hit your land, all your crops and animals would be wiped away and you would start farming all over again. Weather could be another factor why people leave farming. An example could be acid rain. Acid rain destroys soil which affects the plants, which affects your animals which affects the money you make. 

13.             ''Agribuisness"                    Agribuisness is the term for various buisness

involved in food production such as- farming and contact farming, seed suppley, agrichemicals, farm machinary, wholesale and distribution, processing, marketing, and retail sales. 

Yes, I would be willing to pay more for my food if it were to cost more using more sustainable agricultural methods because current agricultural methods such as use of pesticides and many other methods do have their negative impacts on the soil and the environment. Pesticides can pollute the soil and the water killing organisms that are not pests. Examples like DDT which made organisms have toxins in their body and the higher up the food chain, the more of the toxins are accumulated in their bodies since the toxins are passed to their predators. This proved to be a problem because the toxins in their bodies had affected the eggs of birds to get thinner which was dangerous for the eggs. Current agricultural methods can slowly reduce agricultural activity which is something that is a problem since our population is going up so we have to feed more people and since most of our agricultural products do not come from other countries but instead seventy percent of our agricultural products come from within our country for sometime later, farms in Canada will not be able to meet the peoples’ needs like they always do now. These problems are important to be solved and to prevent from happening so I am willing to pay more for my food so that sustainable agricultural methods are used.

 Ju Min

If Canada had to depend on other countries for our food supply, I think that Canada's economy would decrease and would be unstable because Canada grows most of the agricultural goods that is needed to support all Canadians. 

Also the amount of jobs in Canada would decline because lots of jobs go into farming and manufacturing and transporting agricultural goods that are produced by Canadians. Also, Canada would lose a lot of there connections with other countries that they used to sell products to and they will have to start buying from other countries that have the goods they are looking for.

Zakaria

 The three types of industries of global and economical connections are the primary, secondary and tertiary industries. If Canada would have to depend on other countries than employees of all these three industries would be affected. So lets say Canada cant cant provide enough corn for all Canadians because there soils are bad, the farmers who harvest the corn would loss there jobs. Instead the country that is now providing the corn will send the corn to the people who manufacture the corn and package it and the people who transport the corn will send it to the stores.

Zakaria

    This Question is like a Shakespeare quote "to be or not to be".  I think we could use finical aid since food is the most important thing in the world but there are better options than government providing money. The Government has a strong impact in our farm industry, which made the country the largest producers in farming until now.  Pallab 24-27

 

I think that government should provide finical support:         · Canada has a declining agriculture system and

providing finical assistance would a step closer into improving it         · Not a lot of farmers can afford new equipment

and new chemical for more environmental friendly and efficient methods         · We face flood each spring  which impacts our

farm land and the Athabasca River Flood, last year cost a billion dollars meaning the damages cost are increasing year after year

       The Government is trying to get rid of the Wheat Board which  means  the small farmers who earn not a lot of money will face  finical difficulty since the lack of money that the big guns have        

      ·    Not all have a other good paying jobs

         · The Farm Credit does provide loans but not in a large  extant         · not every farmer makes a million dollars or more         · food is an important part without it we won't survive

      · In Poor market condition,  if

farmers do not be able sell the crops, they would lose a lot of money. They could  storage it but it would be expensive so I am thinking that the government could bring incentive if the farmers could see to parts that need them         · Farming is an important industry in this country. We need to

save this industry, without it we could be buying  foods from other countries with more money. 

I think that the Farm Credit act is great but I think that relying on government money is the best thing. I believe that they should follow the Ontario Teacher Pension Plan model.  The Ontario Teacher Pension Plan, once the owner of the Ottawa Senators' bitter rival the Maple Leaf, was created in 1989 as a  corporation in supplying the Ontario's teacher pension has invested government bonds in well-performing company, is valued to be worth $109 billion dollars. Providing that we could use some government bonds to invest, I think we can provide something like Farm Credit but support lots of farmers with financial assistance if they face problem.  

Would you be willing to pay more for your food if it were to cost more using more sustainable agriculture methods? I would be willing to pay more for food if it were to cost more using more sustainable agriculture methods. Even though it makes food more expensive, it helps cause less pollution and helps to sustain the economic environment. For example, less soil pollution and non-renewable resources being used more efficiently. Farming is also one of the causes for water pollution. Fertilizers and pesticides mixed with water are used for farming. The fertilizer and pesticides then contaminates the water. Used up soil from farming loosens it up and destroys its use. It causes erosion on the topsoil; it also makes it lose its organic matter and lose its ability to hold water. The soil turns into something like sand. The soil there is very dry and isn’t fit for growing anymore. These are some reasons why I would be willing to pay more for sustainable agriculture methods. Gerry 

Dairy farms must be close to markets so that they are not losing money shipping their milk and other products there. If you were to build a farm, there are lots of different factors that would decide my decision, such as--close to markets-enough land to support growth of livestock (grazing)-enough land for growing crops (corn, grains, beans, peas, etc...)-a good enough soil to support the growth of the crops-enough land for a barn, house, machinery, crop storage-on top of water bed-water for livestock (creek, stream, pond)- avoiding cities (pollution, negativityThere are lots of different factors to choosing ao farm location. most farms now a days are getting closer to cities due to population growth and expansion, some times polluting water ways or draining water beds causing loss of crops and livestock. farmers are trying to avoid citys so that problems like these dont happen.Collin