Tell me how far off base this "mega farm" business plan would be....
Twenty-five dollars per acre would be budgeted for the provision of seeding annd harvesting machinery which would provide all "as new" equipment for whatever scale the farm grew to over time.
Labor would be provided for as the farm manager saw fit from a limited pool of associated relatives and increasing non-Canadians on a non permanent basis. Perhaps a full time foreman; but majority of seeeding/harvest busy seasons covered by seasonal Mexicans/exchangestudents/woofers/those who will put in some long hours for remuneration that Canadians have obviously refused to fill.
Unwritten agreements and understandings have been made that certain "quadrants" of expansions are the territory of certain expanding neighbors; and it is somewhat generally accepted that some sorts of competition are not in the interest of "neighbors".
At the scale the "real farmers" are operating; there is no one really dependent on the help of any of the "neighbors"; and no one even gives a thought to other than their own growth and present situations.
Everyone is quite smug about how sucessful they have been; and now that the township sized farm has been well exceeded; the top ten per cent are looking forward to picking up the remainder.
But darn, there is foreign competition; and it could be a formidable obstacle; and gee the federal and provincial governments are not as concerned about the rural vote and are musing about deceasing farm subsidies; and wow there is even some backlash from the consumer who sees there isn't but one or a few really involved in the meat industry or any other sector.
Maybe the final scenario is a foregone inevitable conclusion; but maybe also it will substancially scollapse and will have to start over to a great extent.
Twenty-five dollars per acre would be budgeted for the provision of seeding annd harvesting machinery which would provide all "as new" equipment for whatever scale the farm grew to over time.
Labor would be provided for as the farm manager saw fit from a limited pool of associated relatives and increasing non-Canadians on a non permanent basis. Perhaps a full time foreman; but majority of seeeding/harvest busy seasons covered by seasonal Mexicans/exchangestudents/woofers/those who will put in some long hours for remuneration that Canadians have obviously refused to fill.
Unwritten agreements and understandings have been made that certain "quadrants" of expansions are the territory of certain expanding neighbors; and it is somewhat generally accepted that some sorts of competition are not in the interest of "neighbors".
At the scale the "real farmers" are operating; there is no one really dependent on the help of any of the "neighbors"; and no one even gives a thought to other than their own growth and present situations.
Everyone is quite smug about how sucessful they have been; and now that the township sized farm has been well exceeded; the top ten per cent are looking forward to picking up the remainder.
But darn, there is foreign competition; and it could be a formidable obstacle; and gee the federal and provincial governments are not as concerned about the rural vote and are musing about deceasing farm subsidies; and wow there is even some backlash from the consumer who sees there isn't but one or a few really involved in the meat industry or any other sector.
Maybe the final scenario is a foregone inevitable conclusion; but maybe also it will substancially scollapse and will have to start over to a great extent.
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