challenges and opportunities - Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts ...

Eastern Ontario agriculture,overall picture• Mostly small, family farms; not many living“off the barn” (i.e. much income comes fromoff-farm work)• A lot of pasture & hay, small corn/soyoperations (only ½ of total farm area is incrops)• Not a lot of heavy irrigators• Biggest revenue farms are dairy, but theserepresent ~15% of farms• Forestry important sector as well