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Climate change concerns of EasternOntario agriculturalists• Crop farmers are hopeful mild temperatureswill generally be beneficial• Worried about spread of pests, combinedheat/dry events, extreme weather events,storms• Mild winters: impacts on logging, snow & icetourism visits• Foresters, sugarbush operators worry aboutstress on commercially valuable hardwoodsFrom Sander-Regier et al 2010; McLeman 2010
Non-climatic stressors = cumulativelygreater, ongoing risk• Rising input prices (fuel, chemicals, fertilizers)• Fluctuations in commodity prices• These may be influenced by impacts ofclimate change elsewhere• Also US$ fluctuations – big impact on forestry• US import regulations – beef producers• Urban sprawl
Page 1: Climate change impacts, adaptationa
Page 8 and 9: Capital value of farms, 2006%Source
Page 10 and 11: % farmsFarm types, 2006Source: OMAF
Page 12 and 13: Eastern Ontario agriculture,overall
Page 14 and 15: 19561958196019621964196619681970197
Page 16 and 17: Wind events
Page 18 and 19: Localized water-table worriesDry be
Page 20 and 21: Extreme rainfall events, 1979-2004R
Page 24 and 25: Adaptation & mitigation• Priority
Page 26 and 27: “Polyculture” CSA farming
Page 28 and 29: Chip-fuel test in AddingtonHighland
Page 30 and 31: Maple syrup• Strong growth indust
Page 32 and 33: Adaptation challenges• Farmers ty
Page 34 and 35: Opportunities for government(includ

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