The Effects on the Farm and Provincial Economy

Abstract

The effects of climatic change on spring wheat dry matter yield and production for several climatic scenarios (see Table 1.4) have been estimated in Section 4. In this section the changes in wheat yield are transposed into farm production changes and the direct and indirect economic impacts likely to result from these projected production changes are estimated. In addition to these climatic scenarios, a scenario involving a partial shift to winter wheat is given as an example of how different farm practices could mitigate against potential drier climatic conditions.