Owners
Internal stakeholder
Owners have a direct interest in how the farm performs and in the direction of the business.
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1. Learn — What is a stakeholder? Know this
A stakeholder is an individual or group who has an interest in the business and may be affected by its activities.
Stakeholders do not all want the same things. Your lesson material gives examples including environmental concerns, business expansion and making processes more cost efficient. When different stakeholder objectives clash, the business may have to decide which objectives to prioritise.
Tap a stakeholder to see why they matter
Employees / managers
Internal stakeholder
They are directly involved in the workforce and in getting the farm's work done.
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Suppliers
External stakeholder
They provide inputs or services to the farm, such as food, machinery or other supplies.
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Customers
External stakeholder
They buy the farm's output or are part of the route through which the product reaches the consumer.
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Bank / finance
External stakeholder
Financial interests can include the bank, mortgages and leasing arrangements connected to the farm.
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Government
External stakeholder
Government is one of the external stakeholders identified in the lesson material.
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Community
External stakeholder
The local community can have an interest in the farm and may be affected by its activities.
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Competitors
External stakeholder
Other businesses operating in the same area or market can affect the farm and its business decisions.
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Trade associations
External stakeholder
Trade associations are identified in the lesson as part of the wider farm stakeholder network.
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Special interest groups
External stakeholder
Environmental, pressure and special-interest groups may have an interest in the farm's activities.
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2. Identify — Who has an interest in a farm? Think
The workbook asks you to think about companies and people who are internal and external stakeholders in your own farm business.
Quick check
Which statement best describes an internal stakeholder?
Now apply it to your farm
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3. Sort — Internal or external? Activity
Click a stakeholder card, then choose whether it is internal or external. Your score is kept as you work.
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External
4. Map — Your farm and its stakeholders Explore
The workbook's diagram places The Farm in the centre and surrounds it with customers, suppliers, employers, community, trade associations, competitors, bank / mortgages / leasing, special-interest groups, government and owners.
Click a stakeholder on the map to remind yourself what part they can play in the farm business.
THE FARM
Customers
Suppliers
Managers / employees
Community
Government
Owners
Select a stakeholder above.
The lesson also identifies trade associations, competitors, banks / mortgages / leasing and environmental / pressure / special-interest groups as part of the wider stakeholder network.
5. Stakeholder objectives and conflict Apply
Your lesson explains that stakeholders can have different objectives. Conflict can arise when those objectives clash, meaning the business may have to choose which objectives to prioritise.
Classic example from the lesson
Farm owner
Wants to raise the price.
Customer
Does not want to pay more for the end product.
What if…?
Choose a scenario from the original lesson, then think about the farm and at least two stakeholders.
6. Farm to fork — Build the supply chain Challenge
The lesson asks you to understand the supply chain for your farm's output. One example given is:
Wheat → mill → bakery → supermarket → consumer
The lesson also gives a beef example involving suckler cows, finished beef, market / boxed beef, local shops and shop customers, alongside inputs and services such as machinery, bedding, medicines, nutrition advice, veterinary advice, the bank and owners.
Build the example chain
Click the stages in the order they belong. You are building the example used in the lesson.
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Now think about your own farm
7. Link it to British Values Think
The lesson objective asks you to explain how the topic links to British Values. The lesson material names democracy, rule of law, individual liberty, and respect and tolerance.
Choose one stakeholder relationship you know and explain which value(s) you think could be relevant and why.
8. Final review — Can you explain it? Review
Try these from memory before revealing the answers.
1. Stakeholder
A stakeholder is an individual or group who has an ______ in the business and may be affected by its ______.
2. Internal
Give one example of an internal stakeholder.
3. External
Give two examples of external stakeholders.
4. Conflict
What is stakeholder conflict?
5. Farm to fork
What does the supply chain trace?
6. Apply it
Why should you understand the stakeholders connected to your farm?
One last question
Can you describe your own farm's stakeholder network without looking back?