Agriculture committee  It was a really interested farmer from P.E.I. who went searching to Ontario, and he met up with a gentleman by the name of Dave Hendrick just outside your city there, Ottawa. At the same time, they were looking to expand. Now those companies have come together, with PRO Seeds an

Agriculture committee  We saw a decline in the price of beef cattle, not only in the Maritimes but right across Canada, and I believe it started about the time BSE happened. It has never returned to the level it was in 2003 before that happened. At the same time, the Maritimes produced a large number

Agriculture committee  Probably one of the comments in particular that we would have is that P.E.I. has moved into the Japanese market. There's quite a bit of interest there. We would like to see some value added there. One of the things we tried was a local crop of buckwheat. That's going to be expo

Agriculture committee  I will start. First of all, thank you for the invitation to present to you this morning. Good morning, Brian. It's good to see you again. First of all, my name is Allan Ling. With me, from the PEI Grain Elevators Corporation, are Mike Delaney and Neil Campbell. The Atlantic

Agriculture committee  I will. Thank you again. What we're referring to there is just the AgriInvest program, okay? As it is today, it's 1.5% of your eligible net sales, matched by government. There's a feeling that we would love to see that raised from 1.5% to 3%, because it is a program where you ca

Agriculture committee  No, not on this one. I would just say that in the grain and oil seeds business, trade is very important to us. Thank you.

Agriculture committee  Okay. Thank you very much for that. It's a good question. Of the programs that we have, I do believe you have to keep the AgriInsurance because that's your first line of defence. The AgriInvest is a sure thing. It's bankable, and it's predictable. I guess those two are the ke

Agriculture committee  Could I respond?

Agriculture committee  We look at the era of cheap food as being over. We, as farmers, cannot afford to produce cheap food any more. Yes, our prices have improved for grains, oilseeds, and livestock, but we must remind ourselves that we're still not back to the 2003 level of cattle prices in this count

Agriculture committee  Pardon me?

Agriculture committee  Yes, okay. The other avenue that we will touch on very quickly is research. I'll not bother reading through it, but it is very critical that we keep the research programs and further enhance them. We've done a lot of work trying to get back to the 1994 level in real dollar terms

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Michael. I guess you guys realize that the outcome of this work is very important to us. Accordingly, our council appreciates the opportunity to present to your group, to comment, and to provide an Atlantic Grains Council perspective. Regarding safety nets, we unders

Agriculture committee  Yes, we can. Can you hear us okay?

Agriculture committee  First of all, we apologize for not being there, but due to the timeframe it was just impossible, so we thought we would do the next best thing. Thank you for the invitation to present on Growing Forward 2. I'll start by saying that my name is Allan Ling. I'm a mixed farmer fro

Agriculture committee  I don't think we have any evidence to back that up. I can give you a personal example. A neighbour of ours who does plow all his land that he puts into crop has the same problem as we do on our farm, where we use minimal tillage. This was only his second year growing wheat and hi