Agriculture committee  I agree. I think agriculture corporations have been taking too much money out of that system. It's an investment for them. They're not family farms; they're not working on the land. Anybody can own shares in these mega hog operations, like the doctor in town or the pharmacist.

Agriculture committee  Looking forward, I'd like to say that I want my kids to farm, but what we have to do is figure out a way to make profitable the smaller farms of before. If we could have a 600-acre farm and make good money--we have those people on the land--that's what we need. Right now we canno

Agriculture committee  I would agree. You'll see now that in Manitoba the hog operations are not family-owned anymore. It's all owned by feed mills and packing plants, and that's not a family farm operation as far as I'm concerned.

Agriculture committee  Absolutely. Keystone Agricultural Producers, I think along with APAS and Wild Rose, put this study together. It's on their website, but I think I have a copy of it here too that I can leave with you.

Agriculture committee  Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. I'm Kyle Foster. I'm 34. I'm a young farmer from Arborg. I also sit on the KAP executive—that is the Keystone Agricultural Producers. I farm along with my dad, who is 65 this year, and my brother, who is 39. Our farm is a fam