Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  The Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association. Mr. Hextall is the president, and he told us that at our meeting in Yorkton. And the Canadian Cattlemen's Association. I talked to Mr. Masswohl, and he told me not to get too excited because we have this agreement. I said I thought it sho

Agriculture committee  I want them to be there, yes.

Agriculture committee  The triggers are important, but the time...it was very quick, but livestock is not included in that. We're dealing with live animals here, which is a whole lot different from dealing with the grain situation. Nothing was triggered.

Agriculture committee  We had to wait for that. It was a very long time coming.

Agriculture committee  No, no.

Agriculture committee  I think the drought areas waited two years for their cheques.

Agriculture committee  The drought areas being paid on hay. I'm not talking about crop.

Agriculture committee  Yes, but the drought was not just last year; it was two years ago.

Agriculture committee  Was it not 2008?

Agriculture committee  That's correct. It's not province-wide.

Agriculture committee  Approximately 31% of the RM's in Saskatchewan were declared disaster areas, and we are in the most disastrous area of a disaster area.

Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  I have a young farmer at home. Our oldest son stayed in the business, and I wish he hadn't. He's in the purebred Red Angus business. He works two jobs to keep the farm going. In 2003, his future plan was to no longer be working at his job and strictly be working with his cows. Bu

Agriculture committee  I agree with these gentlemen. The biggest problem is that we have highs and lows in the cattle industry, but not year after year after year. That is the biggest problem: the negative margins are just sitting there.