Agriculture committee  It's not correctly done, either.

Agriculture committee  It's actually a perfect storm of several things. It's that our price dived after harvest, largely due to both the volume and the fact that they weren't moving it. It's the fact that the railways not only are not moving enough grain, but they're not moving it representatively. For

Agriculture committee  No, we as grain growers do not feel that the revenue entitlement—it's really an entitlement, not a cap—is a constraint for grain movements. It's not limiting them. They can haul as much grain as they want. Actually, it's only about 50% of the corridors that even have a cap.

Agriculture committee  You would think it would.

Agriculture committee  Oh, did I miss the question?

Agriculture committee  Do you want to take this?

Agriculture committee  I would agree.

Agriculture committee  I would love to speak to that, thank you. I see a deeper issue here. We're here to talk about the trains and the cashflow and cash advances and the solutions, but I would have to add that if this continues, it's not just farmers. If farmers have a very restricted cashflow, we're

Agriculture committee  We have oats on our farm. The futures price on oats this week, I think it was Wednesday or Thursday when I looked at it, was $4.75. It was higher than it had been in five years. We can't sell them for anywhere near $2.50 anywhere near us because they can't move them. So they've

Agriculture committee  There is absolutely a need for it. The Wheat Board was a single desk that pooled the buying of grain. It really wasn't a transportation board. That is kind of a red herring. But there is a need for a group that manages transportation and that is what Greg Cherewyk with Pulse Can

Agriculture committee  A big stick.... A carrot and a stick....

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much for inviting me to present at this transportation panel. I truly appreciate it. My name is Allison Ammeter, and I am a Grain Growers of Canada director, and vice-president of the Alberta Pulse Growers commission. Grain Growers of Canada provides a strong n