Health committee  I can quickly try to address that for you. Some of the large farms do have agronomists right on staff, as you identified, so they may well have their own in-house agronomic advice. Smaller farms, generally, have access to similar advice provided by independent agrology services.

Health committee  Flea beetles.

Health committee  No, they fly around. When the canola is just little, that's the time they attack it, about two weeks into its life. They will turn a field from green to completely black in a matter of a few days, really.

Health committee  I would like to say it's important for farmers to know the rules. We accept that prior to being shipped to India or China or wherever it's headed for, all of our product gets commingled with 100 other farmers' product, so if those 100 farmers know the rules that are available, kn

Health committee  Absolutely and, as we mentioned, it's going to get increasingly complex as testing becomes more precise and as countries that are importing product become more sophisticated in their purchasing. It is going to become an increasing challenge and it will likely never go away. It's

Health committee  I can comment briefly. There have been examples of products that have been taken off. I recall one insecticide that we used years ago that was discontinued and actually replaced by the seed treatments we've been talking about. Our perspective in western Canada is that the way see

Health committee  Mr. Chair, I could address the second and the third question. The second question about choosing the best product is quite a complex decision, which ultimately is the farmer's decision, based on a book that is about an inch and a half thick and is updated annually. That's a list

Health committee  As an individual farmer, you really can't. We would typically market our product through a licensed processor or dealer, and basically that's the point of sale for the grower.

Health committee  Then we're out. However, as that product carries on and moves through the stream and ends up at the end user, in theory if a problem is detected, it can get traced back to where the product originated. So we have a risk but we can't cover ourselves for it, basically.

Health committee  I could also just comment that there's been incredible changes in equipment technology, along with some of the developments in the newer pesticide products that we deal with. The new equipment that we deal with is much more precise, much safer for the operator, the applier of the

Health committee  Mr. Chairman and committee members, thank you for the opportunity to present to you today. My name is Corey Loessin. I am a farmer from Radisson, Saskatchewan, and I serve as a member on the Pulse Canada board. Our farm has grown peas and red lentils for more than 20 years, along