The information I've seen presented at meetings is that there is more value added in the grain-growing region in western Canada than in the midwestern United States, for instance. Comparatively, value added is doing better there.
I will mention specific programs that the Wheat Board itself has put in place to encourage adding extra value in Canadian enterprises. I haven't marketed any grain this year, but luckily I did last year, so I may get a ballot in this year's Wheat Board elections.
My own grain gets a $3 a tonne premium, because it is actually milled in Canada, in Saskatchewan. That is a program the Wheat Board put in place. It is a direct benefit to me, and it encourages value-added.
As well, if the farmer is truly interested, the Wheat Board has a stock switching program that is unequalled in helping new generation co-ops or other enterprises. What this stock switching program means is that if I am farmer in the Peace River, I can buy a share in a mill in southern Saskatchewan and not actually have to deliver my own grain there. Local grain is purchased and used in that mill, but with the paper transaction, it shows up as if it was my grain going into that mill. This is a tremendous incentive for me to actually purchase a share in that operation, whatever it might happen to be.