As far as production insurance goes, forage seed is an interesting example. If you look at the three prairie provinces—at alfalfa seed production, for instance—in Alberta there is pedigreed alfalfa seed production; in Saskatchewan only common alfalfa seed production is insurable. In Alberta all forage seeds are under crop insurance programs; in Manitoba all forage seeds are under crop insurance programs; in Saskatchewan only alfalfa seed is under the crop insurance program.
When you get within those programs—we've been looking at this as an organization—the Alberta and Manitoba programs are quite lucrative compared with the Saskatchewan program. When our producers in Saskatchewan find out about the structure of the programs in Alberta and Manitoba, without fail their mouths drop open at how rich those programs are. Ours does not cover the cost of production.
In some ways, it's a question of the Saskatchewan treasury competing with the Alberta and Manitoba treasuries. It goes back to what the other member was discussing, that some provinces can afford better programs than others. This is something we're looking at, but I don't have any real answers, other than trying to get more standardization.
It's ironic that producers producing the same crop on either side of the Alberta-Saskatchewan border have radically different programs to deal with in terms of risk management.