The one thing that's been brought to my attention by my ranchers--I'm a cow-calf operator myself--is that if they want to do an advance on a per-head basis, they're wondering why they can't, when grain and oilseeds, under the advanced program, are allowed to take on market value, and the livestock industry is based on reference margin. Is there any discussion happening within the department? I know that at this table before, we've discussed the possibility of transitioning the special events program into a market value rather than a reference margin.
On December 5th, 2007. See this statement in context.