We're rather bucking the system. We have a son who's going into the beef business. No, he's not taking over our farm; he's buying his own. His cattle are mortgaged, and his farm is mortgaged.
One of the challenges he has is that some business risk management programs don't work very well. If we could make some changes, such as to the AgriStability program, I'm hoping they would help young men like my son. I know of another young gentleman in Saskatchewan who's doing the same thing. The heifer calves haven't been at the price the steer calves are, so you're taking a discount on those heifers. Every calf has to make you money, so the males have to make up for the discount the females have been delivering.
It has been a challenge for him. Obviously he feels that there's a future in it. He loves the industry. When he was a small child, he would go out and help us in the barn. We'd give him a calf for helping. He always picked the best heifer calf. He just has the knowledge.
We truly believe there's a future.