If you wanted something that was really disappointing when it came into the SRM file.... I was a supporter of the full animal feed list to protect the herd for tomorrow, as well as our country. I think it was the right thing to do. We assumed that there would be value in that process. Of course, there hasn't been; it has been a direct cost. We are paying for tipping fees.
We have appealed to the government to find use for this specified risk material—e.g., on the field for fertilizer, or we get these dreams that we can use it for energy, or that we can use it in cement. If it were economically viable, believe me, it would have been done.
We are finding no out for it, so every morning we wake up to that regulation. Across the country, we've done a major study—Jimmy can allude to the numbers. Depending on the region you're in, tipping fees and environmental costs are anywhere from $15 to $20 a head on OTM product, on a daily basis. That is a major disadvantage.
I believe...and now I am producer-owned, I think there's value in that, if we address that issue. If there was a disappointment through the whole process, it was the blatant difference in regulation between the two countries, ours and that of our major trading customer in the United States—somebody we have to compete against. I hope there's a willingness to revisit that, because it's critical, I agree with you.