Thanks, Mr. Chair.
I'm from not too far from here. I was born and raised in Clinton, in Huron County.
The price of land, as has been touched on a couple of times here, has appreciated significantly in the last ten years and really in the ten years before that. Now there's a pretty serious barrier to entry for a young farmer. My question concerns, I guess, a two-pronged issue: getting in and then being able to actually afford to stay in it.
Seeing that the topic today is young farmers and the future of farming, what advice can you give the committee today on ways to make it easier for young farmers to get in? Obviously it's a pretty unique case, if a young farmer has $200,000 or $300,00 to put down on a farm.
Second, what are some more interesting ways to be able to take profit from the market?